Rio Olympics 2016 (Singles Event)

[fanTT]

referer talking in chineese i think with Vladi.. nice

 

[Siva Schopenhauer]

come on Dima

 

[ronz91]

Dima getting in some good first attacks in set 4!

 

[shat1478]

link plzzz

 

[Ilia Minkin]

Dima stopped banana flipping everything, which Samsonov exploited before and went for short receive. Works good so far.

 

[Cornel]

Again Dima eating balls

 

[Tom TTD]

Getting mugged off

 

[CintaTT]

Woah, Vladi comes strong in the fifth set

 

[Persistence TT]

lol vladi risked and it paid off, he seems unable to move well

 

[Cypher]

How did Vladi beat Dima so handily in that fifth set? I am new to table tennis so I have trouble understanding some of the smaller changes players make in between sets. Did he change his attack patterns to throw Dima off or was it the use of the flips that threw Dima off?

 

[ronz91]

Dima really looping now

 

[Persistence TT]

How did Vladi beat Dima so handily in that fifth set? I am new to table tennis so I have trouble understanding some of the smaller changes players make in between sets. Did he change his attack patterns to throw Dima off or was it the use of the flips that threw Dima off?

he flipped more, and had more aggressive blocks + dima made 2-3 unforced errors and vladi was up 10-2 in a blink

 

[ronz91]

How did Vladi beat Dima so handily in that fifth set? I am new to table tennis so I have trouble understanding some of the smaller changes players make in between sets. Did he change his attack patterns to throw Dima off or was it the use of the flips that threw Dima off?

They know each others games really well. Also seems to be confidence and momentum swinging back and forth

 

[Persistence TT]

fate is on dima's hands now, vladi for sure cant perform 100% after the injury and has great problem in rallies, most of the points he wins are fast tactics/traps

 

[Cornel]

Samsonov blocking in God mode.

P.S. I think the crowd healed his injury

 

[Persistence TT]

omg what an edge ball by samsonov

 

[Persistence TT]

vladi tactics are quite obvious, going all in @ the first 3 shots and trying to force an error/weak shot from dima

 

[eyepop]

How did Vladi beat Dima so handily in that fifth set? I am new to table tennis so I have trouble understanding some of the smaller changes players make in between sets. Did he change his attack patterns to throw Dima off or was it the use of the flips that threw Dima off?

I'm no table tennis expert myself, but I think Vladi did it with his short pushes, change of pace and fantastic blocks. He also got lucky a few times. And he's really, really calm, which also helps.

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[Richie]

This game is crazy

 

[fanTT]

Hve you seen that Dima's "Walder" serve

And bronze medal goes to lucky Vladimir Samsonov..