Timo Boll : The man who could beat the Chinese

Hope you will enjoy this little tribute to Timo with some of his best points.
The clips used come mostly from TTCountenance and TTProvider, here are their channels :
TTCountenance : / ttcountenance
TTProvider : / ttprovider
Musics : The Relay Company - Marco Polo /
Starset - My demons

[@Hardy30680]

It takes Bolls to beat the Chinese.

[@MyselfStefano]

Hardy30680 Ahhh.... Yees REALLY!! :D 😂😂😂😂😂

[@l.s5806]

Hardy30680 lol😂😂😂

[@Kevin-yg8lt]

Oooo dammm..

[@n.trophycollector7684]

all Chinese but ma long

[@kitkaneth]

Not only he was one of the greatest, he's also one of the most humble and polite.

[@desert1987]

kitkaneth agree

[@leonidaskoumaniotis839]

I will totally agree with you

[@Nijay_the_Ninja]

"was" he still is!

[@user-su4qp1vs6l]

No was, he is very good now

[@babychicks0748]

That would be definitely Lin Yun Ju After the 17 year old beat Ma Long and world no. 1 Fan Zehndong and won 100,000$ he did not celebrate not to say even smile #Silentassessin

[@SamNightraxx]

Timo Boll the King. No wonder he is considered a tabletennis star even in China. When even the Chinese respect a foreigner in one of their national sports, you know that man in a beast.

[@WheeinJupiterMars]

they freaking love him.

[@kennikitty]

At least SOMEONE who treats the man the way he should be treated. Just because he's no soccer star barely anyone in Germany knows him and his outstanding career. It's such a shame. :( When he carried the german flag into the Maracana stadium at the Rio opening ceremony, he looked like an overjoyed child, I was so happy for him. He's a very nice person and just an amazing athlete with a long and successfull career. He did what so many people thought was impossible: challenge the Chinese and the Chinese love him for doing so. Tabletennis needs so much more recognition.

[@whatevereyewant]

The title of the video is depressing in itself...

[@devanshdubey8436]

mikefarmer01 This time you are right........ Best comment ever😂😂😂

[@xingnanzav]

Timo Boll has fought generations of Chinese players, from Kong Linghui, to Liu Guoliang, Ma Lin, Wang Liqin, Wang Hao, Zhang Jike, Ma Long and Fan Zhendong. Kong and Liu are coaches. ML, WH and WLQ have retired. But Timo Boll is still fighting. Yes, Chinese won most of the important titles, but with Timo Boll competing, there was always suspense. The real question is where is the next Timo Boll?

[@alilacherruse]

Maybe Dima? Maybe.

[@LeTDDswag]

+alilacherruse I have doubts for Dima. Maybe Källberg, if he keeps on his progression from 2015

[@technischerFreak]

Me

[@skywalker1296]

+Nan Xing Probably Jun Mizutani or Yuya Oshima

[@alilacherruse]

+Blitzkrieg37 If Mizutani was it we should have seen it by now

[@oh8754]

I started playing table tennis because of this video, everyday I used to watch this video. I reached state level competition from my school selection in under a year !! (Altho could not secure any rank but this video certainly made table tennis 100x more cooler for me !!!!!!!)

[@LeTDDswag]

Wow, that's really great to hear, I'm glad it inspired you that much ! If you love table tennis and you're ready to work on it as much as needed, then everything is possible.

[@sidneysun3865]

A true gentleman and a legend of the sport. The second most respected foreign player in China, after Waldner.

[@user-ir8er1bh4q]

He told that he loves to be almost not recognised and spotted in germany, while beeing an absolute super star in a diffrent country, china. Btw how is he doing right now? Ive watched the world list and he is on 33 now :( I guess his worst position since whenever he was 33 last time? I always hope that he can play on and still win something. I guess aslong he has fun with it, he will keep on playing. Unfortunately he cant beat age. Is just crazy how long this man stayed on the top of the game.

[@gdgeosef1367]

@@user-ir8er1bh4q as of now he is maintaining his focus on recovering from a shoulder injury which made him not compete for the time being ( since the end of february i think ) + missing the wttc 2023 that was held pretty recently, that's why his world ranking is 33 my friend. Nevertheless he said that he would prepare very well for the 2024 olympics in paris, so i guess timo boll's era isn't over yet.

[@tabletennishq4013]

Timo is a legend. I`ll cry when he stops playing... :( Greetings from Germany

[@LeTDDswag]

+TableTennisHQ Thanks, Timo is the the first player I ever watched and that made me love table tennis, I thought he deserved that

[@tabletennishq4013]

+Le TDD Great video by the way. So many awesome points, but 3:13 - 3:32 just incredible and with the music it feels out of this world...

[@LeTDDswag]

TableTennisHQ Thanks it's my first one ever I'm glad you liked it, maybe I'm gonna do some others now

[@preritsingh17]

😔

[@sillysheep3042]

You know you are good when Weixing claps for you

[@Demeter007]

Correction: The man who CAN beat the Chinese

[@rokometer8]

AND HE CAN STILL BEAT THEM!!!!!! #worldcup2017

[@devanshdubey8436]

Roko Meter also #Germanopen2017#Nowin2018#Timo#Readytobeatchinese#

[@user-qq7um6tj9j]

I heard the second song like 'my timo'

[@alpertunga3505]

My demons :)

[@keinealtsmehr2033]

Too😂

[@batman4784]

Father of Timo Boll... great respects and thanks for inspirations !!! Definitely Timo is forever champ in my heart too :)

[@kasosmailji9143]

A living LEGEND

[@Holbeinisscheisse]

lol at 3:21 he transfers the paddel to his right hand

[@Enkidu1701]

at 3:21 he transfers the paddel to his right hand At 3:09 he did it too.

[@RezaTaheriIsAwesome]

omg

[@atune2682]

WTF he is a machine!

[@agz4370]

paddel LUL nice england son

[@l.s5806]

Lots of people can do that

[@comm11]

5:00 - 5:35?? I thought this was Timo Boll highlight video, not a Ma Long wrecks Boll montage

[@LeTDDswag]

Well I know, but there was a sad passage in the music so I choosed to add some tragedy see

[@comm11]

+Le TDD As a rule, highlight videos shouldn't include losing points, unless they are point of the century rallies, such as Ma Long vs. Fang Bo WTTC 2015, where Ma Long lost the point but it was so epic

[@Jar900]

+comm11 Since when are there rules for a compilation video?

[@LeTDDswag]

An artist sometimes has to break the rules

[@hordebob9244]

+comm11 not true. Boll especially has played incredible points and lost them. Also, the sad part of the music fits the losing perfectly (as the creator has already mentioned). Also there are no rules lmao

[@hung-yupan1599]

one of the best! really enjoy it.

[@DreckbobBratpfanne]

When they play the ball it always looks like there is some magic force that pushes the ball onto the other side of table (i guess it's spin + magnus effect) that looks so awesome how it drops even at the highest speeds.

[@Isaacoun100]

For me he's the best no matter how much he wins or loses he is the #1

[@awesomett411]

Super vidéo sur mon joueur favori :) continue !

[@ethanrong5232]

I don’t know if this is intentional but bravo on 6:14, 6:17, 6:19, 6:25 for adding the smash onto the beat, it was pretty epic. However, I did realize that in 1:03 you used footage from another KZbin video, “timo boll best shots”. The video was playing one of rocks nobody home and I can hear it in the background. Maybe edit that or something. Other than that, Great Video!

[@TheZorboidOrbb]

Was it 2005 or 2007 when he beat Chinese top 3 in QF, SF and Finals? He completely wrecked Chinese that year. I think, after Waldner, Timo is the only other player that Chinese saw as a threat.

[@LeTDDswag]

It was in 2005 he beat WLQ, Ma Lin and Wang Hao in a row, and in 2002 he also beat Kong Linghui in the final, yeah that was awesome, too bad he didn't manage to repeat that performance at the WTTC

[@TheZorboidOrbb]

Yup... Timo in his prime was a nightmare.. He is probably at his 80% right now. At his level, its so hard to keep up fitness and creativity after 30.

[@LeTDDswag]

Yeah but it depends, I think he was still very consistant in early 2010's (like in 2011-12, it was a great period for him, he went in WTTC semis and was WR #1) because he earned a lot of experience and that made him stronger even if he was not as good physically, I mean if you look at Ma Lin for example, he was clearly finished past his thirties

[@thenewfire]

Waldner then Schlager then Boll. Pretty short list

[@liamcannon9617]

Zorboid Orbb no? tokic almost beat ma long. how about weixing Chen ? how bout jorgus person ?

[@AirwaveDriving]

The Chinese were like "fucking German engineering Bruh".

[@davitkarapetyan1974]

0:37 I never knew Edward Norton was so damn good at table tennis

[@rydmerlin]

It's nice to hear the ball bounce. Can the music.

[@user-fc4ir3qk9g]

Got me all on fire. Thanks!

[@user-fm3pu5ce8e]

A foreigner unlocked new level: China

[@w1nn4h]

The man who still CAN!

[@shivamk.804]

I personally think, after a humiliating loss against Jingkun in the Grand Finals, Boll is going to come back even stronger in 2019. After all, the man has adapted so well to changes in the past. It’s time for him to do that again.

[@kushalshahi5721]

Tim is an elite German legend.

[@user-zt9ie3fs1q]

Thanks for your video.

[@bluecoke6828]

great music, great video ! :)

[@pedrovargas5247]

I just think Timo Boll should be sponsored by T-Mobile

[@srik24]

Timo Boll earned great respect. Table Tennis sport itself respect him. Amazing sportsman...

[@starshooting7463]

he proved it again in this year world cup

[@l.franciz7706]

Timo Boll is and will stay the greatest german player ever :)

[@user-ru2uz9mm7h]

great~

[@shreetaggarwal3284]

amazing video due to presentation of ups and downs of bolls life. AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@martenkoch5478]

So Nice Timo Boll best player

[@menelaus5433]

Best video ever!

[@franzherbert3529]

Legend

[@yaakovgov7650]

Great player/fighter/man..

[@jeremieerikssonlefebvre2647]

For coming table tennis videos, the only music that works is acoustic instrumental.

[@pmrtv6907]

Most sympathetic Table Tennis player out there

[@nihil4653]

And he still can

[@LeTDDswag]

unbelievable

[@januszjablonowski7297]

But then recently he beat Lin Gaoyuan and Ma Long.

[@joepschoenmakers687]

The living legend ❤️

[@gbjwal1]

What a player.

[@demon2others]

Not in the shadows of Ma Long.

[@farrellkott312]

super very good like timo boll swaggest people in the world

[@jonnypei9137]

I love the title

[@dasdas1463]

Great Video ;)

[@netaichowdhury1731]

I like it very much

[@jcshim6333]

always i like him. Greatist player in the world~!

[@XYZ-zn7sy]

what is the name of the background songs?

[@swinfans]

Boll is a legend.

[@kumarabhishek5652]

Great ambassador of game who showed how chinese dominance can be broken down.

[@anjishnu8643]

And he did

[@MetalSteel3D]

pls make more great videos like this so keep goin man!!!!!!!!!!!

[@essencepinguin7194]

I absolutely agree!

[@theduskwoodsnuffer2569]

00:09 - 00:12 - amazing feel for the ball. wow.

[@nikitarozin]

Great movie

[@user-cp3ju2fz4z]

Miu Hirano is the one who could not only - she did beat them all on the Asian Championship with 17 years old and 2 of them without loosing a game 3-0. She did beat in a row World Rank No.6 Cheng I-Ching, World Rank No.1 Ding Ning, World Rank No.2 Zhu Yuling World Rank No.5 Chen Meng.

[@Kuerikami]

橋本絵莉子 yes but in the latest matches she lost horribly. i think the chinese really analyzed her game and are well prepared for hirano..

[@user-cp3ju2fz4z]

Yea they are very under pressure to win, of course. No she did not lost horribly, I mean she still plays good vs the Chinese players on the Japan Open she lost 0-4 VS Chen Meng but 11-7 is not a good result in a Game for Chen Meng against a girl is much younger with less experiences then her - also when Miu did beat Chen Meng before 3-0 on the Asian-Open without loosing a game, we are talking about the Elite also Liu Shiwen or Chen Meng got hard times to beat Ding Ning for example - you need to have good day when it comes to such high skilled players to win a match and Miu Hirano is still on her way to become a professional table tennis player and can already beat everyone without a problem world wide in respect to only a few players like Ding Ning, Chen Meng, Zhu Yuling, Wang Manyu, Liu Shiwen....

[@andreoliveira4687]

The best

[@timspasov214]

my idol

[@KhalidKhan-uo1of]

gacina my goodness...respect!

I like TMB so much. He's the best

[@theduskwoodsnuffer2569]

No you're the best ♥️

[@user-ld4nl2uh6c]

Как вторая песня называется ?

[@MrSolu1234]

Amazing song. Can you tell me the name?

[@tasleemriaz2195]

Name of the Music or Songs??

[@numantamankar3468]

Anyone know which is the first soundtrack???

[@animefan7424]

Numan Tamankar the relay company Marco Polo

[@user-ci8et7ue4p]

first song?

[@stoolpigeon4285]

I could only put up with 5 seconds of this, um, music. I'm far too cool to listen to it

[@alilacherruse]

me too

[@evyios7722]

Such a good joke

[@LeTDDswag]

+Ben Webb world's coolest person has spoken guys

[@joshuatoh2640]

Dude u r so cool i cant read your comment

[@yanarjuna4666]

Timo Good job !!!

[@relikvija]

He beat Ma long?

[@abt1580]

title correction : the man that tried to beat the chinese

[@pmrtv6907]

ABT well he did but they also beat him. I mean he was No. 1

[@aleksanderb7340]

That is the reality in every single sport. However it's just pure probability. How many Chinese people live across the globe? No wonder you can easily pick one or two, who are good at something. Germans are very good at many sports, not only table tennis, although the population is much smaller. This is remarkable and related to money as well. When country has money, they can pick up talents earlier and invest in their training.

[@KOBEROCKS777]

ABT he was the biggest threat to the Chinese. Even liu guo LIANG was afraid of him. Dima WAS once very dominant for a short period of time but now has seemed to lose his momentum due to his wedding and injuries and such.

[@antang6964]

​@@KOBEROCKS777I think the Chinese lost the WTTC to Schlager and the 2004 Olympics to Waldner/Ryu Seung Min.That was during Boll's prime.The most hyped for sure.

[@WaleedNaeem]

I was fed up by Boll's defeat , So I though this video will be a bit relaxing , but what the world want from me is to stay stressed up . :(

[@twitch6071]

There are 7 level of difficulty: Easy, Medium, Difficult, Hard, Asian, Timothy Boll, Ma long

[@grdianANGL333]

What about Jan Ove?

[@dushyantgurjar1607]

WHICH MUSIC IS PLAYING IN BACKGROUND?

[@LeTDDswag]

IT'S WRITTEN IN THE DESCRIPTION JUST READ IT

[@1N9B9S4]

#Legendenstatus

[@elliothernesten5077]

first song? >->

[@karakusevic1]

Song?

[@invictuz4803]

Why does he always touch the middle of the table after winning the point?

[@stilliving]

InvictuZ dry sweat off the hand

[@invictuz4803]

oh, i thought he was petting the table so the table would be good to him.

[@KOBEROCKS777]

InvictuZ LMAO

[@mateusgabriel565]

monstro pra mim ele e o melhor jogador do mundo

[@meuboui]

Didn't know Edward Norton was a world class table tennis player.

[@jingosta5841]

It's true,cuz I remember he has beaten ma lin in London 2012. A honorable player.

[@cd7109]

This title may be modified soon. ;)

[@maxyar0n]

And the name of first song, please?

[@animefan7424]

Max yaron Marco Polo by the relay company

[@theromanator1810]

What is the song in the beginning of the video?

[@LeTDDswag]

The songs are in the description

[@theromanator1810]

ok thanks

[@wujason3973]

If you really like Boll, just say things about Boll. Why does Boll have to "beat" Chinese......

[@stilliving]

Wu Jason because he was the only one for many many years to break up the Asian dominance of the world ranking. It means a lot because of how much we esteem the Chinese war machine.

[@kalbokaokafor]

Wu Jason because he beat your balls.

[@joshuatoh2640]

Well thats a nice title

[@koldy8039]

Im from Brasil , but Timo Boll is the best player for me , im your fan Timo

[@N4ghtmare]

There's a reason why westerns play soccer, rugby and basketball. It's because of their physique and that naturally bigger than Chinese so even more impressive

[@LeTDDswag]

+Scorpeanna Maybe but it's not that simple, WLQ was a tall player and today's chinese players are not especially small, the reason is mostly just cultural (there is something like 0,01% of Chinese population that plays soccer in a club, just because they don't care for this sport, but if tomorrow the government starts developing soccer in China and manages to get the people to like it as much as TT they could become a very strong team).

[@Daaneskjold]

this is a great video, he is my favorite player!

[@user-gt2rw9ct7z]

Can i ask for background music

[@LeTDDswag]

+陳政嘉 In the description

[@mingruizhang8354]

的确很厉害！

[@jphistoricalrecords2753]

I like Timo Boll & Jun Mizutani

[@skywalker1296]

+Mm Japanese What about Samsonov?

[@aristai2001]

me too , my favourite lefties

[@user-iy3xv3vt6y]

we chinese like him.he is great.

[@yunusemre488]

what is the Song 3 50

[@user-bc7fe4ep8k]

Starset - My Demons