j.o.waldner vs werner schlager

[ttTributer]

In TT you need a lot more teknik and in Tennis you need more power thats the big difference.

[stickyr34]

BOSS!!! Schlager!!!!

[padiltimo]

badminton is easy..everyone can play it..

[MrKAMization]

how come every1 is saying tennis is easier than TT! u have to run like crazy to hit back the balls in tennis, while u r in a space of a meter probably in TT . in tennis smtimes u have to jump,strong arm,choose right angle, and most of tht its outdoor mostly so weather plays a part as well,and thousands of crowds watching in the court. maybe in table tennis the reaction must be super fast,but no need for lots of power to run kilometers in TT. both games are gr8 but not same level of energy needed

[cocovivianix]

Es lo mejor ver a 2 jugadores de esa calidad jugando...te da placer..!!

[SanJyuuKyuu]

It was proved that table tennis is the most difficult and technical sport in the world. End of conversation.

[hello520111]

these chinese audience are nothing but noise. i hate them all...

[beishuangcc]

@hello520111  Agree with u though i am chinese

[MRGINGERMONSTERMAN]

@broro100 table tennis is more skillfull and harder then tennis ;)

[ThePhil909]

more skill in tabletennis than tennis, tennis is slow motion!

[snerjeck]

Waldner knew he was going to lose at 5-10 so he decided to put on a show for the crowd.

[turibaka007881]

シュラガーの髪型かわいい。

[atdandanyou]

few are those players who play good constantly.....in y opinion..what do u all think??

[waldner97]

waldner is still the best table tennis player ever

[clo2x]

hubog man guro si waldner dire

[TheLeilisa]

how tall are you ?

is 5'10 good for Tennis?

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[neusturm]

WALDENOOOOR

[kmml1972]

schlager is a great a lgend himself...he is up there with the finest in my belief in the top 10 best players of all time...

[Gustav1455]

HAHA, waldner is just playing. With him Waldner is a legend! i love him ur my biggest fan! Jan ove waldner (swedish)

[Kojidom1]

waldners neck did hurt i saw the game live on tv and the moderators said so

[grimrepo941]

interesting ending though

[Padistyler]

waldner isn't good enough to beat schlager at this moment...!^^

[DKPOWA]

@Padistyler He had some medical issue, dont know if it was his back or his shoulder, etc... but he wasnt really trying... if not, he probably would have won, even though I love Schlager :D

[NexxtGen]

if Schlager was born 10 years earlier, he would be better then Waldner. Waldner just didn't had the competition Schlager had a couple of years ago. Like Federer does in tennis.

[815js]

that's ridiculous

[Galimah]

@NexxtGen He is only 6 years older than Waldner... He was 25 when Waldner won wttc single, nuff said

[backsmoker]

@NexxtGen

what?! waldner has played the same players he had and waldner has done it better all the time.

werner isnt in the same division and will never be.

[Compantino]

@NexxtGen Don't compare tennis with table tennis. Tennis is kind of easy compared to table tennis.

[TheStrokesofSC]

@Compantino and you know this because you're amazing at tennis?

[misterivo850]

@TheStrokesofSC I"m really good in tennis yet i like tabletennis better because it's more difficult

[Care4URchameleon]

@Compantino by far easier than table tennis. table tennis is insane excercise when training, and takes so much more brain and talent.

[misterivo850]

@Care4URchameleon You get it ;-)

[broro100]

@Compantino hahaha FAIL, i play competitive tennis, table tennis and badminton and you wanna know whats the easiest out of them? no doubt table tennis is the easiest.

[misterivo850]

@broro100 then you're in a low leveled table tennis competition. I think a tabletennis player would beat a tennis player harder in tabletennis than the tennis player would in tennis

[broro100]

@misterivo850 dude i beat many members of my national teams already, i had a friend who is a swedish national member i i beated him 4-1 pretty easily.

[broro100]

@misterivo850 i play all these racket sports at the national level or at least close to, im ranked in the top 20 of the country for badminton, i beated the top ten tennis players of my age group in my country many times although i wasnt ranked very high cus i don't really join many competitions, and as far as table tennis is concerned i can beat the national members no problem. infact don't argue how hard table tennis is compared to tennis, badminton is the hardest.

[Teleskophorisontal09]

@broro100 i agree, it is harder to play badminton, but TT is way more awsome

[broro100]

@Teleskophorisontal09 not for everyone, for you it might be

[docericfour]

@broro100 , well we shall have to see how we fare the best when we met on the table, eh?

[broro100]

@docericfour honestly i'd love to, i love the sport itself alot, it's just that it isn't harder than tennis thats all i'm saying

[broro100]

@Compantino in table tennis the ball is very light-weighted plus the table is small, its easy to control where the ball goes. In tennis the weight of the racket and ball makes it a lot harder to control. try this in both table tennis and tennis, out of ten how many times can you hit a forehand into a corner / down the line with lots of power?

[broro100]

@Compantino dont just say tennis is easy cus u can hit the ball over the net.

[XCrypdanX]

@Compantino In Tennis you need force the most, in Table tennis you need precision ;)

[misterivo850]

@XCrypdanX no you need 1. Tactics 2. Technique 3. condition 4. footwork 5. brains 6. good eyes.

[jazzswingsoulblues]

@Compantino don't ever say that, that is a terrible shout.

[TheAstaron]

I think Waldner had a physical problem at that game.

[tabletennis4]

u can c waldner just gave up at the end

[camigar2]

he was already old

ya estaba viejo

[ismawwe]

no se si se dieron cuenta pero waldner no estaba jugando como siempre lo emos visto es raro por que sera estaba practicamente jugando no copitiendo no tenia animo de ganar

[RocioLokita]

Rip

[ersguterjunge467]

A Legend is getting old.he was the best for a long time.now its time for other players like kenta matsudaira,chen qi,ma long,ovtcharov and maybe timo boll^^

[schafflos]

Schlager sollte sich mal eine neue Frisur zulegen.

[richardthiesen]

1:44 nice backspin

[XMIR10C]

Schlaeger couldnt come back in theOlympics. Waldner got a gold and then beat ma ,Ing in 2004

[janovewaldner1]

If this is right, I agree with Waldner, it was better for everybody to see him lose than not to see me play at all.

He's a little bit old, and Schlager is much younger and in the peak of his carreer.

It's a shame the current generation of young swedish players don't have players like Waldner and Persson.

[ersguterjunge467]

schlager is over 30

[jaystir]

Waldner is over 40!

[janwaldner]

waldner had devlped a shoulder prpolem in training previous day and was seem by a doctor and advice not 2 play but his view was that the public pay good money to watch there heros so he siad he was playin.

[bloodz1311]

this is not the way Jan-Ove Waldner plays. he plays much better than this..

[fmukid]

really thought this would have been a better match up

[heyjgl]

05年的吧，06年老瓦还打过德国世界杯团体赛。

[tectonic08]

Waldner looked out of it. Maybe he had a shoulder injury because he kept holding it. He just wasn't on form at all.

[fifouforever]

Don't forget that Schlager is a very good player too, but what is amazing is that I've never seen Waldner complaining of an injury, he is always still.

[ChuYenHua]

這應該是老瓦正式場合的告別演出。老瓦在桌壇的成就還是無人能超­過。

[nandao33]

valdner é otimo!!!!

[jkillashark]

Actually to be honest, I think Waldner does look a little out of it. Maybe a little buzzed, PUI? (Pong under the influence.) He's definitely rubbing his shoulder and looks like he has a headache. Can't really forehand, but he managed to take a game off Schlager. So even if he is buzzed, he can "hang" with the best. ;)

[klaylka]

witch year was this

[klaylka]

not me

[alexordj]

Not getting conceited is surely hard if everytime everyone tells you that you are the best of all times.

[JordisonBoy23]

waldner once played in plüder hausen my home and i hes really a incredible player but his personality is not the best one...

[trycko8]

what about his personality?

[MJGriftz]

Look, Waldner's a legendary player and all, and no doubt Schlager idolizes him, but by now people are deluding themselves if they think he is still a match for the current top players. Waldner is old and his time is past, no matter how good he once was, he had no chance in this match. There are NO excuses.

[Comryft]

Are you kidding? Look at J Persson in the olympics. 42 years old and in the quarterfinals.

[MJGriftz]

And Primorac is 39 vs Persson. And yes, Waldner got to the semis in Athens. I see your point absolutely. The point I was trying to make is that no matter how great a player once was, you can't just make excuses if they lose matches. Schlager will never acheive what Waldner has, but he's no chump. And in the end, it's a low-stakes match anyway.

[zsyed12345678]

Is Persson in the Beijing 2008 quarters?

[MJGriftz]

It's all over now. Persson lost in the Bronze match.

[djtechno2010]

only reason cause he older now, i tihnk however, if they were same age, it woudl be a better match

[MJGriftz]

Well, If THAT were the case, I'd definitely say that Waldner would win. They're both smart players but Waldner's technique far surpasses that of Schlager's.

[Triviumisi]

This fu..ing noise is crappy. I couldn´t play table tennis, too , when everything is so loud.

[splendidart]

It happened earlyer, that Waldner hurt, but played on. Like in some 90's WC match (somewhere in the best 8), against Save. During a backspin, he hurt his middle finger-nail. It happens sometimes anyway to anyone of us. He played on,lost his game, and Save celebrated like he won the national lottery:-) He was pathetic. And where is Save now?:-))) Nowhere, like all the other (Samsonov, Gatien, Fetzner, cheenese...), who had come, and gone. Only Waldner is always there.

[MJGriftz]

You're insane if you think that Samsonov has come and gone. He's 30-something and he's still in the top 10. Samsonov is still kicking, and Waldner is retired. His best times are long gone.

[Triviumisi]

my opinion is that the viewers were too loud. i couldn´t play when there´s so much noise!

[janwaldner]

hi all...i watched many a match with the wizzard playing...i have shown this clip to a old table tennis bud in Kalmar sweden where waldner played..he had being traing right upto this event and pulled a joint in his shoulder..he was in alot of pain on the day but out of goodness decided to play..waldner not the player for giving bad entertainment...just look at your footballers rapped in cotton bloody wool for a cut or a sprain...waldner is the entertainer with out q.

[kicja15]

Waldner is hurt

[yeuongtran]

真的嗎?

[braquemar]

I can relate. I always play better after a little intoxication.

[splendidart]

Most of the people does not know, but it is true:-))

We saw him play slightly drunk (or just having a hangover) in Hungary:-)) It was funny. Anyway, he can be hurt, or having a hangover, he is, what he is. The one and only. Thats it. Many things can happen in 20-24years. Think about it

[Polska001]

You utter breast "botezatucezar" Ofcourse Waldners not drunk!? Hes a professional athlete! Potentially he may drink at events that are almost like exhibitions, for example we saw him at the bar after playing Ma Wenge at the Masters in England. But lets be honest this man is an idol towards pretty much everyone in table tennis, and he wouldnt be drunk at a major event especially when playing against someone like Schalager

[kioka2]

if wang ligin play whit waldner wang ligin will win but if waldner in 1989 played whit wang ligin will loose! soory but i am a brazilian and i don´t understand ingles!! uahauahau

[mAAARCUSN]

this match is crap

[dinuzuya]

schalger looks like mirco crocop from MMA

[RynkaB]

J-O is a genius

[ccnea]

jan ove waldner will forever be my table tennis idol

[transhuman7]

Waldner looks like he's in pain here. He's obviously not into the game.

[braquemar]

He always looks like that.

[transhuman7]

watch him play in 1987, 1989, 1992, 1997, 2000 or 2004. during play, he doesnt usually rub his shoulders or do stretches or make faces like he's got a headache. he's not even standing the way he normally does during receive of service. it might also explain why he lost 3-1 to schlager and why the audience is so subdued even though it's waldner playing!

[darkblue84]

hey paynizz...you say that wang liquin, ma lin, wang hao, etc. are not better than waldner in his active time...but how you can comparate them...it was another times...balls of 38 mm...another players...

i think waldner is fucking great, but the style of chinese players is from another dimention!!, serve and atak...fucking awesome!! for example, i can't, between kim taek soo and ryu seung min, compare them...it's just not right...

[darkblue84]

my english isn't de best...sorry, i'm from chile...kajajajaja

[frankoslav]

One of the best comments ever.You said it all

[Merrlol]

@darkblue84 You can compare them, actually. Waldner played through several generations of Chinese table tennis players and was still world-class. His last big appearance was in the 2004 Olympics where he beat Ma Lin with relative ease and managed to push WLQ to the edge in the playofffs. He is quite an amazing player. The style of the Chinese isn't necessarily better. They're very robotic and aren't as creative in points when compared to european players. Plus waldners touch was great

[Paynizz]

Waldner is Mozart of Table Tennis.

All those Chinese, like Wang Hao, Ma Lin or Wang Liqin are nowadays better TT player, but they´re not better than Waldner if you compare his complete active Time.

Some points he played and still plays are just impossible for every one else, cuz he got most feeling, most talent, most everything.

Anyone playing table tennis knows that

He just plays for fun, not for winning.

I saw Waldner few month ago, bashing Chen Weixingeasily.

[deathshead023]

waldner is playing for fun nowadays, win or lose it dont matter much to him anymore. he plays because people love to watch him. and no matter what you people say about waldner, be it positive or negative, you cant take away that he is the greatest table tennis player of all time.

[joolaK1]

okay! lets say! waldner is one of the best tabletennis players ever! and he really was successful! but now is is just playing for fun! and you really cant say he is NOW one of the best players on earth! he is a talent,right, but now he is out of competition! you agree with me´?

[axelander91]

okay, youre right! but i still think that jo waldner wasnt a legend and isnt now! andrzej grubba is a legend! think about it!

[joolaK1]

he is playing now for over 25 years professional table tennis...and hes just losing his power now...he is over 40 years old

[Chinesekage]

lol tht chinese lady spoke english

[axelander91]

i am suprised that waldner is sooo bad after that time...deamned...