It's the end of the year and it is time to wrap up the ups and downs, the cheers and jeers of year 2017. What are the moments that strike you the most? Who has made significant improvements and stood out in 2017? Which point or match or tournament have impressed you the most? I would love to hear your thoughts and compile them into the upcoming article that reviews table tennis events in 2017.
My plan is to write a review about the following things and make a summary of 2017. You could contribute to the review by suggesting more topics that you would like to read from and share your thoughts on the following 9 topics in the comment box below (you can leave comments anonymously)!
1. Male Athlete Of The Year
2. Female Athlete Of The Year
3. Men's Doubles Of The Year
4. Women's Doubles Of The Year
5. Mixed Doubles Of The Year
6. Rising Star Of The Year
7. Point Of The Year
8. Match Of The Year
9. Special Moments
I will summarize the comments of this article on 25 December so make sure you comment before Christmas and I shall include them with my personal thoughts in the review.
Losses by top chinese men in wttc and german open is the most
ReplyDeletesignificant event. Does it signal the end of chinese men dominance? Certainly a cause for concern. There does not appeared to be any young up and coming men to fill the void. Coaching also a concern.
1. I'm going to have to say Timo Boll. He has made a remarkable recovery if you compare with just one year ago, when he had no chance against Quadri Aruna at the Olympics. A remarkable transition for someone at his age.
ReplyDelete2. Ding Ning. Three world championship gold medals speak for themselves
3. Yuto Kizukuri and Tomokazu Harimoto. Prime contenders for the world championships in 2019, having beaten Xu Xin/Fan Zhendong twice. Runners up would be Jonathan Groth/Patrick Franziska, who have been remarkably successful despite representing different countries.
4. This is difficult to say. Of course, the chinese are most of the time in a league of their own. But then again, Hina Hayata and Mima Ito have impressed me massively, especially at the Swedish Open.
5. Not sure, really. Maharu Yoshimura/Kasumi Ishikawa, perhaps?
6. I'm going to say Sun Yingsha here. Harimoto is amazing, but he has been for almost three years now, and can hardly be called a newcomer.
7. Hrmph... 5-4 in the seventh game at the WTTC between Ding Ning and Zhu Yuling was extraordinary. But then again, so was the hand-switch shot of Feng Yalan at the trials. Can't decide between the two.
8. An outlier, but I'm going to have to say Miyu Kato against Zhu Yuling at the Swedish Open, mostly because I saw it live. Fantastic match. On the men's side the match between Ovtcharov and Fan Zhendong at the German Open was extraordinary.
9. The losses of the chinese men's team. But if I need to single out one particular moment it will have to be when Miu Hirano against all odds won the Asian Championships. It's always fun to watch an underdog come out on top.
Thank you Magnus! Would you mind if I include your comment in my upcoming article that reviews table tennis event in 2017? So that the article will have different perspectives.
DeleteIf you agree to let me include your thoughts in the article. Would you like to write a sentence to introduce yourself and your name that I will be referring you in the article?
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