Klampár Tibor - Andrzej Grubba 1989.

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Klampar still very good in 89.

[@dickn.ormous1064]

Both of them had great runs in the 1988 Olympics/1989 WTTC.

[@SuperHammaren]

​@@dickn.ormous1064 Klampar was considerably older though. The last of the 70's generation as I recall. At least at that level. Surbek struggled on I think but not so successfully.

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@@SuperHammaren Klampar was the better player but he didn't get along with his head coach which hampered his career. Surbeck was a workhorse, he trained his fitness too much.He just couldn't play close to the table.

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@@dickn.ormous1064 A weakness Surbek had, I say him play in 1993 in Wttc, he was not bad. Took one set of Fetzner.

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@@SuperHammaren Longevity-wise Surbeck is second only to Waldner,he won a bronze in the WTTC Singles Event in 1981 aged 35.I think he had a major influence on the German team who are notorious workhorses (not Timo Boll though) often to the detriment of their overall TT skills development.

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38mm balls...