London 2012 Olympics (Singles)

[DialecticBrown]

Maze's performance was amazing! Congratulations to DO for advancing.

 

[chughtai]

maze was just unlucky nd now his hopes die of an Olympic medal

 

[chughtai]

when will the nxt match start

 

[ttmonster]

Agreed completely .... he loses some point unnecessarily playing backhand from forehand side .. not just push ... in my opinion.

Anyways, before the semifinals, Ovtcharov should ask himself:
"How many points I won after that stupid backhand push on the forehand side??"
The answer is 2 .. as far as I remember..
Compared to over 20 points that he lost that way , I think he should learn forehand push

 

[Blackbird74]

My photos from the Men's Singles Quarter-Finals on Tuesday 31st July


http://www.flickr.com/photos/7228487@N08/sets/72157630845422314/show/


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20:00 Singles: Men's Quarter-finals: Table 1: CRISAN Adrian [ROU] 0-4 CHUANG Chih-Yuan [TPE] 3-11,4-11,4-11,5-11,-,-,-
21:00 Singles: Men's Quarter-finals: Table 1: OVTCHAROV Dimitrij [GER] 4-3 MAZE Michael [DEN] 11-8,12-10,1-11,9-11,9-11,11-6,11-9

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

My photos from the Men's Singles Quarter-Finals on Tuesday 31st July


http://www.flickr.com/photos/7228487@N08/sets/72157630845422314/show/


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20:00 Singles: Men's Quarter-finals: Table 1: CRISAN Adrian [ROU] 0-4 CHUANG Chih-Yuan [TPE] 3-11,4-11,4-11,5-11,-,-,-
21:00 Singles: Men's Quarter-finals: Table 1: OVTCHAROV Dimitrij [GER] 4-3 MAZE Michael [DEN] 11-8,12-10,1-11,9-11,9-11,11-6,11-9

Nice photos, man. Thanks for sharing them.

 

[YosuaYosan]

Very cool! Thank you Sir Blackbird

 

[Michal_Z]

Funny thing, when you count the points, its
Ovtcharov - Maze: 64-66 .. so Maze won lol ..
The thing is .. I think .. Maze did not hold on mentally.
He was in the lead in 6th game, where he should won!
He was in the lead 4:2, then he probably realised he really can win and guess what?
Ovtcharov got 6 points in a row.
And a common thing happened in the last game.
He was 5:2 in front, sides changed and he again believed he can win.
Guess what?
Ovtcharov won 4 out of next 5 points making it 6:6. Then 8:8 and then Ovtcharov got 2 matchpoints.
Maze really looked like he plays better under pressure than in the lead.
It was only a matter of the nerves. After what I saw I think Maze would have more chances against Zhang than Dima.
Dima played not good. Too many mistakes (yes and that backhand from the forehand, my eyes hurt .. ) and Zhang will beat him easily if he plays like this..

 

[Rhydian]

too bad for Maze but great performance from him!!!
great comeback after the injuries!
good work maze :'')

 

[Blackbird74]

Men's Singles Quarter-final result:
ZHANG Jike [CHN] 4-1 JIANG Tianyi [HKG]
11-4,8-11,11-4,11-9,11-6,-,-

No surprises there.

Semi-final confirmed:
Thursday 2nd August
10:00 Men's Singles: Semi-finals: ZHANG Jike [CHN] v OVTCHAROV Dimitrij [GER]

 

[Kevzar]

man Jiang didn't do much against ZJK, I really wish Kim Hyok Bong would have played ZJK

 

[Blackbird74]

Men's Singles Quarter-final result:
KISHIKAWA Seiya [JPN] 0-4 WANG Hao [CHN] 4-11,5-11,3-11,5-11,-,-,-

No surprises there either

Semi-final confirmed:
Thursday 2nd August
11:00 Men's Singles: Semi-finals: WANG Hao [CHN] v CHUANG Chih-Yuan [TPE]

 

[chughtai]

i dont know y but i think that its wang hao's time to shine in the Olympics he is just unstoppable

 

[MJB]

Well those last two quarter-finals were very disappointing as a spectacle - far too one-sided and hardly any decent rallies. It was all so flat. (But well done China.) Hopefully the semi-final and final will be super competitive with mind-blowing forehand-to-forehand exchanges.

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

I have to be honest, it makes things interesting because people who would not otherwise have gotten farther than they normally might. But, if you look at the draw, the level of competition in this tournament is fairly low. There are lots of tournaments throughout the pro tour that have a higher level of competition than this tournament had. The results so far have been interesting. But it would be nice if there were a few more higher level players in there.

 

[WiWa]

I have to be honest, it makes things interesting because people who would not otherwise have gotten farther than they normally might. But, if you look at the draw, the level of competition in this tournament is fairly low. There are lots of tournaments throughout the pro tour that have a higher level of competition than this tournament had. The results so far have been interesting. But it would be nice if there were a few more higher level players in there.

That's true, although it does make it more exciting on the other hand. In a normal Pro Tour, matches like Kim - Joo, Boll - Crisan, Vladi - Zhang are barely seen. After all it is just the fact that OS is once in 4 years that makes the pressure unbearable for some players, and it creates interesting matches. Dima-Maze was also not a very high quality of rallies, but amazing service-receive play. Despite that it is the most thrilling table tennis match I have ever watched xD

 

[dici]

It is too much pressure for Kasumi while Feng Tianwei is on fire

 

[xu xin lover]

the umpire always says ding ning's serve isn't high enough
so not true!!!

 

[TurboS1]

I hope that Dima will show his best game with ZJK , with he wins this will be great and this can compensate Timo Boll's lose
Anyway , I think that Wang Hao has the best chances to take the gold !!!

 

[DialecticBrown]

Congratulations to Feng TW, Ding N, and Li XX.

But Red and Yellow card for Ding Ning? Seriously?
Was it really because of the toss or was the commentator was just guessing?