Asian Championships: Zhang Jike-Wang Liqin

[ingullar]

Wang Liqin still rocks!

[ebsn027]

I like the style of the Wang Liqin's pendulum serve ... It s very beautiful to see :)

[DimaKats2]

In every much when Zhang is winning, the last point he is stressed and he looses them, until its deuce and then he win

[kmml1972]

kong use to be my favorite player of all time....zhang plays just like him but less powerfull and less of all around...same style most defenetly.....he can become a great player...

[Azariah97]

this match was close!!!

[tenergy05]

You are definetly right! Well observed! Many similarities! Scary in some way ;)

[lreporter]

nice point at 1:05 .... :)

[jfeng1992]

zhang is stronger but less consistent and controlled.

[jayjaymatt]

wang just isnt as quick as he used to be, and the younger players have the speed around the court that wang doesn't. shot for shot he's still as good as them just age maybe is catching up with him

[cvaguy]

It is sad to see Wang going down like this.

Mean while it is the youngsters that make the sport interesting...possible true to any sport.

[EetSmakelijk]

Notice 5th game, goes from 7-5 for Wang Liqin to 10-5 for Zhang Jike... How could Wang let this happen? =O

[vitor1271]

the chinese look like they're playing with glue... are they cheating

[tanxu]

wang liqin got a few good Bh in in the last couple of pts to get him to duce

[quyenthenghiem]

The commentator calls Zhang "Jike" as in "bike". = ___ = It's Ji-Ke!

[sjasi1982m]

who cares...??

[quyenthenghiem]

I see. So if someone pronounced your name totally incorrectly and you corrected them, they should reply 'who cares?' If that's so, why bother learning anyones name?

[quyenthenghiem]

Also, if you're a professional sports commentator, I think it's pertinent that you know how to pronounce the athlete's name.

[PingMast]

haha......his english name is like that.....just like chen qi.....they pronouce it.....chen ki...haha.....

[squashskunk]

You should understand the context under which you are hearing these words. Obviously you do not understand the language the announcer is speaking. The announcer is commenting about how Jike's name is often mispronounced.

[quyenthenghiem]

I see, thank you for clarifying, squashskunk.

[quyenthenghiem]

Even though this may be true, since I can only take your word for it, the announcer says "jike" repeatedly, as well as in the other matches posted. So because of this, I don't believe that he knows how to pronounce it correctly.

[jayjaymatt]

according to a guy in my club its pronounce zhang jai-kur.

[PingMast]

poor wang....so good last time......good job!!zhang~~

[Bossiiiii]

wow.... i wonder how much money he lost for this

[YRouw]

Long time no see wang ! Where is your powerrr backhand :(

[scylla24]

damn Wang Liqin, almost came back and won.... I wish he did, he is still by far my favorite player ever

[TTPokemonLover]

*cries* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

The WLQ era is beginning to end...

CURSE ZHANG JIKE! haha.. just kidding... Jike played well

[lightmobile]

Zhang Jike's flips are merciless

[mdiv]

he still has it!

and zhang has the nastiest screaming...

[BicolBandit]

Anyone else see the similarities in form between Zhang Jike and Kong Linghui?

[scylla24]

yeah they do have a lot of similarities, but Jike, has a lot more power, Kong's style was more finesse in my opinion.

They also have kind of the same body proportions haha

[myhommieg]

i see it too!

[tedbratton]

@BicolBandit

yeah i always thought the same

[clausren]

@BicolBandit Kong doesn't use his backhand as often as zhang jike

[dollarusa9801]

@BicolBandit : i think so

[plot000000]

aww, my man wang liqin lost! I'm surprised he's still as good as he is at his age.

I notice he has problems with those sidespin loops more and more people are doing nowadays. Ma lin used to win many points against liqin with those sidespin loops.