Nicest & friendliest players & officials (at Chengdu)

[bensen]

I admit I hate to lose but am usually friendly in general

But why are others so serious in tabletennis (at various levels pro & amateur) LOL ?

I can somewhat understand not smiling after a lost match but before ?

Who are the nicest at Chengdu or in general (pro or amateur) ?

I noticed some nice players mostly women. Did you notice any ?
I will see if you also noticed & then name them

Who are the nastiest ?

Should they have an award for the firendliest & nicest (I am not talking about sportsmanship & fairplay award that may be separate) ?
Should they have an award for the best drama queen (I noticed a few) ?

 

[Jslick89]

I am grateful that 95% of the players at my club are extremely friendly. Even offering a ton of free advice to me as a new table tennis player.

 

[ShakeHold PenHand]

Truls is definitely the winner of Drama Queen in both victory and loss 😂

Can imagine his little celebration after each win as being very grating to the opponent

 

[Haraold]

jesus can you purists stop hacking on Truls for a simple gesture.....

 

[bensen]

Japanese women (especially Nagasaki & Kihara) seemed to be the nicest along with Sabine Winters

 

[ShakeHold PenHand]

hahaha 'purists' ok I guess I am also table tennis purist on the flip side when I think his childish & immature racket throwing temper tantrums don't make him a friendly player lol go figure

 

[Jslick89]

I play at a club in Northern California. We get about 40-60 at our round robins and about 30-50 on open play nights. Everyone is very friendly. Competitive, but friendly. There are cliques, sure. but everyone says hi and is respectful on the table. There have been some disagreements on points during the round robins, but nothing that wasn't settled.