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Merry Christmas TableTennisDaily and all the forum members! The year is almost over, and what a year for table tennis 2024 was. Loads of great moments took place this year, but also a lot of disappointments, whether it be a terrible 3-0 loss or a big lead choke. Here are a few of my notable disappointments this year
2024 ITTF World Cup MS F
Ma Long 4-3 Lin Gaoyuan
Lin Gaoyuan repeated his 2022 Champions ESS Performance, losing to Ma Long after being 3-0 up. Poor guy might lose his CNT spot to Xiang Peng or Xu Yingbin soon.
2024 Paris Olympic Games MS R32
Wang Chuqin 2-4 Truls Moregard
A huge upset and also a massive disappointment for many, this was one of the many upsets suffered by Wang Chuqin, and while I could put all of his upsets in this list, this olympic loss to Moregard was the crushing one.
2024 Paris Olympic Games MT SF
Tomokazu Harimoto 2-3 Anton Kallberg
Man, Tomokazu 2-0 up against Kallberg, about to send Japan to the Gold medal match, only to choke to the Swede. I was heartbroken to see him on the ground after the loss. What’s worse, Team Japan couldn’t even get the bronze.
2024 Saudi Smash WS R32
Manika Batra 3-1 Wang Manyu
This loss for Wang Manyu at the saudi smash was the reason she did not get the singles spot for olympics, added on the fact that Chen Meng won that whole tournament. Probably Wang’s most disappointing moment so far.
2024 Paris Olympic Games WS QF
Shin Yubin 4-3 Miu Hirano
3-0 down, Hirano did the impossible and came back to 3-3, only for all that to be for nothing as Shin Yubin won the decider. The heartbroken Hirano lost the chance for an all China+Japan podium at the olympics.
2024 U.S. National Championships MS QF
Kanak Jha 4-3 Darryl Tsao
This one is a real sleeper since most of you won’t watch US nationals, but you can find the livestream for this match. Tsao is one of US’s most promising youngsters, and he was 3-0 up against the best American man Kanak Jha. But unfortunately for Tsao, Jha came back to win 4-3 and ultimately win the whole US Nationals unsurprisingly. But imagine if Tsao just won one more game, then we could’ve saw a new face for the US national winner.
These are my disappointments of the year, let me know all of yours, and hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
2024 ITTF World Cup MS F
Ma Long 4-3 Lin Gaoyuan
Lin Gaoyuan repeated his 2022 Champions ESS Performance, losing to Ma Long after being 3-0 up. Poor guy might lose his CNT spot to Xiang Peng or Xu Yingbin soon.
2024 Paris Olympic Games MS R32
Wang Chuqin 2-4 Truls Moregard
A huge upset and also a massive disappointment for many, this was one of the many upsets suffered by Wang Chuqin, and while I could put all of his upsets in this list, this olympic loss to Moregard was the crushing one.
2024 Paris Olympic Games MT SF
Tomokazu Harimoto 2-3 Anton Kallberg
Man, Tomokazu 2-0 up against Kallberg, about to send Japan to the Gold medal match, only to choke to the Swede. I was heartbroken to see him on the ground after the loss. What’s worse, Team Japan couldn’t even get the bronze.
2024 Saudi Smash WS R32
Manika Batra 3-1 Wang Manyu
This loss for Wang Manyu at the saudi smash was the reason she did not get the singles spot for olympics, added on the fact that Chen Meng won that whole tournament. Probably Wang’s most disappointing moment so far.
2024 Paris Olympic Games WS QF
Shin Yubin 4-3 Miu Hirano
3-0 down, Hirano did the impossible and came back to 3-3, only for all that to be for nothing as Shin Yubin won the decider. The heartbroken Hirano lost the chance for an all China+Japan podium at the olympics.
2024 U.S. National Championships MS QF
Kanak Jha 4-3 Darryl Tsao
This one is a real sleeper since most of you won’t watch US nationals, but you can find the livestream for this match. Tsao is one of US’s most promising youngsters, and he was 3-0 up against the best American man Kanak Jha. But unfortunately for Tsao, Jha came back to win 4-3 and ultimately win the whole US Nationals unsurprisingly. But imagine if Tsao just won one more game, then we could’ve saw a new face for the US national winner.
These are my disappointments of the year, let me know all of yours, and hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!