German Open 2014 - ITTF World Tour

[lolhawai]

lol rite... as long as i can remember...

 

[bzing]

Yesssssssssss Wang Hao is out, so that means definitely no chinese winner in the final !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For once it will be interesting wooohooooo!!!!!!!!!!

 

[fanTT]

Stefen Mengel.. WOW.. i imagine how he feels after beating Wang Hao in tough 7 sets. After such match he feel ball so go and have so much believe in himself, no wonder why he crushed Choe Enroe 4:0. Now it is question will he be able to hold that spirit till the end?..

P.S. Damn Mengel - like others I lost oppurtunity to win couple of rubbers

 

[TurboZ]

Mengel just beat Cho and advance to semi. Next turn Jun. Kind of funny as Mengel is apparently using a butterfly Jun Mizutani. Wonder if he is a fan of Jun. Mengel is like a giant in front of the table. I am afraid Jun will be in trouble this time.

 

[DDF2]

Dima still going strong. As I expected.

 

[M51]

Maze is out.

After all he's been through, reaching the last eight is a good result for him, I think. His footwork seemed very poor, and if he doesn't improve on that (I hope he still can), this is as far as he'll ever get.

 

[kinocchio]

I think that Liu Guoliang is very dissapointed with this kind of performance by Wang Hao. Especially now he is selected for the WTTC 2014.

Wanghao was by far the best player in the match against Steffen Mengel. He should have won the match. Somehow he did not finish the job. Congrats to Mengel, but technically there is much to improve.

 

[TurboZ]

Seeing all the top CNT players training for the upcoming WTTTC, wonder why LGL sent WH to German alone with a bunch of new kids and got eliminated. Prepare him for his future career as a coach leading the pact of next generation may be. At least they got a surprise win against the favourite Taipei pair in double (Paris WTTC winner). WH should not be blamed for next to no support.


I think German should send Mengel to WTTTC (is it too late to change?). His god-like performance yesterday is good enough to challenge any top Chinese. But I bet China will study his game thoroughly and won't repeat their mistake twice.

 

[pingpingpongpong]

We could still see a Mizutani - Ovtcharov final. Hope that pushes through

 

[Der_Echte]

The Koreans in the tourney were talking on their FB pages like they were not going to be there very long, I wonder if it wasn't all a rigged thing with the whole tourney to throw off the money betting with Wang Hao match and everyone haha.

 

[andrew_tihi]

LOLL Mengel got so owned ))

 

[TurboZ]

Who can imagine a Mengel 0:4 Jun result after yesterday? May be suddenly too much pressure on his shoulder and he just keep missing. Definitely not as precise and fast as yesterday. Will see if Dima can take the title from Jun later.

 

[cobrado23]

what just happened to all the asian players now? hmpp they got beaten up by european players tsk.tsk

 

[Alborz]

Mengel's performance yesterday happens 1 time in 1000 matches. It wasn't so unlikely for him to lose to Jun Mizutani.

 

[TurboZ]

Dima come back to level 3:3....now the 7th game start!

Level 9:9 and Apolonia serves....

Dima took it 11:9 !!! Wow !!!

 

[pingpingpongpong]

Great matches for both the women's and men's

Shan Xiaona has attacked her way against defenders while Seo Hyowon has defended her way against attackers!

The Mizutani-Ovtcharov will serve as a foreshadowing for #Tokyo2014. Ovtcharov with homecourt advantage reminds us of Dortmund 2012!

 

[Dan]

I am loving this tournament! It is great to see other players push into the semi finals giving great games making it tense for the spectators! Mengal and Apolonia have been superb, I hope we start seeing these two taking the top guys close and winning consistently in the near future. This is what TT needs, lots of variety. Mizutani vs Ovtcharov, I really have no idea who will win this one!

 

[GECA]

What an Amazing Around Net shot

 

[Alborz]

Dima defeated Mizutani 4:0 last time. But Jun played well in semi-final. I hope it will be a good match whatever the result will be!

 

[Dan]

Dima defeated Mizutani 4:0 last time. But Jun played well in semi-final. I hope it will be a good match whatever the result will be!

Mizutani is looking very quick and strong here! His forehand has improved and he is being more aggressive with it I think.