Well, Kreanga..
A player that made me simply love to watch table tennis..
First time I saw him was against Wang Liqin in 1999 I think..
It was in play off of Liebherr Champions league I think.. The way he played.. those bombing backhands.. And for Wang it was like kid play..
I didnt understand it!
How can that be? What shots and Wang just puts everything back like it was nothing.. Winning first set 21:10..
Second set Kreanga came back with.. all or nothing style.. Everything worked for him suddenly..
Beat back 21:10 second set and then amazingly winning third to win 21:19..
Amazing..
About Joo Se Hyuk in 2003, I dont really understand, how could he lose to him..
Especially after easily beating Chen Weixing round earlier, and Weixing is exact same player like Joo, just a little worse..
It was huge disapointment for me, I was hoping so much for Schlager-Kreanga final, was like a dream!
And.. now? Schlager vs. Kreanga? Hahaaa, remember Europe TOP12?
The semis?
WELL, I remember it very good!
And I also remember that shot, that Werner played .. topspin into Kreangas backhand, expecting block into his backhand..
Schlager played that backhand topspin, stepped left to play forehand from the backhand side.. and then .. suddenly..
lightning shot.. the ball flew right around him.. Then he realised the mistake.. He expected Kreanga to block .. with BACKHAND..
But Kreanga played this amazing shot and Schlager just didnt find any words, any reaction, anything .. to describe how surprised he was..
So he just stayed still .. without any move.. just eyes like they want pop out from his head in disbelief..
Hehe..
Here it is at 5:55 I think, watch closely.. because I think that Schlager was close enough and maybe he even didnt see the ball
Now.. what do you say about that?