WTT Champions Frankfurt 2024

[NextLevel]

This is the kind of Kallberg match I have been waiting for for 3 years!

 

[Oliverpool]

Prediction : WCQ will lose to Anton Kallberg 3-1 or 3-2. WCQ form is still too shaky (tight 3-0 against Togami), and Kallberg has proven himself to be a top European player that's very on form lately.

Well you are Wrong!!!!!! 😜

 

[Yuomay]

Some people, Adam Bobrow leading them, think Europe is the second continent when it comes to TT. That's completely the opposite, there's way more density in Europe, if you look at the top50, the majority of them play in TTBL1 or Pro A, even some south koreans, chinese or japanese players. Tomo, the ATTC 2024 champion, has been defeated by 2 Pro A players in a row. Just saying.

Might be true if not for China

 

[PoppaChubby]

WO PUTAIN C'EST BON !!!

sorry so french

 

[doppelmoral]

Was great to see the players live.

Kallberg made no mistakes, amazing match. WCQ‘s body language was not good at all. And Wang Hao was fuming in the corner

 

[Angerer]

Omg, that was a one-sided demolition!
WCQ had some losses recently, but they were all equal fights, where he looked vulnerable but dangerous and strong.

Today he just got BATTERED by Anton, totally outplayed in every zone.

 

[sky500]

Well seems Team China is as vulnerable as it never has been for a long time. I don't know what suddenly happened to WCQ. But high likely we will have another none Chinese winner

 

[PoppaChubby]

If it's red and beheaded, then...

 

[NetProphet]

How the hell did that happen??
Like, who'd have thought that current form was actually a good predictor for a result 🙄

Wow, Calderano was his free flowing self tonight, great to watch when he's like that. Taught the kid a lesson.
I was impressed with Walther too, hadn't seen him before but he made short work of Robles.
I don't think Quadri will make him look OB player!
On current form I'll name WCQ as my dark horse for the title.
I think he's back with a point to prove

Not me, clearly 😂

 

[Grumms]

Well seems Team China is as vulnerable as it never has been for a long time. I don't know what suddenly happened to WCQ. But high likely we will have another none Chinese winner

It looks like Thiem, with different circumstances. Thiem lost his fighting spirit when he won US Open. Goal of its life, no need to fight anymore, he never reached the top again.

 

[sky500]

It looks like Thiem, with different circumstances. Thiem lost his fighting spirit when he won US Open. Goal of its life, no need to fight anymore, he never reached the top again.

He was and is still no.1 due to ranking but he didn't win grand slam and the olympics. So there should be still sth. for him to fight for but maybe it's really psychologically. He always looks very tired and can't imagine the pressure on him with FZD and ML absent.

 

[NextLevel]

It looks like Thiem, with different circumstances. Thiem lost his fighting spirit when he won US Open. Goal of its life, no need to fight anymore, he never reached the top again.

Remind us what Wang won to make this analogy work...

 

[NextLevel]

He was and is still no.1 due to ranking but he didn't win grand slam and the olympics. So there should be still sth. for him to fight for but maybe it's really psychologically. He always looks very tired and can't imagine the pressure on him with FZD and ML absent.

His personal coach has probably continued to abuse him. I will let them figure it out, my opinion is that he needs more adaptations and techniques, but Kallberg is really strong, it is easy to overlook how perfectly he played, Ma Long couldn't have done much better. China is so not used to dropping the ball short and then having it redropped against them or annihilated on the next shot.

 

[Robin0910]

Wang Chuqin is cooked bro. His rapidly turning into LGY

 

[Lkhfly]

Well you are Wrong!!!!!! 😜

Wow this is really crazy. 3-0, cant even get past 6 after the 1st game ? I'm a WCQ doubter since day 1 but can't ever see such a dominating 3-0.
I don't think this has happened to a top CNT player before right ? The team B folks yes, but never the team A players in the last ~30 years - they might sometimes lose to a lower ranked foreign player, but then bounce back almost immediately in the next 1-2 tournaments. WCQ however ... It's been like 5 tournaments, he got rest and such too but still losing so badly. Yea you could say injuries and fatigue whatnot, but FZD/ML/ZJK has also played through them and still win at the Slams.
@Tony's Table Tennis posted a video of WCQ losing 19 points in a row against ZQH 2,3 years ago - it's happening to him in a large scale fashion this time ... 5,6 big tournaments in a row where he can't make it past R32/R16. Wonder if he could ever come back to top form now honestly... I personally think he doesn't have it takes to win a WTTC/Olympic medal ever.

 

[Janard]

Game of the yellow cards.

 

[Robin0910]

His personal coach has probably continued to abuse him. I will let them figure it out, my opinion is that he needs more adaptations and techniques, but Kallberg is really strong, it is easy to overlook how perfectly he played, Ma Long couldn't have done much better. China is so not used to dropping the ball short and then having it redropped against them or annihilated on the next shot.

Ma Long’s variety is far greater than WCQ’s. Perhaps, he also would have lost but not in straight games

 

[Grumms]

Remind us what Wang won to make this analogy work...

He was n°1, won WTT Champions, WTT Finals, World Cup. The analogy is not between the trophy shelves, but between the aftermath of a big event in their career.

 

[sky500]

His personal coach has probably continued to abuse him. I will let them figure it out, my opinion is that he needs more adaptations and techniques, but Kallberg is really strong, it is easy to overlook how perfectly he played, Ma Long couldn't have done much better. China is so not used to dropping the ball short and then having it redropped against them or annihilated on the next shot.

He trained under the same Coach as ZJK I believe and it was well known that Xiao Zhan has a very strict traning regiment, also leading to ZJKs injuries. I hope it's not the case with WCQ. Although Anton playes well but WCQ also just played so many balls over the table or in the net. It feels like he read the spin wrong and very unusual for a player of his level.

 

[NextLevel]

Ma Long’s variety is far greater than WCQ’s. Perhaps, he also would have lost but not in straight games

I meant Ma Long playing against WCQ. I meant Kallberg played like Ma Long.