Stellan Bengtsson - Xu Shaofa /1973

WTTC 1973, Sarajevo
FINAL MEN'S TEAM, Sweden-China 5-4:
1) Kjell Johansson 约翰逊 - Li Jingguang 李景光 (0:2) 0-1
2) Stellan Bengtsson 本格森 - Liang Geliang 梁戈亮 (2:0) 1-1
3) Ingemar Vikstrom 维克斯特伦 - Xu Shaofa 许绍发 (0:2) 1-2
4) Stellan Bengtsson 本格森 - Li Jingguang 李景光 (2:1) 2-2
5) Kjell Johansson 约翰逊 - Xu Shaofa 许绍发 (0:2) 2-3
6) Ingemar Vikstrom 维克斯特伦 - Liang Geliang 梁戈亮 (2:0) 3-3
7) Stellan Bengtsson 本格森 - Xu Shaofa 许绍发 (2:0) 4-3
8) Ingemar Vikstrom 维克斯特伦 - Li Jingguang 李景光 (0:2) 4-4
9) Kjell Johansson 约翰逊 - Liang Geliang 梁戈亮 (2:0) 5-4

World Ranking 1973:
Stellan Bengtsson, #1
Kjell Johansson, #5
Ingemar Wikström, #unknown

Li Jingguang, #8
Xu Shaofa, #10
Liang Geliang, #20

Chinese players needed to enhance their counter abilities against topspin loops in the 1970s. The backhand block/forehand attack style for pimple-out penholders became the mainstream style. Typical examples were Xu Shaofa, Li Jingguang, and Li Zhenshi.

However, as Chinese produced fewer elite players who attacked from both sides, the Japanese stayed with this technique and produced Mitsuru Kohno, who won the men's singles title at the 34th World Championships in 1977.

Meanwhile, penholders with inverted rubber also performed well, as demonstrated by Xi Enting of China and Seiji Ono of Japan, who won the world singles championship in 1973 and 1979, respectively.

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[transhuman7]

Really cool!