Sabtu, 15 Mei 2010

timo boll

Left-handed German table tennis player, Timo Boll, is a gifted player but has been lacking in consistency. He was the world number one for around 6 months in 2003. However, he slipped in 2004 to eleventh rank. Towards the middle of 2005, he fought back to third rank and then to second place. For most part of 2006, he maintained that place, before Wang Liqin overtook him. Currently, Timo Boll is in the third place in world table tennis ranking, with 12,588 points. Ma Lin with 12,688 points and Wang Liqin with 12,661 points are ahead of him.
Timo Boll was born in Erbach in Germany on March 8, 1981. He began playing table tennis at the age of 4, taking to the game just for fun. Richard Prause has been coaching Timo Boll for the last several years. Timo Boll is now a triple Gold medal winner at the European championships. He recently won the European championship, beating Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus, 11-7, 11-7, 11-3, 8-11, and 11-6.
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Timo Boll is quite strong in his forehand topspin drive and fast backhand loop. He is the only player who has been able to counter the formidable Chinese. He plays very close to the table, which gives very little reaction time to the opponents. He is now quite fit and aggressive to match the Chinese players. His fans are wondering whether he would be able to triumph at the 2008 Olympic Games. If he wins on that occasion, he would be able to write his name permanently in the sporting history.
The Liebherr Men’s World Cup in 2005 brought out the best in Timo Boll. He had beaten Wang Liqin in 7 games in the quarterfinals and he had overcome Ma Lin in the semi-finals, again in a 7-game match. The question on every one’s mind was whether he would continue the same form in the finals. His opponent was Wang Hao of China. They had earlier met 4 times in international competitions. Wang Hao had won the first 2 matches, while in the latter two matches Timo Boll had triumphed. So, they were quite even.
The finals were keenly contested by both of them. Wang Hao was placing his first attacking strokes into Timo Boll’s backhand. Timo Boll was putting his fast forehand strokes into the body of Wang Hao. This match also went the same route of 7 games like the quarterfinals and semis, with the German winning the first, third, and sixth game, while Wang Hao prevailing in the second, fourth and fifth games.
In the deciding seventh game, Timo Boll took the early lead of 6-0 before Wang Hao won the next 4 points. The crowd was fully behind Timo Boll, which encouraged him to forge ahead to a 10-4 lead. Wang Hao was able to save the first match point. But Timo Boll succeeded in the second match point to lift the Men’s World Cup for the second time in his playing career. Timo Boll had won 11-3, 4-11, 11-8, 3-11, 11-13, 11-8, 11-5. The scoreline clearly indicates how keenly the match was fought. Timo Boll later explained that his services and service returns were at peak levels, which had made it very difficult for the Chinese players to beat him.

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