World Table Tennis Championships 2021

[Garrison]

Kanak Jha came to Germany in 2017 I think and started in third league. Now he is one of the best performers in the Bundesliga and shows new heights almost every tournament. Really great to see his development.

 

[Garrison]

And the next favourite falls... Lim Jonghoon so many mindgames Always delaying the serves just a little. Intense match

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Feel so bad for LYJ. He put everything out there in his comeback attempt.

 

[Haito]

Feel so bad for LYJ. He put everything out there in his comeback attempt.

Ia there somewhere a cheat sheet of shorts to names?

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Ia there somewhere a cheat sheet of shorts to names?,

I don't know if there's a list or not, but if you say the names out loud, you can generally get the abbreviation from that. Ex: Ma Long -> ML, Fan Zhendong -> FZD, Lin Yun-Ju -> LYJ, Timo Boll -> TB, etc.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

so sad for LYJ... now i feel Timo or Gauzy will make it to the final !!!

the Chinese will be the favourite, but who knows ?

 

[Shine]

so sad for LYJ... now i feel Timo or Gauzy will make it to the final !!!

the Chinese will be the favourite, but who knows ?

This Timo Arc is looking interesting 👀👀

 

[Janard]

Shibata looks determined to make WTTC Ito's worst performing major tournament lol

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Wow, that was close until the final game. Much respect for Shibata. Mima escaped that one.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

ITO changes and slows a bit the pace of her game, and SHIBATA is totally lost in the 7th... phew....

 

[driversbeat]

Actually Ito's record at WTTC is fine. She has only been eliminated by Chinese players since 2015.

 

[Atas Newton]

LYJ needs to leave Japan asap if he wants to develop

 

[Ahmad Arnous]

hello guys , how do you watch the live stream of matches for free apart from the youtube channel of WTT bcz they dont stream everything ..
and also apart from cctv bcz they only focus on chinese players matches...

 

[ZeroTT]

I'm rooting hard for Timo Boll atm.

He has a favorable draw this time. In the upper Half all the chinese FZD, LGY,LJK, WCQ will have to battle it out among each other.
And in the lower half the Young Stars Harimoto and Lin Jun Yu are eliminated.

So the way it is now: The upper half will be a chinese battle royale, but the lower half is completely open for a surprise.

 

[TTHopeful]

I tuned in saw truls was 3-0 down. Turned to another match. Checked truls game again and he was 9-5 up in 7th game.

 

[quanghuysk]

what happened to Wang Yang and Timo Boll?
I heard something like WO and covid, not sure

 

[Manto76]

what happened to Wang Yang and Timo Boll?
I heard something like WO and covid, not sure

That's right; sadly for Wang Yang he was identified as a close contact of someone who tested positive and so has to self-isolate. You can see the news here: https://worldtabletennis.com/description?artId=823

Not sure how good that is for Timo though. After a 1st round bye, and two relatively easy matches thereafter, now he has (effectively) another bye and then it's into the QF. I wonder if he might feel he hasn't really had a chance to get into his stride properly in this tournament yet.

On the other hand, he's so experienced I'm sure he knows how to handle all of this.

 

[TTHopeful]

what happened to Wang Yang and Timo Boll?
I heard something like WO and covid, not sure

WO for who?

 

[piligrim]

LYJ needs to leave Japan asap if he wants to develop

LYJ? He in Japan?

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Suh Hyo Won at these World Championships reminds me of the movie The Last Samurai. A highly respected yet dying breed making a last stand.