Men's World Cup 2018

[ping fun]

Is it just me or have Fan Zhendong's legs gotten even bigger?

Maybe fatter

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Too much creatin

 

[drunix80]

FZD can donate some to Koki Niwa

 

[ping fun]

FZD can donate some to Koki Niwa

Lol ... These players should never take photo with zhang jike and FZD in shorts . Looks so weird .

 

[NextLevel]

Now as the other semi final is between two german players, Lin Gaoyuan probably will be forced to loose, as FZD gives more hopes(theoretically)

Nah, who ever loses still gets the 3rd place match so I think the best man will be decided in the match.

 

[belugma]

Timo brought his lucky shirt from last year

 

[TableTennisDaily]

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[Sali]

So far Timo looks like no motivation, he is slow and not fighting.

 

[eduardo1995filipe]

Nah, who ever loses still gets the 3rd place match so I think the best man will be decided in the match.

I think FZD could beat more easily both players, but about this, my chinese coach told me about things work like this in CNT, but just in case if the other finalist is non-chinese, otherwise it's not like this. [emoji14]

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[Garrison]

Dima seems to get a bit of his form back. Playing Timo is very good for his confidence since he knows him so well.

 

[belugma]

So far Timo looks like no motivation, he is slow and not fighting.

Tbh, I feel like he always holds back a little bit when he plays against Dimitri, maybe because he is a close friend - I don't know.

But rewatch the point in the 2nd set from 10-5 to 10-6. How he moves in this extent with ducking/dodging, whatever you want to call it. I have only seen this type of moving by much younger players or by Timo Boll frequently around 6 years ago (e.g. 2012 Olympics) Footwork however looks bad, especially wide balls, maybe injury on one leg.

 

[JesperStef]

Results from Day 2 (Sat 20 October 2018)

Round of 16:

[1] Fan Zhendong 4:0 Gustavo Tsuboi [16] (11:7, 11:9, 11:6, 11:8)
[15] Vladimir Samsonov 4:1 Wong Chun Ting [8] (11:6, 12:10, 11:9, 7:11, 11:7)

[8] Koki Niwa 4:1 Jonathan Groth [12] (11:8, 11:5, 4:11, 12:10, 11:5)
[18] Kanak Jha 1:4 Lin Gaoyuan [4] (8:11, 11:6, 7:11, 6:11, 3:11)

[3] Dimitrij Ovtcharov 4:3 Mattias Falck [13] (11:5, 4:11, 7:11, 13:11, 11:3, 5:11, 12:10)
[10] Simon Gauzy 3:4 Lee Sangsu [5] (6:11, 11:4, 11:6, 7:11, 11:6, 8:11, 8:11)

[6] Tomokazu Harimoto 4:0 Jeong Sangeun [11] (11:6, 11:6, 11:7, 11:7)
[17] Emmanuel Lebesson 1:4 Timo Boll [2] (8:11, 11:8, 8:11, 5:11, 7:11)


Quarter-finals:

[1] Fan Zhendong 4:0 Vladimir Samsonov [15] (11:3, 11:6, 12:10, 11:6)
[8] Koki Niwa 1:4 Lin Gaoyuan [4] (10:12, 11:5, 12:14, 9:11, 5:11)

[3] Dimitrij Ovtcharov 4:3 Lee Sangsu [5] (11:7, 11:5, 11:13, 9:11, 5:11, 11:5, 11:5)
[6] Tomokazu Harimoto 1:4 Timo Boll [2] (11:9, 3:11, 11:13, 5:11, 9:11)


Source: https://www.ittf.com/tournament/2875/liebherr-mens-world-cup/

 

[Garrison]

Boll looks injured. Not dramatic but he is surely not just moving bad because of tiredness

 

[NextLevel]

Boll looks injured. Not dramatic but he is surely not just moving bad because of tiredness

Yeah I think everyone can see this.

 

[cmbaX]

Timo looks diminished... playing against a friend probably doesn't help. He seems to excuse himself when he wins a point. But if he wins, he'll have to recuperate fast! If not, then Dima has as much chance. Hopefully an exciting final!

 

[zeio]

Is it just me or have Fan Zhendong's legs gotten even bigger?

 

[Garrison]

Timo doesn't want to disappoint the viewers, but when he wins and has to give up in the final it will be even worse for them. Mmh

 

[hipnotic]

Is it me or Timo's reverse pendulum serve is always over the table?

 

[chintanmashroo]

Timo boll right leg injury


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[zeio]

It's like a sequela coupled with old age, Boll's right quads have never been able to take excessive load for an extended time ever since 2015. He limps whenever he pushes himself over the limits.