London 2012 Olympics (Singles)

[TableTennisDaily]

Anyways - no competition with the Olympics ???

Looking into it buddy

 

[RIPPER]

Be very close in the final I think hard to say if it will be Jike or Hao as depending on the day, I would say there is more pressure on Wang Hao as he has lost in 2 Olympic finals already so he'll either crumble or be third time lucky

 

[xu37]

MA LONG will be the champion!!!

 

[igor0684]

MA LONG will be the champion!!!

I agree with you.

 

[YosuaYosan]

I agree with you.

Ma Long is not in the Olympic singles

 

[Kamlee]

Hi, is the list of the players from each country available? I just wondering who else is playing. thank you for your help.

 

[Michal_Z]

I aint gonna vote in here..
Because if I would, I would have to vote for Zhang and I hate the fact, that even though Ma Long is the best player, Zhang will have all the titles..
Gosh, not all, Ma Long at least won Pro Tour Grand Finals, yeah
Still, no vote from me..

 

[trg]

Dark horse: Oh Sang Eun! He is in superb form at the moment.

 

[ducksick]

Timo Boll... He must play 200% to beat the Chinese now.

 

[WiWa]

Kinda smart by the way that they play Singles before the Team event. Then you won't see players saving themselves for the Singles during Team matches

 

[sumangupa]

I aint gonna vote in here..
Because if I would, I would have to vote for Zhang and I hate the fact, that even though Ma Long is the best player, Zhang will have all the titles..
Gosh, not all, Ma Long at least won Pro Tour Grand Finals, yeah
Still, no vote from me..

you are absolutely spot on....Michal_Z...couldn't agree more.

 

[johndol]

i dont mind if jike win the olympic, as long as there is ma long in the way. seriously, being a world and olympic champion without the presence of the best player around is soooo... erm, if i could describe it in 1 word it is soooo zhangjike lol...

on the other hand, i would be cheering for boll. a slight upset to the chinese may be good for the sport

 

[joonpill]

Too bad Wang Hao isn't in top form lately, looks like the odds are for Zhang Jike and with low probability of upsets

 

[LethalForehand]

I would love to see that. Xu Xin would have a chance against ZJK!

 

[iLov4X]

if no wrong tat wang hao and zhangjike will meet at semi-final.....becoz ittf dont want the final is same country's player.......

 

[Choolee]

Dan should be allowed to set up a cam and capture the match that isnt broadcastet on ittftv so we can watch them later on on youtube ...

 

[Dan]

Dan should be allowed to set up a cam and capture the match that isnt broadcastet on ittftv so we can watch them later on on youtube ...

Haha I wish Think I would get a lot of trouble if I did this

 

[Michal_Z]

Do it

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

i dont mind if jike win the olympic, as long as there is ma long in the way. seriously, being a world and olympic champion without the presence of the best player around is soooo... erm, if i could describe it in 1 word it is soooo zhangjike lol...

In fairness to Zhang Jike though, Ma Long was at the World Championships. He was playing great. He destroyed Oh Sang-Eun after struggling with Bojan Tokic. When he faced Wang Hao in the Semi-Finals, he was on FIRE. He was up 2-1 and looked unstoppable. And then Wang Hao used the old-pro gamesmanship on him and slowed the game down, kept Ma Long from launching the first attack, and beat him with brains instead of power.

Zhang Jike beat the guy who beat Ma Long. And when Zhang Jike was up 2-0 and Wang Hao changed the game tactics and tried to do to Jike what he did to Long, Zhang Jike adjusted and took care of Wang Hao.

ZHANG JIKE BEAT THE GUY WHO BEAT MA LONG IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. You cannot take that away from him. It is true that Zhang Jike has more trouble with Ma Long than he does with Wang Hao, but, it is not Zhang Jike's fault that Ma Long could not figure out how to adjust to Wang Hao's game tactics. They don't just give you tournaments like the World Championships. You have to turn it on and win those.

So hopefully, at the 2013 World Championships we will see what happens in the men's singles event. I will be rooting for Fang Bo.

 

[Mennovanos]

Wang Hao has a good chance, still in awesome form.
ZJ obviously has a good chance, nr1 always has a chance haha
Boll has a good chance i think, he was in good form at the WTTTC and could possibly defeat WH or ZJ.
Jun Mizutani has been really good lately.

Other than those 4, there won't be many that have a real chance imo.
Maybe Dimitrij can do something spectacular?