Asia vs. Europe 2010: Wang Liqin - Vladimir Samsonov

[AceofDlamonds]

Wang Liqin's forehand is too great.

[TheRoundback]

Liqin forehand drive was so Brutal!



[kwiekje]

vladimir is always sad

[Galimah]

Wang Liqin have almost like a choreographed forehand drive. His momentum is so extraordinary on the CLOCK and impossible to twithstand, even for the great Samsonov

[vageta9281984]

lol did u hear the guy burp right in the mic at 2:34. Nice.

[str3123]

@vageta9281984 ahahahahahahahahahahaha!

[bugsenbunny]

YES GREEN DAY!

[evleXpro]

two monster...

[s032010m]

wang liqin es el mejor de todos los tiempos the master of tecnical

[broro100]

the battle of the two tall guys

[bigbluefungus]

man, they take ping pong seriously...

[wtfhah]

@bigbluefungus so do professionals in any sport... weird huh?

[bigbluefungus]

@wtfhah i know, crazy...

[ingullar]

@bigbluefungus No, they don't take pingpong seriously, they take Table Tennis seriously;)

[stevenjiii]

wang liqin so hot

[anglabokonaman1]

The ball coming is so powerful both Wang and Samsonov have a difficult timing to return.

[7proky]

sampsonov is europa wang liquin :D

[AceofDlamonds]

@7proky

actually there are better examples......Samsanov isn't the ultimate striker, but he's balanced in attack and defense. Wang Liqin isn't the best comparison.

[josuecochi]

the 2 towers.............

[sdnet12]

Asia and Europes powerhouses

[TorresFabregas96]

wang liqin and andro ????????

[AsiaFighter94]

@TorresFabregas96 andro is the supplier for the Asiavs Europe matches

[OwnWorstEnemy93]

The slow motion of wang liqin´s forehand topspin at 4:03 is great

[17teacmrocks]

even watching on a pc monitor miles away, wang liqin's forehand is scary

[mingcheng123]

I just noticed that two very tall players are playing =)

[LookB3hindU]

@mingcheng123 I think they're the two tallest in the top 10.

[J0kerofHearts]

so wang liqin broke his paddle and samsanov wont let him replace it?

[LookB3hindU]

@J0kerofHearts No Samsonov wouldn't let him warm up with it again. Typically what's usually done is you do a few counter drives and backhands to get the racket warmed up. Samsonov has the right to decline this step, but it's usually frowned upon. Samsonov has been really stupid lately. He's become rather cheap when playing. I think he realizes he's getting old and only wants to win. He doesn't care about pleasing the crowd or having fun anymore. He just wants to retire with some cash.

[EdMajinLee199999]

@LookB3hindU Dont we all

[LookB3hindU]

@EdMajinLee199999 Yes but some of us have class while doing it.

[EdMajinLee199999]

@LookB3hindU The reason he didn't let him warm up was because he felt that Wang Liqin hit the ball twice in an earlier point and then wouldn't admit to it. Class went out the window at that point.

[LookB3hindU]

@EdMajinLee199999 Class has eluded Samsonov for years now. There's no way to tell if the ball was actually hit twice by Wang, but it's a fact that he damaged his paddle. To trade something that is based in opinion versus something that his based in fact is just retarded.

If he's gonna cry about a mishit that may or may not have happened he shouldn't be playing this game. If he's not going to show character in this game I hate to have him as role model in this sport.

[LookB3hindU]

@EdMajinLee199999 Oh and if I'm not mistaken he was pointing out that it his his finger. Even if it did it's a legal ball.

[bartek4443]

@LookB3hindU It wasn't legal at the time. I don't think Wang Liqin would cheat, but from what I see in many games, the Chinese players have a much different mentality when playing players from other countries rather than other Chinese players. There's no telling what happened here, which is why I am not going to judge either player.

[LookB3hindU]

@bartek4443 Um what are you referring to? As for mentality every country has that mentality. If you were competing for the U.S. wouldn't you feel an obligation to keep the match as legit as possible? Because win or lose the U.S. wins so it's just a matter of who's the better player.

[claus1225]

i feel bad for a tall white guy playing table tennis

he should play real tennis instead of hunching over a freaking small table

[HaZeEurope91]

@claus1225 lol @ professor logic right here

[bartek4443]

I think i went through at least ten rubbers the way WLQ did it.

[03luc]

liqin =)  the best

[reezwa]

i sense a lot of hostility..:P

[tedbratton]

be advised, my friends nianmor is relatively fragile

[cooiyoung]

Dam Liqin is tall! His forehand is the best forehand ever

[kaikaz]

@remodrummer99 Its a "flip" stroke he uses but because there was some backspin on the ball he had to open his racket a little bit. This has alot of advantages. The ball returns to wang liqin with a little backspin so he cant really kill it with a power loop if you use a topspin flip, wang can kill it with a power loop more easily. Another advantage is that the ball stays lower when it bounces, a disadvantage is that its slower than a normal flip but speed is not always better in short play.

[remodrummer99]

What is the name of the stroke that Samsonov uses at 2:18?

[7777Willy]

@bigduven, @ruipedro25, @Galojr100 you all don' t know what i mean expect of @g2luvsyou he does!!!!

[g2luvsyou]

Samsonov he's loosing that's why he dont want to practice no sportsmanship......

[TTHurricane]

wang liqin played really well, considering he lost to maze earlier on.  : D

[7777Willy]

@bigduven i dont mean the point where WLQs racket was damaged!!

i mean when wang changes it he wants to PRACTISE one point for his feeling

for example when a ball is damaged the do this. but samsonov didn' t want because he thought we would have an advantage when he doesn 't do.

He must not but when he did it would be more sportive. You know what i mean?

[ruipedro25]

@7777Willy samsonov didnt let wang liqin hit some balls with the new racket because wang liqin didnt admit to having hit twice on the ball in a point. that was a payback...

[7777Willy]

@ruipedro25 in which point?

[jaime2658780]

@ruipedro25 yes, i think so too

[plot000000]

@ruipedro25 not only that. it's a tactical advantage to not let your opponent get used to a new paddle, especially if you have the option to decline

[7777Willy]

when i saw this vid i don't like Samsonov when WLQ has to change his racket he wants to practise one point, but Samsonov didn 't want! that wasn' t sportive!!

[bigduven]

@7777Willy no i don`t think so, it happens one time in a million that a racket breaks

and this racket isn`t really damaged but he changes it for his perfect game, so this point is correct played and nearly no-one would repeat it

[Galojr100]

@7777Willy samsonov don' t let him because they are in the middle of the game. rules are rules...

[RichiRoemsch]

03:57

bombeee

[bastian92]

3:52 O_o light-speed ball by wang liqin

[sagarghatge007]

wang is back....love to see his winning....

[KripkeSaul]

Why is Samsonov so reluctant to grant WLQ a chance to get used to the new racket? I think WLQ just changed to a racket with even more tuned rubbers.

[willianwhart]

it`s not the first time WLQ damage his racket..... it become often on important matches.... luckly this time he winned!

[scylla24]

two players roughly the same age and height, yet one the difference in speed is so big. Wang Liqin reacts and moves so much faster than anyone his size

[bartek4443]

@scylla24

He is very skinny for his height, I think he is 1.86m and weighs 160 lbs, which is crazy

[scylla24]

@bartek4443 yeah he is pretty skinny, but if you watch some of his other videos where he is training, he is actually really well defined. His torso looks almost like Bruce Lee's. It is pretty impressive. He has kept himself at tip top shape for the past decade.