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%

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A nail-biting match between Liu Shiwen vs Zhu Yuling... tie 2-2...

Liu is leading in the 5th set... now it's Zhu who leads...
 
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Ha ha ha some awesome rallies between the two... work so hard to earn one point... what a match Liu - Zhu

Liu eventually takes the 5th set, now leads 3-2
 
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So many Liu Shiwen's fans on court... but no one for Zhu there? So cruel...
 
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Liu Shiwen asks for a time-out trailing 1-5 in the 7th set.

JiaYou Liu!!! :)


but deep in my heart, I feel Zhu is playing a match of her lifetime here.


ZHU Yuling - LIU Shiwen 4-3... a grueling match!
 
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Zhu Yuling is going to be a World Champion. You know the peoppe who were born and trained that way. But I didn't believe she had the level.of offense in her game that she showed today.

If ZHU plays like this today in the final, she will be the new World Champion. Perhaps her very moment since she has not yet won anything big so far!!
 
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ABSOLUTELY NOT HAPPY!!!!
grr..
Nailbiting match, but have to admit, Zhu was simply better..
Seems that not attacking, but only putting the ball back on the table is the best thing to do in womens table tennis.
Because mostly Zhu Yuling has done just that.
Liu Shiwen was attacking hard all over the table, Zhu just bringing the ball back, looking for the opening to send Liu..
Just like Ding Ning..
ABSOLUTELY NOT HAPPY, because I really hate this style of play..

But it brought two final places, .. well .. yuck ..!!
 
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ABSOLUTELY NOT HAPPY!!!!
grr..
Nailbiting match, but have to admit, Zhu was simply better..
Seems that not attacking, but only putting the ball back on the table is the best thing to do in womens table tennis.
Because mostly Zhu Yuling has done just that.
Liu Shiwen was attacking hard all over the table, Zhu just bringing the ball back, looking for the opening to send Liu..
Just like Ding Ning..
ABSOLUTELY NOT HAPPY, because I really hate this style of play..

But it brought two final places, .. well .. yuck ..!!


Indeed that's why I liked hirano and LXX in the past so much, they have offered something we have never seen before, if she improves her consistency the chinese will be forced to play the same game. It will be extremely hard to do so at such a level though, today whenever she secured the opening shots then she was dominating, losing 4-1 with countless unforced errors it must have felt like she was losing on her own
 
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Ha ha ha in today's 2nd semifinals, ZHU Yuling indeed just returned the favor to LIU Shiwen after being crushed by Liu two years ago in the quarterfinals of the 2015 WTTC in Suzhou.

What a historic encounter! It takes two years to pay back in the same tournament...

In pics: women's singles quarterfinal at Table Tennis World Championships
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2015-05/01/c_134202518.htm
 
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