2012-08-03 GOLD Medal Match Zhang Jike bt Wang Hao 4-1 (18-16, 11-5, 11-6, 10-12, 13-11) BRONZE Medal Match Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER) bt (TPE) Chuang Chih-Yuan 4-2 (12-10, 9-11, 8-11, 13-11, 11-5, 14-12) Having lost in this final, Wang Hao is the Silver medalist in THREE consecutive Olympics: 2012, 2008, 2004. Having won both the World Cup and World Championship titles, Wang Hao still needs an Olympic Gold medal in order to earn a Grand Slam, which would place him within the league of such legendary players. Now such achievement seems quite elusive, something nears to impossibility.
Table tennis - women's team event ~ final chn vs jpn on tue, 07 aug 15:30 TABLE TENNIS - WOMEN'S TEAM EVENT Semifinals (2012-08-06) CHINA bt KOREA 3-0 - Li Xiaoxia vs Seok Hajung 3-0 - Ding Ning vs Kim Kyungah 3-0 - Li Xiaoxia/Guo Yue vs Dang Yeseo/Seok Hajung 3-0 JAPAN bt SINGAPORE 3-0 - Ai Fukuhara vs Feng Tianwei 3-1 - Kasumi Ishikawa vs Wang Yuegu 3-0 - Sayaka Hirano/Kasumi Ishikawa vs Li Jiawei/Wang Yuegu 3-0 It's rather surprising to learn that JPN edged out SIN 3-0, in a relatively easy match. China will face Japan in Women's Team final on Tue 7 Aug - 15:30 Earlier in Quarterfinals, CHN bt NED 3-0; KOR bt HKG 3-0; SIN bt PRK 3-0; JPN bt GER 3-0.
MEN'S TEAM EVENT BRONZE Medal Match: HONG KONG vs GERMANY ~ Wed 8 Aug - 11:00 GOLD Medal Match: CHINA vs KOREA ~ Wed 8 Aug - 15:30 MEN'S TEAM - SEMIFINALS (2012-08-06) CHINA bt GERMANY 3-1 - Ma Long - Dimitrij Ovtcharov 3-1 (12-10, 5-11, 11-9, 11-1) - Zhang Jike - Timo Boll 1-3 (11-8, 8-11, 9-11, 8-11) - Wang Hao/Zhang Jike - Bastian Steger/Timo Boll 3-1 (10-12, 11-8, 11-5, 11-5) - Ma Long - Bastian Steger 3-0 (11-3, 11-5, 11-7) KOREA bt HONG KONG 3-0 - Ryu Seungmin - Tang Peng 3-2 (7-11, 11-4, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9) - Joo Saehyuk - Jiang Tianyi 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-8) - Oh Sangeun/Ryu Seungmin - Leung Chu Yan/Jiang Tianyi 3-2 (5-11, 11-6, 11-2, 11-13, 11-9) Timo Boll Below his normal level in the early stages of the tournament and beaten in the first round of the Men’s Team event, when facing Sweden, by the veteran 46 year old Jörgen Persson, and stopped by Adrian Crisan (ROU) in the quarterfinals of individual event, Timo Boll dazzled on the tenth day of action. He beat the man of the moment; he beat the man crowned Olympic champion four days earlier and the current World #1; he beat Zhang Jike in four games in the semi-final duel against China. Though his win was not enough to save the GER team, but it's definitely good for him in regaining his confidence and prestige after his disappointing days. Following are the results of earlier matches in quarterfinals: CHINA bt SINGAPORE 3-0 - Ma Long - Gao Ning 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-6) - Wang Hao - Zhan Jian 3-0 (11-8, 11-3, 11-4) - Zhang Jike/Wang Hao - Yang Zi/Zhan Jian 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-3) GERMANY bt AUSTRIA 3-0 - Dimitrij Ovtcharov - Robert Gardos 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-5) - Timo Boll - Werner Schlager 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-4) - Bastian Steger/Timo Boll - Chen Weixing/Robert Gardos 3-1 (11-6, 13-11, 8-11, 11-4) HONG KONG bt JAPAN 3-2 - Jiang Tianyi - Jun Mizutani 1-3 (8-11, 9-11, 11-9, 9-11) - Tang Peng - Seiya Kishikawa 3-1 (11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7) - Leung Chu Yan/Jiang Tianyi - Koki Niwa/Seiya Kishikawa 3-1 (8-11, 14-12, 11-8, 13-11) - Leung Chu Yan - Jun Mizutani 1-3 (11-5, 5-11, 11-13, 8-11) - Tang Peng - Koki Niwa 3-1 (7-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-3) KOREA bt PORTUGAL 3-2 - Oh Sangeun - Tiago Apolonia 3-0 (13-11, 11-7, 11-9) - Joo Saehyuk - Marcos Freitas 1-3 (14-16, 6-11, 11-6, 9-11) - Ryu Seungmin/Oh Sangeun - Joao Monteiro/Tiago Apolonia 2-3 (11-6, 12-10, 1-11, 8-11, 7-11) - Joo Saehyuk - Joao Monteiro 3-1 (8-11, 11-6, 11-4, 12-10) - Ryu Seungmin - Marcos Freitas 3-1 (11-5, 11-6, 9-11, 11-3)
BRONZE Medal match ~ SIN vs KOR is IN PROGRESS ... WOMEN'S TEAM EVENT: BRONZE Medal match between SIN vs KOR is IN PROGRESS ... Feng Tianwei took the first game 11-9 against Kim Kyungah while GOLD Medal match between CHN vs JPN will start at 15:30
Women's Team: Gold-China, Silver-Japan, Bronze-Singapore 2012-08-07 WOMEN'S TEAM EVENT GOLD Medal Match: CHINA CHINA bt JAPAN 3-0 - Li Xiaoxia - Ai Fukuhara 3-1 (11-6, 9-11, 11-2, 11-5) - Ding Ning - Kasumi Ishikawa 3-0 (11-4, 12-10, 11-4) - Li Xiaoxia/Guo Yue - Sayaka Hirano/Kasumi Ishikawa 3-1 (11-6, 11-3, 9-11, 11-5) BRONZE Medal Match: SINGAPORE SINGAPORE bt KOREA 3-0 - Feng Tianwei - Kim Kyungah 3-1 (11-9, 11-8, 4-11, 13-11) - Li Jiawei - Seok Hajung 3-1 (11-5, 11-8, 6-11, 11-8) - Li Jiawei/Wang Yuegu - Dang Yeseo/Seok Hajung 3-1 (11-9, 11-6, 6-11, 11-5)
Men's Team: Gold-China, Silver-Korea, Bronze-Germany 8/8/2012 TABLE TENNIS - MEN'S TEAM GOLD Medal Match: CHINA CHINA bt KOREA 3-0 - Ma Long - Ryu Seungmin 3-1 (11-6, 11-6, 6-11, 11-4) - Zhang Jike - Joo Saehyuk 3-1 (11-9, 5-11, 11-6, 11-8) - Wang Hao / Zhang Jike - Oh Sangeun / Ryu Seungmin 3-0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-6) BRONZE Medal Match: GERMANY GERMANY bt HONG KONG 3-1 - Timo Boll - Leung Chu Yan 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-7) - Dimitrij Ovtcharov - Tang Peng 3-1 (13-11, 11-13, 11-9, 11-9) - Bastian Steger / Dimitrij Ovtcharov - Jiang Tianyi / Leung Chu Yan 0-3 (10-12, 8-11, 4-11) - Timo Boll - Jiang Tianyi 3-1 (9-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-9)
As predicted, table tennis powerhouse China created clean sweep 4 Olympic golds plus two silvers in individual event, what a total dominance.
Yesterday I watched the replay of the match between Ariel Hsing and Li Xiaoxia. At the start of the match, look like the referee took out 3 new ping pong bats. And Li looked at all three and picked one. Then Ariel picked one of the remaining 2. So players can no longer use their own and have to use the one provided by the tournament. Is this new?
