1990 European Championships (Ms-Final) Mikael Appelgren - Andrzej Grubba [Full Match in HD]

European Championships 1990, Gothenburg (SWE)
Men's Singles Final: Mikael Appelgren (SWE) - Andrzej Grubba (POL)
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[@Charly471000]

RIP Grubba....saw both live in there prime. Grubba Player many years for TTC Grenzau not far from my hometown in the german Bundesliga.

[@mariusatyt]

RIP, Andrzej

[@bebzon8941]

janus thank you for uploading. i like to watch these old games, tt was completly different :) it was more about technic than strenght. nowadays there is much less space for defense and unconventional moves. grubba rip

[@WONGLER]

Your Videos are sooo awsome Janus, Thanks so much !!!

[@janus770]

[@hangemhigh7069]

Äpplets forehand överskruv var hans signum!👍❤ På den gamla goda tiden med liten boll och seten till 21! Översätt till engelska!

[@Fontsman]

The larger plastic ball has completely redefined the approach to strokes and training. It's now all about fitness, core strength and repeatability. In order to produce speed and spin, players have had to become much faster and stronger with strong core and leg development.

[@dickn.ormous1064]

Liang Jinkung with his pot belly approves.

[@SuperHammaren]

Grubba a great player an even greater sportsman. If he had beel allowed to play with his left hand he would have been even greater. Big also in Sweden. And Kurhaski with his mean look :)

[@Aizensama153]

What do you mean by; If he been allowed to play with his left hand?

[@SuperHammaren]

Well he was really a natural lefthander, but he started to play with his right. From what I understand to better "fit into the system" of the time which was very rigid. But to me this means he did not reach his maximum level, but I can be wrong of course.

[@dickn.ormous1064]

@@SuperHammaren brain can adapt regardless of handedness.

[@SuperHammaren]

@@dickn.ormous1064 True, but I think I have read that some of his weakness as player could have been stronger playing with his left. Even he was 99% as capable as with his left, that single percent could mean victory in some matches. We never know.

[@enematwatson1357]

@@SuperHammaren I seem to remember reading that Grubba spontaneously chose to hold the bat in his right hand because he needed his stronger left arm to rest his body on the table when he was little. He was pretty close to ambidextrous anyway and once he developed his TT motor skills in his right arm, he never saw the need to switch back later on. I always wondered if that was the reason he was backhand dominant. 🤔

[@Supravina]

Nice match

[@WONGLER]

I LOVE SVENSK BORDTENNIS !!!

[@olaniyi570]

Anyone know exactly why the coach quit the team. I definitely liked him better than Karlsson and Sterneborg.

[@miltontordas]

The job as the swedish national team coach took a lot of his time, he also said that he had a family wihch he wanted to spend time with and therefor he quit his job and started working as Saarbrücken's main coach

[@getuzachoppa]

Every time i watch Appelgren theres something strange about his backhand stroke. I finally worked out what it is - instead of playing the backhand in front of the body he plays the stroke from his right hand side using his left hand. Almost as if hes reaching across his body to play the shot

[@dickn.ormous1064]

With Wang Tao probably the best backhand among lefties.

[@Reviewscentral2]

Why did the swedish coach run out of the press conference at the end of the video?

[@gostapersson1303]

He declared that he was gonna quit as coach for the Swedish team due to personal reasons.

[@Reviewscentral2]

Gösta Persson thank you

[@SuperHammaren]

+John Mcevoy There were also tensions within the Swedish team. The player Ulf Bengtson had opinions about how the team was coached and said so during the championship which made him furious. Personally I also think he would like to take advantage of the great result in 89 when Swden beat china, now he could bring his career further and advance. EM 90 was not a great succes for Sweden, it was basically saved by Appelgren.

[@GuiMXC]

32:50

[@Galimah]

poor grubba... there was always a swede in the way of his dreams

[@panx864]

Have you any concept why Andrzej arrive us so early? I have one.

[@panx864]

or leave us ... smth like that

[@somebose7395]

Yes 88 to 91 swedish team member always stopped him