Who do you think will win the World Championships?

  • Ma Long

    Votes: 65 37.6%
  • Fan Zhendong

    Votes: 67 38.7%
  • Xu Xin

    Votes: 14 8.1%
  • Zhang Jike

    Votes: 16 9.2%
  • Dimitrij Ovtcharov

    Votes: 2 1.2%
  • Jun Mizutani

    Votes: 3 1.7%
  • Wong Chun Ting

    Votes: 2 1.2%
  • Timo Boll

    Votes: 2 1.2%
  • Chuang Chih Yuan

    Votes: 1 0.6%
  • Other (Post Below)

    Votes: 1 0.6%

  • Total voters
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Wow, Japan has two MD semifinalists in the last four!

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I just watched the final set of Gionis v Wang and Wang was incredibly animated in the last set... CHOing very loud and strangely, as if he was annoyed about something and seemed he was doing it so 'full on' on purpose.. he then kicked the table at the end. Any idea as to why he behaved the way he did in the final set? Did Panos do something?

Maybe he got infected by our Slovakian mad nature, lol :D
 
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Oki, anyways, my prediction to todays upsets are:
Ľubomír Pištej vs. Tamas Lakatoš
Hugo Calderano vs. Xu Xin
Gionis Panagiotis vs. Vladimir Samsonov

Combining these I got huge odds on my bet, enabling me to win over 350 euros out from 5 :D :D :D

But I dont expect to be successful in all 3 predictions :D

Oh, I also expect Jang Woojin to cause some trouble to Timo, but not sure he can actually win..
 
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Feng Tianwei just finished the WD match, in about one hour she'll again play Hirano Miu, hopefully she still has good stamina :)
 
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Anyone wants to grab a meal after men's doubles? I'm sitting at "J".
Also funny how you can just buy national DHS rubbers for 60-100 bucks at their stand. :D

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This alone is reason for me to try to get a ticket for the last days...
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Her coach actually looked like Wang Xi from Germany. She has also been coached by Germany's Shan Xiaona in the past:

A bit weird though, considering her opponent was German as well.

Absolutely correct. That was definitely Wang Xi. Might have a bit of explaining to do when he returns to National Team practice...
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"WHITE" MONDAY, 05 JUNE... plenty time to rest for those who play in WD only :p

strange scheduling

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Anyone wants to grab a meal after men's doubles? I'm sitting at "J".
Also funny how you can just buy national DHS rubbers for 60-100 bucks at their stand. :D

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For the guys asking for pictures of the national rubbers sold at the DHS booth:

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Thank you so much for the photos, Fabian. They´ll be worth Gold in a couple of months when some smartazz starts questioning the existence and authenticity of these rubbers once again...
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WOW.
Hope they are twice as good as Tenergy...

Hahaha
not only twice, triple..
But honestly for my fh i prefer a Bluesponge National H3Neo over any tenergy any day any time! I´d even prefer Spinart over Tenergy on the FH....
yet bh is another story.
 
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Harimoto's cho-ing doesn't really bother me. I just love to watch him play, he's completely ruthless! It's also great to see him really going for those forehand flicks, I think he might start a trend.

I still can't get over the fact he's only 13.
 
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