Rio Olympics 2016 (Singles Event)

[Siva Schopenhauer]

expecting heavy backpsin serve

Semi Final Samsonov vs Zhang Jike
UK Stream from BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/olympics/36707711

World Wide Stream: http://chaochaolive.icntv.xyz/channel/sports/cctv-5

 

[ttmonster]

anyways ... this was the gem .... when Mizu poped up a Ma Long serve and Ma Long stepped in to loop kill over the table and missed this is what the commentator said ... "that was a massive whiffing , its possible that there is a current of air when you step in so quickly towards to ball" ...

 

[ulrich]

Mitzutani's going to have a problem with the ball again soon.

Yeah, if the ball breaks again he probably will have a problem with it.

 

[Siva Schopenhauer]

Hard fought victory for MALONG. Kudos to him. Ma finally made it to REAL RIO 2016

 

[steffi]

Ma needs a softer touch game. Zhang Jike will flick some of those longer pushes back.

 

[ttmonster]

I think the OP is talking about the commentary .. .

Yeah, if the ball breaks again he probably will have a problem with it.

 

[TableTennisDaily]

Ma Long is the first player into the Rio Olympic FINAL with a 4-2 victory over Jun Mizutani!

 

[ulrich]

I think the OP is talking about the commentary .. .

You could be right. The commentator talked about Juns equipment though, not the ball.

 

[NichoMarpaunk]

when will zhang jike vs samsonov start ?

 

[roger]

Very bad commentator, made a lot of mistakes

 

[Siva Schopenhauer]

There is a interview with Ma long on CCTV. If there are some chinese speaking pals here could u give us some thoughts on what he said?

 

[TableTennisDaily]

when will zhang jike vs samsonov start ?

Now

 

[karibaci]

well - we've just had the gem there... Zhang Jayk (!)

 

[mr. tom]

A bit weird seeing Samsonov with a coach; if I remember correctly he used to play without one.

 

[NichoMarpaunk]

is it still the same link for bbc ?

 

[Siva Schopenhauer]

samsonov looks really worked up.

 

[TTFrenzy]

A bit weird seeing Samsonov with a coach; if I remember correctly he used to play without one.

that only happened in a few pro tours this year, sometimes I guess his coach cannot attend or maybe the belarus federation cannot pay. they dont invest much money in TT

 

[karibaci]

wooow "twisted fishing line"

 

[steffi]

"Twisted Wiggle"

 

[NichoMarpaunk]

can someone give me link to bbc ? the old link stopped working, and i browsed the web but the video is not playable anymore