Olympic Team lose warm up match

[TableTennisDaily]

The Chinese Olympic Team lose warm up match against National Team members​

The Chinese Olympic team for the London 2012 Olympics including Zhang Jike, Wang Hao and Ma Long were not able to win in their warm up match against their fellow team mates. The warm up match is part of the training in preparation for the London 2012 Olympics!

The competition follows the same format as the Olympic Team event (two singles - two doubles - two singles)

Olympic Team included:

Zhang Jike
Wang Hao
Ma long

National Team members:

Ma Lin
Wang Liqin
Xu Xin

Match

Xu Xin defeated Zhang Jike 3-0
Ma Long defeated Wang Liqin 3-2
Ma Long/Wang Hao defeated Ma Lin and Xu Xin 3-0
Ma Lin defeated Zhang Jike 3-0
Wang Liqin defeated Wang Hao 3-1

The National Team defeated the Olympic team by 3 matches to 2.

The Olympic team including Zhang Jike and Wang Hao did not perform well, could this have effect on the Chinese National team at the London 2012 Olympics?

Some photos from the event below:

Ma Lin in action

Ma Long in action

Wang Hao in action

Photos and source: Sohu.com and tabletennista.com

Video of event!

 

[Olecool]

Again proves Ma Long that he deserves this much more than anyone else!
Zhang losing both matches 3-0. Come on??

Respect for Ma Long! <3

 

[sehskyle]

Just based on the picture above, it looks like Zhang Jike is either sad, or has a bit of a head cold (something very detrimental to reactions and thought process). He looks a bit stuffy. Well, can anyone beat any of these 6 on a big stage such as the Olympics?

 

[andrew_tihi]

where can i see all the matches ??

 

[TableTennisDaily]

where can i see all the matches ??

As of yet we can not find any. Please let us know if anyone finds the matches

 

[Kurinto]

Ma Long proves his best.

 

[goldhand96]

zhang jike a bit disappointing....0:3 twice ? ?
but however, maybe it wasn't easy to perform well with all the pressure and high expectations...

 

[WiWa]

Gonna be a hard choice for Liu then... Zhang didn't do well at #1, but the Ma Long/Wang Hao double seemed to work very good. I guess he will try out the other doubles as well.

 

[Bryce]

Thumbs up for Ma Long!!

 

[ttmedari]

Can the team be rearranged?

 

[JustAlt]

Ma Long proves that no one of you has to say he has a poor mental game. Being 0-2 down. And put it to reversal come on guys!!!

This wasn't the Olympics or WTTC(in which Ma long has lost twice to Wang Hao when he shouldn't have) so you can't really talk about mental strenght here to a great extent. I can't imagine them having much pressure in a closed training match with their teammates.

 

[WiWa]

Can the team be rearranged?

They can change the positions of the players every match. But in the Olympics the team has to be made up of Wang Hao, Ma Long and Zhang Jike. The order in which they will play is to be decided by the coach before every match.

 

[judah000]

This wasn't the Olympics or WTTC(in which Ma long has lost twice to Wang Hao when he shouldn't have) so you can't really talk about mental strenght here to a great extent. I can't imagine them having much pressure in a closed training match with their teammates.

hmmm you have a point. I was just tooo happy for ma long's victory. it is just I am a great fan of him. So thanks for reminding

 

[judah000]

I just dont no why ma long cant perform well on big events while on pro tours he is the king... as he is dubbed

 

[Michal_Z]

Come on!
They train now every day, I bet they make these mini-olympic team matches everyday!
You cant take seriously result like this!
Although it is interesting, that Ma Long didnt lose a match, it would be more interesting to know how all these mini matches went..
And dont tell me they dont have matches like this.. They train, so what you think they play cards?
No, they play matches too!

 

[azlan]

I think for this one, they have the Olympic simulations, including spectators cheering for them, and umpires. The set up was very much like the real thing. The CNT have these simulations coming into the big events. I remember them doing this heading into the WTTTC.

 

[judah000]

ohhh. thats why china is always prepared in big events

 

[judah000]

Is there any videos out already?

 

[ttmedari]

They can change the positions of the players every match. But in the Olympics the team has to be made up of Wang Hao, Ma Long and Zhang Jike. The order in which they will play is to be decided by the coach before every match.

I see. But I mean the olympic team composition, for example Wang Hao replaced by Xu Xin,

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

I see. But I mean the olympic team composition, for example Wang Hao replaced by Xu Xin,

Only 3 players for each country can qualify. The three for China are:

Wang Hao (Singles and Team)
Zhang Jike (Singles and Team)

Ma Long (Team only)

If Liu Gouliang decided to take Wang Hao out, I believe that would mean that ONLY ZHANG JIKE could play in the singles and that China could not play in the TEAM EVENT.

I could be wrong, but, reading the ITTF documentation on the process of qualifying makes it out to be what I just said.