Everything's in the title^^Well, Samsonov received the award for the best player for fair play after losing against Matsudaira!
Here's my video from the WTTC in Paris :D Sorry I wasn't able to keep the camera still (a lot of people were moving from their seats LOL)...
... And then, in the...
There were many expectations of the Olympic champion and host Zhang Jike at the recent Asia-Euro All Star Challenge 2013, however the first day of the tournament brought one of the biggest upsets as the leader of the Asia team succumb to a hard defeat against Vladimir Samsanov.
Zhang Jike -...
The second day of the Asia-Euro All Star Challenge 2013 took place in Qingdao on March 17th! Europe had a 3-2 lead over Asia going into day 2, however they could not keep this advantage as the Asian side did not drop a match winning on aggregate 7:3.
Asia defeat Europe by 5 matches to 0 on...
2013 Euro – Asia All Stars Challenge, First Leg, March 16th and 17th, Qingdao, China
The 2013 Asia-Euro All Star Challenge will commence this weekend. Last year Europe won in a close 6-4 games against Asia to win the 2012 Europe-Asia All Stars Series Trophy. This year around we have the...
Hao Shuai's first international appearance of 2012 and what a comeback it was! Against all odds, Hao Shuai is this years GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour Harmony China Open Champion in Suzhou, China.
Number 9 seed of China Hao Shuai defeated compatriot Wang Liqin (no.4 seed) in the final in...
On Friday 24th August 2012 China's Hao Shuai made a superb comeback defeating recent Bronze Medalist (team) at the London 2012 Olympics Timo Boll at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour Harmony China Open .
Hao Shuai the no.9 seed defeated Timo Boll in a tense seven set thriller which had the...
Fakel GAZPROM Orenburg are the European Champions League champions of 2011/2012 season as they defeat UMMC by 3 matches to 2 on the 17th May 2012. The first ever all Russian final was deserved by Orenburg who won the first leg in 3 straight matches two weeks ago.
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Hi everyone :) I thought some of you may be interested to see some photos from the making of the TIBHAR catalog! I was fortunate to be given the opportunity to meet these top players and to do the photoshoot with them :) They are: Vladimir Samsonov from Belarus, Tiago Apolonia from Portugal...
Ryu Seung Min former Olympic Champion (2004) and number one seed for the Qatar Open World Tour 2012 has just lost in the last 64 round! Russia's Alexander Shibaev defeated Ryu in fine style by 4 sets to 1 with scores: 11-5, 11-13, 8-11, 10-12, 12-14.
In photo: Ryu Seung Min. Photo by: Roscher...
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What a year 2011 has been in the table tennis World. Our recently launched table tennis video that went viral to the World has reached an astonishing 790.000 views and counting within a week! The video which consisted of the top 10 best shots of 2011 chosen...
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What a year it has been!
Over the last few weeks TableTennisDaily members have been submitting their favourite shots of the year (2011) to us. Below is a video compilation (XMAS Edition) of the Top Ten best shots voted by you guys.
Now we can narrow down to the...
At the recent World Table Tennis Championships Vladimir Samsonsov was spotted walming up his serves prior to a match!
Oh yeah not to mention you can see Timo Boll with his TShirt off. Youtuber mlw22160 quoted, "You can see Timo bare-chested off on the left side at the very beginning. Looks...
Timo Boll is in devastating form as he just beat Adrien Mattenet by 4 games to 0. Adrien didn't have much to say however he had two set points in the last set. Perhaps if he had taken his chances he could of changed the game around. However, not on this day and Timo Boll is the first player...
Have you wondered how the English boy Liam Pitchford beat Vladimir Samsonov?
Thanks to Stiga Table Tennis who are out in the European Championships they took the recording of the last set :)
Enjoy
Impossible is nothing!
Well I won the interview showdown, for those of you who voted for me THANK YOU, you were right ;) of course. I have to understand that Vladi is a very busy player and newly appointed Chairman of the players commission so the repsonse wasn't quite the depth I had hoped for. However, interview...
Okay guys!
Heres the latest round up from the Men's Singles at the Harmony China Open 2011! The semi final draw included Ma Long, Jun Mizutani, Zhang Jike and Yan. Scores below:
The results are through, the final is going to be a spectacualr that begins in 1 or 2 hours. The final of the...
Oh Sang Eun was the star of the show at the Spanish Open on Sunday 10th April 2011 taking out number 1 seed Vladimir Samsonov in the final! Eun beat Samsonov 11-9, 17-15, 5-11, 11-6, 12-10.
Photo credit: Xinhua
This career title for Korea's Oh Sang Eun has made him seven times ITTF Pro Tour...
The next Pro Tour series from the ITTF begins tomorrow guys the Wednesday 6th April 2011. After a few weeks of rest the players are back in action!
This is going to be an exciting event. The top eight seeds of the mens event, five of them are from Korea and four in the Women's singles event...
Name: Vladimir Samsonov
Nationality: Belarus
Date Of Birth: April 17, 1976
Photo by: AFP/GETTY
Current World Ranking: 12 (Since July 2013)
July 2013 World Rankings found here.
Career Update: Vladimir Samsonov is one of very few players to stay in the Top 10 World rankings for a period of...