Ryu Seung Min vs Vladimir Samsonov (Tournament of Champions 2007)

[@cartoc6969]

A tactic battle between two legends who master their techniques.

[@zulfadhihjabdrahman5411]

I miss the old games & old camera angle

[@animaysh]

Sammy destroyed the backhand weakness of the JPen.

[@ghfghfghfghfghgfhgf7775]

wtf that comment is so stupid and have 10 likes :D is it really destroying if game ends 2-4 and last set points was 13-15. seriously lol!

[@sumitshrestha2986]

I would personally say the weakness is a mentality/comfortability aspect, of the game. When samsanov faced Kim, it was a little different as Kim was more balanced and had a much better backhand block, backhand drive, he was more consistent than ryu, making it more difficult for samsanov.

[@jivan6030]

Brilliant match, thanks for sharing.

[@呂鑫-t6f]

柳承敏這種打法，沒點腎上線素是打不出來的，所以變成大賽型選手，平常就是打個玩的。

[@Eric-xc9hk]

前三板好細膩

[@sumitshrestha2986]

I would say this was ryu’s best chance ever to beat samsanov. He lost this due to not going for topsins on the backhand side and fishing more than he should have and some service errors, their was this one rally where ryu did a backhand drive and then turned the rally by being in control, he needed to do that even more if wanted to win. Hence why Kim taek soo was more comfortable with players like samsanov as his backhand was better than ryu’s.

[@dickn.ormous1064]

Ryu had much better serves and played closer to the table.He was a better player but due to the 40mm Korean penhold game became weaker. I don't think he ever faced Samsonov in a big competition.When he was pumped up he was still dangerous.Watch his 2007 World Cup run.

[@sumitshrestha2986]

@@dickn.ormous1064 during 2003-2007 I would say was his strongest, I did some research on ryu’s head to head with samsanov and ryu actually beat samsanov I think 2times. Personally I think Kim was more balanced and consistent than ryu, but ryu had better footwork also while having a better forehand, just my opinion.

[@sumitshrestha2986]

@@dickn.ormous1064 btw his 2007 World Cup run was insane, unfortunate he had to face 3 Chinese players back to back to back, man couldn’t catch a break.

[@user-lq2nu6cn7y]

Samsonofu

[@claah123]

Brasil na area

[@danielcarvalho3187]

E nois

[@吳國華-h4j]

王濤:你說南韓選手基本上就是單面,什麼脫離,基本上就是輸掉了....我不知道你在說什麼?只想問你,你橫拍,雙面打法,有拿過奧運冠軍嗎? 1988劉南奎,2004柳承敏,你呢? 還"王三亞"咧,直拍橫打...臉丟大了你

[@ylong5697]

王涛拿了9次世界冠军，韩国选手好像加起来也没这个数。另外，王涛带队拿了两次斯韦思林杯，韩国队经常被他挡在决赛之外，到现在也没拿过这项冠军。

[@guangzhou003zhang8]

1.奖牌决定一切是吗？对技术的分析啥时候还能和实战奖牌扯上关系了？你咋不问问你自己为啥王皓吴敬平，一个三连亚给你说的屁都不是，一个奖都没拿过几个，照样培养出樊振东？ 2.奥运柳承敏赢王皓一局，其他对局柳反手被横打打得各种难受，你就无视了是吧……

[@donluna2000]

How can a shakehander not win against a one-side penholder? Theoretically penholders don't stand a chance.

[@unpoulet6859]

No thats just a way of holding racket. Ryu play style is footwork oriented thats why he can use so effectively the j-pen racket. Thats also an old play style, its not very popular nowadays.

[@ГерманЛефтеров]

Ryu is Olympic champion, so why you're theory is peace of shit))

[@TheKommunist7]

Yeah, just watch how this guy crashes the ball

[@jrk1666]

theoretically the jpen grip favors forehand enough to compensate for backhand

[@謝長霖-w1z]

if the ball is just coming back with random placement, then J-pen won't stand a chance, but serve with the pen is harder for the opponent to return, pen can create more spin than shake, so it will be easier for a penholder to control the game with its' serve. And the forehand of a penhold is often more powerful, Sam is one of the best blocker in tt, but you can see in this game the forehand of Ryu is too powerful to handle completely. Sadly ITTF change the ball and pen will never be the same like it use to be.