World Table Tennis Championships 2017

[Ilia Minkin]

Niwa made a few unbelievable shots.

 

[Makelele]

I'm amazed that the umpire isn't calling Dima for the curve of his tomahawk serve when he throws the ball up.

 

[Garrison]

What an exciting match, very high level of play from both. Very few unforced errors

 

[Filip]

Niwa can do crazy things, sometimes just blindly running around and countering with his forehand. However, I think Dima is very predictable in his first shots, always crosscourt, he should mix things up more

 

[HongKongFanz]

We are going overtime!!

 

[HongKongFanz]

Niwa takes the lead

 

[HongKongFanz]

Niwa is playing swiftly now

 

[Garrison]

That last game was absolute worldclass. Holy moly. Dimitrij's backhand is insane if he is confident

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

who will collapse mentally ? NIWA after being so close victory ? or DIMA with the pressure of being the favourite ?

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

NIWA is playing YOLO Table Tennis !!!!

 

[sanavasaraja]

Lets go koki niwa!

 

[NextLevel]

You are good at backhand topspin. Play backhand ropapin!

 

[Sali]

​dima like always crying, head shaking and bringing to the 7the probably wining

 

[samsara]

by the way, the commentator from ITTF, Ian Marshall, is he a former player ? what's his credentials ?

Dunno whether Ian Marshall was a player or not in the past, but this man writes most of the posts at the ITTF website since about two decades ago or even longer, to what I can recall, so he knows very well about the details of TT, who & who Ian Marshall is truly a TT guy! Officially he's the Publication Director of ITTF iirc.

 

[Richie]

So happy Niwa won, one of my favourite players.. his attitude, the way he plays, such a likable and enjoyable player to watch. Great close game.

 

[Sali]

​finaly crying panda is out

 

[samsara]

Scheduled matches for SUNDAY, 04 JUNE:
All times are in CEST (UTC + 2 hours)


MS-R16
10:00 T1 LIN Gaoyuan CHN - XU Xin CHN
11:00 T1 OVTCHAROV Dimitrij GER - NIWA Koki JPN


MS-Quarterfinals
12:15 T1 LEE Sangsu KOR - WONG Chun Ting HKG


WS-FINAL
13:30 T1 DING Ning CHN - ZHU Yuling CHN


MS-Quarterfinals
15:00 T1 MA Long CHN - BOLL Timo GER


MD-FINAL
16:30 T1 Masataka MORIZONO / Yuya OSHIMA JPN - FAN Zhendong / XU Xin CHN


MS-Quarterfinals
19:00 T1 FAN Zhendong CHN - Koki NIWA JPN
20:00 T1 HARIMOTO Tomokazu JPN - XU Xin CHN








WD-Semifinals - MONDAY, 05 JUNE


12:00 T1 FENG Tianwei SGP / YU Mengyu SGP - CHEN Meng CHN / ZHU Yuling CHN
13:00 T1 DING Ning CHN / LIU Shiwen CHN - HAYATA Hina JPN / ITO Mima JPN

 

[ttpshot]

Niwa!! What a match!!
And Dima again couldn't go past best 16 stage in WTTC...

 

[Ilia Minkin]

Four long serves at the same spot by Dima. Three worked, the last closed the match. Crazy.

 

[sanavasaraja]

So happy Niwa won, one of my favourite players.. his attitude, the way he plays, such a likable and enjoyable player to watch. Great close game.

Seconded! Top10 lets go!