Rio Olympics 2016 (Singles Event)

[psyche23]

Another upset. Simon Gauzy has lost to Lei Kou 4-1.

 

[TTFrenzy]

Another upset. Simon Gauzy has lost to Lei Kou 4-1.

wouldnt regard it as an upset! kou lei is a great player, he doesnt compete in many protours so its reasonable that his ranking is not as high as simon

 

[lawrence.monsieurr]

Shibaev 3-2 up, Boll tried to mix things up, but in the end, Shibaev prevailed due to his strong Bh placement in either the deep fh or middle of Timo. Hopefully, Timo can turn things around...

 

[Ilia Minkin]

Shiba seem to risk more with his banana flick. Previously he tried to push/chop, now he is attacking much more on receive.

 

[TTFrenzy]

my god ovidiu ionescu has evolved into a hell of a rally player. his FH is really strong

 

[TTFrenzy]

boll shibaen 3-3 ! and looks like freitas will win 3-1 and 8-5

 

[Ilia Minkin]

Lucky Timo. Three or two net/edge balls, one on 9-9...

 

[TTFrenzy]

Lucky Timo. Three or two net/edge balls, one on 9-9...

shibaev could take this but many unforced errors, he was eager to finish the points with explosive topspins but made 4-5 mistakes

 

[achalwins94]

What happened to Timo? He won ?

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[TTFrenzy]

boll wins , very smart play placing slow high arc balls with loads of spin in shibaev's BH, alexander was trying to kill it and I think he missed every BH kill he tried. its a pity he cracked down in the last two sets, he could have won

 

[jedimasterplk]

Timo Boll has very little to no chance of getting past the next round. He is too old and slow to compete. It shows.

 

[laistrogian]

boll wins , very smart play placing slow high arc balls with loads of spin in shibaev's BH, alexander was trying to kill it and I think he missed every BH kill he tried. its a pity he cracked down in the last two sets, he could have won

Boll did really well with his reverse pendulum serve as well. He got at least 3 points in the last set from that serve

 

[TTFrenzy]

Timo Boll has very little to no chance of getting past the next round. He is too old and slow to compete. It shows.

He definitely is after his injury but he plays against quadri aruna, timo is far more consistent/smarter player than CCY and he will definitely not underestimate the nigerian

p.s. aruna has great FH but his BH is mediocre, he can cover all the table with his fantastic FH but if timo pins him on the BH side I dont think he will have a problem winning the match

 

[lawrence.monsieurr]

My match analysis:

Although Timo won, I don't think his performance was quite that impressive to be honest.
Shibaev won a LOT of points against Timo with his fast BH counter against Timo's banana flick. Also using a tactic that the chinese players like to use against Timo: attacking the middle of BH of Timo and staying there as to force Timo to turn around, giving them a much easier ball to finish the point. Timo didn't have a lot of problems with Shibaev's serve, due to his touch, but he DID have some problems with Shibaev's speed, which was greater than Timo's.

In return, Timo won a lot of points with service variations, mixing up his returns and staying close to the table, putting pressure on Shibaev's FH under pressure. Even serving over half long as to force Shibaev to engage his FH, so Timo could counter attack it close to the table with his FH. Timo lost three sets mostly because his banana flicks were too predictable/slow, especially focusing on Shi's BH and not his weaker FH.

In the decider, Timo served mostly short/ half long FH or middle of the table so Shi could not use his BH flick or be too aggressive on the return. With his reverse pendulum, he won 3-4 straight points mixing it up, which was smart indeed. Also returning his banana flicks closer to the lines on the table in a much more upward motion, giving trouble to Shibaev missing 3-4 BH's. Smart tactics of Boll there.

But the biggest issue here is Timo's speed. I really feel and notice that Timo is getting older. His movement wasn't sharp, especially to the deep FH and when turning around the BH. If he plays like this, I don't think he can give Ma Long, Zang Jike or even Dima a run for their money, although his tactics are first class, I really feel he needs to step it up in the next matches.

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

Great win for Paul there. Dealt with the tension better than I did, and I was only watching it. New pants for me.

OMG this is funny.


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[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

hugo just destroyed gerell 4 1

Hugo has just made Gerell a miserable

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in other matches, Stay Calm and Keep Kou Lei

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

My match analysis:

Although Timo won, I don't think his performance was quite that impressive to be honest.
Shibaev won a LOT of points against Timo with his fast BH counter against Timo's banana flick. Also using a tactic that the chinese players like to use against Timo: attacking the middle of BH of Timo and staying there as to force Timo to turn around, giving them a much easier ball to finish the point. Timo didn't have a lot of problems with Shibaev's serve, due to his touch, but he DID have some problems with Shibaev's speed, which was greater than Timo's.

In return, Timo won a lot of points with service variations, mixing up his returns and staying close to the table, putting pressure on Shibaev's FH under pressure. Even serving over half long as to force Shibaev to engage his FH, so Timo could counter attack it close to the table with his FH. Timo lost three sets mostly because his banana flicks were too predictable/slow, especially focusing on Shi's BH and not his weaker FH.

In the decider, Timo served mostly short/ half long FH or middle of the table so Shi could not use his BH flick or be too aggressive on the return. With his reverse pendulum, he won 3-4 straight points mixing it up, which was smart indeed. Also returning his banana flicks closer to the lines on the table in a much more upward motion, giving trouble to Shibaev missing 3-4 BH's. Smart tactics of Boll there.

But the biggest issue here is Timo's speed. I really feel and notice that Timo is getting older. His movement wasn't sharp, especially to the deep FH and when turning around the BH. If he plays like this, I don't think he can give Ma Long, Zang Jike or even Dima a run for their money, although his tactics are first class, I really feel he needs to step it up in the next matches.

It is interesting, sometimes a mediocre performance like this predicts the end is near for a player like Timo. But sometimes it shakes them up and gets them in a groove to pull a match like that out when the player was down and comes back. So it could spark him to up his level. We shall see what happens with Timo.

 

[Lucas Nascimento]

Tomorrow I'll be there at night! Later I'll post some impressions

 

[Musa]

Guys kindly advice us where we can watch live or recorded videos,,I have tried but in vain!! Anxious to watch the matches..pleeaase,,,Anyone?

 

[PiZa]

For me so far best point in tournament from match Gionis vs Mizutani. In last game Gionis killer shot in the line at 3:5, but the result i'm not sure.