Truls Moregard vs Liang Jingkun | MS | WTT Star Contender European Summer Series 2022 (SF)

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[@lorenzobarni1000]

Truls is one of the few player that actually has fun playing a match

[@aalokatmaa1606]

When he starts feeling no fun, he starts throwing racket to infect his opponent with his anger so that fun comes back😂

[@KinokoFuuko]

Has a lot of fun losing also 🙂

[@aalokatmaa1606]

@@KinokoFuuko No way. He can't never accept that. That's why he throws racket every time he loses😂

[@KinokoFuuko]

He has one of the worst mentality in the circuit imo he is still a crybaby When he is destroying people -> super happy, trolling the opponent When he is destroyed -> depressed, throws his racket, want to rage quit

[@irtiza4262]

@@KinokoFuuko still my favourite player just due to how fun he makes his rallies He expirements with different shots and variations and like when he did a between the legs with a player recently He is waldner 2.0

[@andrewgrant9782]

Never a dull moment with Truls: outrageous shot making, unpredictable returns and so much talent. Definitely one of the best players to watch and maybe a world champion in the making.

[@gabriellee1987]

And quality checking for Stiga rackets.

[@kevink11]

Must be Truls best performance ever against one of the best from China. Thanks for good highlights too, fun seeing the entire match.

[@reinaldopessoa2603]

No Truls has played better Liang couldn't get a read on him.

[@nnamdichrisume9384]

Liang is a super player . But he is a bit slow in getting a read on his opponent. He needs a better coach.

[@reinaldopessoa2603]

@@nnamdichrisume9384 I disagree koki, Timo, Hugo he's always adjusted well he struggles with chop blocks.

[@Dragon_Rider777]

I am glad after Xu Xin and Koki Niwa, we can rely on Truls to deliver entertaining matches 👏😄

[@ttime9947]

He's so much more entertaining than Niwa

[@bananaapple9698]

@@ttime9947 but xuxin more entertain than truls

[@robb3802]

I am so please for Moregard. He is very good player and very creative, and this is what confused Chinese players (like the others). Deserve to play in the final. Europe hope

[@bananaapple9698]

He is Walner 2

[@krizanand]

Brilliant play from Truls, he broke the rhythm of Liang with his unconventional shots.

[@bananaapple9698]

Truls use non normal shot it make ball spin so strange

[@filougamingfr]

I like Liang very much but i love Truls!! What a game by the swedish!! 😳 It's amazing how he adjusts his game and pace dependind of what sort of ball he has to deal with. His ball placements and massive blocks are out of this world too! 🤩 So fun and entertaining to watch play indeed.

[@nero6790]

Phantastisches Spiel vom Schweden, sehr kreativ und überraschend. er spielt im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes das Match, probiert ständig und hat sichtbar Spaß an der Begegnung.

[@johnduff1564]

So proud of you Truls ! You did a real incredible performpance here ! A serious hope for Europe to do better than the past 20 years...

[@canicetang8837]

Love the creativities from Truls to frustrate Liang who are more used to the speed game. Off-speed stuff completely throws him off and induced way too many unforced errors! Great thinking match by Truls!

[@user-po7bp8hw1h]

Excellent game,one of the best I have watched recently. Moregard put a lot of trouble to Liang Jingkun with his chops and amazing variety of hits. He even switched hand holding the racket (unsuccessfully though) like Timo Boll sometimes does.

[@hsukaichun0204]

Truly has a good chop block!

[@a1988ditya]

Like a boss, the variations this guy has 🔥

[@user-ei1tp8qn8d]

Блин, если бы я так играл, как Трулс, тренер бы 3 шкуры спустил и кричал бы - Ты что делаешь, хватит играться, играй!. А Трулс играет и выигрывает! Так нельзя издеваться над китайскими товарищами) Браво! Какой-то запредельный теннис)

[@emorkTLK]

Guess team China will do a special "Truls" lesson soon like they once did for the Hirano serve.

[@brianmyungkim4114]

Hive mind 🐝

[@LutherBlissett94]

Very very impressive play by Truls, so much fun and talent!

[@tt_highlights]

Dear ittf, Please just keep the angle of minute 3:10 for the whole match.

[@gbting1988]

Too delayed upload

[@zencosuzuki8496]

It's good.

[@brianmyungkim4114]

Liangs mentality looked pretty much pummeled into goo by the final set and I'm here for it 😂

[@user-hb8bk6df6l]

Срезка слева с сильным вращением -это что-то.Китаец не разу не смог ее пробить.Надо бы и мне так научиться.

[@user-hb8bk6df6l]

Лучшая форма Морегарта.Надеюсь в финале он ее не растратит ,а ещё больше прибавит.

[@keeprunning5457]

nice creativity from truls love the backhand spin

[@LuisUjueta]

Congrats !!

[@aerotus888]

Amazing play!

[@DMING64539]

2 раунд морегарда был проигран чисто из за его спешки,а так он очень креативен был, Liang только заточен бить и бить,а в конце Moregard полностью контролировал игру и заставлял Liang играть по его правилам

[@shum8376]

матч отдали

[@skil2134]

удивляет наличие какой то странной полу серзки /полу скидки у морегарда. сперва не получалось потои пошло

[@popados2290]

@@skil2134 там еще и чоп-блок хорошо проходил. Нравится мне китайский крепыш, но слишком прямолинеен

[@TTCrunch]

4:24 Super spinny chop block!!

[@robertrowles5450]

Definitely improved since the last world championship. His rallying seems more secure, and he's still got that astonishing single shotmaking ability. I think the comparison with Waldner is superficial; Moregard's a one off, for sure. And that was brilliant.

[@awazon]

superior on-table techniques!

[@matmagix3845]

it does show a weakness in Liang Jing Kun's game, not as comfortable with short and mid table low pace balls.

[@ttime9947]

@@matmagix3845 He has a good short push into opponents forehand but it was not much seen in this match

[@mohammedwazid1769]

After timo, he’ll be the one who will stand against the chinese players

[@zencosuzuki8496]

And Vladi Samsonov.

[@reinaldopessoa2603]

Felix is gonna do it too and Darko.

[@zencosuzuki8496]

@@reinaldopessoa2603 Kuba said it too, and he defeated f.ex.Fang Bo.

[@brianmyungkim4114]

@@zencosuzuki8496 he retired no?

[@jiboo6850]

@@reinaldopessoa2603 and Alexis. they're both very good. and Alexis is higher ranked than his bro.

[@SantiagoLopez-wb6py]

Gran jugador Sueco continuador de Waldner y con nueva pala hexagonal. Para ocupar los tres primeros puestos internacionales. Promesa Europea. Bien por Truls.

[@jiboo6850]

stop with saying he's the successor of Waldner. enough of that. it's wrong.

[@kennyfishing4808]

What a great performance. The New koki niwa from sweden just born.

[@brianmyungkim4114]

I'd say waldner Jr hehe

[@vitaliychobotenko2269]

Nice battle!

[@charlesdelavor6486]

Truls é o futuro N° 1

[@adrianspaete6311]

Looks Like a Combination of harimoto und koki niwa und a lot of fun

[@pingsunday]

the next Jan Ove Waldner or not? 🇸🇪

[@magnusfjellstrom8252]

There will never be another Waldner. But Truls has a brilliant future ahead of him, at least that is what I'm hoping for 😊

[@ramonfernandezconde3581]

Yessss

[@lorenzobarni1000]

He will be better tha waldi

[@vivienseguy]

He is as creative but he does not have the effortless style of Waldner

[@rogernguyen1273]

Too soon to call the next Waldner !

[@GhanaTableTennis]

The incredible feel from moregard poses problems for Liang

[@rodrigomoge]

Very smart player... congrats

[@Albert-nv7bg]

Good performance in spite of some avoidable mistakes.

[@borisgraell]

Hey, on WTT Champions summer series could you please set up an even worse angle?

[@robertod893]

They are trying believe me. Currently there is an ITTF meeting somewhere in the world where they are considering displaying the sport from an angle unknown to engineers.

[@cdoodle9949]

My suggestion would be placing the camera underneath the table! Hearing the ball and the cho-ing of the players is enough.

[@ttime9947]

In fact there is a worse angle than this one here. So we must be happy that the camera wasn't so high in this match lol

[@mpt2129]

The sponsors logo must be seen, that's the rule in my opinion They are able to do better, since in the first days of the competition they did it, when there were no comments

[@tomaszgabrych1265]

finally chop blocks are treated like a main weapon there

[@stephdechatillon6591]

Congrats Truls !

[@petercase98]

When did LJK just drop any attempt to apologise on lucky balls? On the one hand I realise it is a small thing, but on the other hand it makes him look bad specifically because it would be such a small thing to vaguely lift his hand, or similar. It's almost like he's going out of his way not to be polite and I don't see the point.

[@cloudnyle2385]

Feel like truls plays around when playing against chinese players

[@feodtom2668]

Какая вариативность и мощь.

[@thanachoatchawanasunthornp2091]

Congrat to True Maniac

[@financialliberty2381]

Truls's FH is really a bit strange, you don't have the feeling it transfers well the power of his body there

[@TTCrunch]

7:30 Enjoy ;) Truls around the net is different from how Xu Xin makes it.

[@void0350]

what you mean by that? Xu xin is an expert on this.

[@TTCrunch]

@@void0350 For sure, he does it little differently. Xu Xin puts a lot of spin in his around the net. Truls somehow puts the ball flat with lesser spin but still makes it.

[@thefelixtabletennisexperie4802]

Waldnerstyle! Play different with creativity that you are Not predictable

[@sidneysun3865]

Hard to not love Truls. Hope he comes to train in China soon. Play some super league.

[@guillermomorales9157]

I see liang change his blade again from viscaria to ma long alc but from my point view he not look the same, very erratic 🤔

[@bananaapple9698]

Truls play very clever

[@joll1e]

Ljk is a monotone and orthodox kind of attacking player, not much creativity in disrupting the opponents except plain attacking style. In long rally, I have seen a couple of times Truls had overpowered Ljk , and also a couple of times, Ljk lost points of returning or attacking chop block, sidespin etc

[@clement5914]

Liang va faire des cauchemars de cette partie Truls lui a tout fait !!

[@rogernguyen1273]

C'est pas la premiere fois que Liang perd il est habitue et il a encore le double pour se faire plaisir !

[@MrAsad4774]

bring old camera angle back

[@johandahlqvist6749]

Truls will become nr 1.

[@Tarihcil]

an aggressive match, although not very obvious

[@user-no5vv3yc6m]

Да, вообщем не сложно...

[@bastooo3]

sooo. breaking the rythm of the chinese players is the key to first non-chinese world champ title since ages?

[@dickn.ormous1064]

Last World Champ was Schlager who had a backhand and serve advantage.

[@ttime9947]

@@dickn.ormous1064 Wow, last non chinese world champion. Almost 20 years ago in 2003

[@anujitganguly2029]

LJK had no answer to his chop blocks. And also missed quite a few easy shots that ultimately cost LJK the match

[@Al-ImprovEd2022]

A Truls, Darko, Hugo, Dima team would be strong! If they could form their own country.

[@mikhailtal2062]

In tennis they had a "Europe vs. the World" team match some time ago, would be fun to see a "China vs. the World" match in table tennis :D

[@oluwalonifamiloni2084]

They'd still not break the Chinese though 🥺😅

[@ttime9947]

@@mikhailtal2062 China vs World was real. You can find matches on YT

[@light8514]

Honestly the rest of the world can't even beat a second tier Chinese team consisting of Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, Lin Shidong, and Zhou Qihao.

[@Al-ImprovEd2022]

@@light8514 I THINK with Sun Yingshas loss today, every top Chinese player, male and female, has lost to a non Chinese player at least once in the last year.

[@kristianaaberg7882]

Sad we couldnt see Truls around the net shot properly and fully due to the poor camera angle.

[@maloghurst2741]

I was fist pumping so much during this match.

[@kaili3372]

梁靖崑前半场的表现惨不忍睹，感觉是连续的擦边和擦网乱了他的心态

[@danielhowes453]

Good highlights, just an absolutely horrible angle that needs to be fixed if wtt don't want to lose viewers. Makes the game much less enjoyable to watch

[@cagsanozbek4210]

7:32 and 9:10 DAMN Other than that; WTT, its very very bad idea to make the table color same with floor color, just saying. For players it makes harder to distinguish.

[@philippelepage1609]

Personally I like the dark theme

[@romanseminogov9604]

truls keeps getting bigger and bigger, must be hitting them weights in the gym

[@Tobbedans]

I think Truls deserves it that his name starts with a capital letter, sir!

[@alfredocosta3416]

30 fps :(

[@CliffZhu]

判断旋转出现这么大的问题，我也是醉了。

[@user-px3lv5uh7g]

nice man

[@stefanreuter9626]

Well done, Truls👍 Now you just have to work on your personality. Then you will become not only a superb player but also somebody the people like because of his behavior 😉

[@kennethselin1398]

Is it important to him that you like him?

[@kentwirstrom3283]

What do you actually know about his personality? You probably only seen him playing table tennis.

[@silversurfer6821]

maybe his personality is what makes him great

[@ctloo0808]

@@kennethselin1398 is it important that he/ she reply to a nobody like you ?

[@philippelepage1609]

I liked John Mac Enroe in his prime. So much talent with a so bad temper

[@laurentgachassin633]

9:18 🤭 9:30 😂 pauvre LJK !

[@StuffLeaver]

跟 莊 類似的問題，擊球模式太固定，被抓準就没得打了

[@elitefamilyparkour]

It's funny how the Chinese table tenis Gods struggle with the akward shots and chops which is what we low elo players are familliar with the most :D

[@g3capslol385]

Yeah because they aren't used to the unusual stuff, thats why so many chinese struggled with hou yingchao that one tournament. Someone like ma long is older so has more experience with that type of stuff, thats why he beat hou easily. You see all the time chopblocks from ma long mess up fan zhendong, WCQ and LJK because they are younger by 8-10 years. Thats why ma long will never lose to truls, maybe in a few years. FZD has too large a skill gap, but LJK and WCQ will be close matches, he can win due to his unusual style. I predicted him to beat LJK and also WCQ but im not sure so much about WCQ

[@CrAzzyWak]

@@g3capslol385 No. That's because those awkward shops are "Truls level" awkward shots and not your friend's awkward shots.

[@dickn.ormous1064]

A fat guy with poor short game is no"God".His serve-receive game is fairly average.He has lost to Aruna before.

[@g3capslol385]

@@CrAzzyWak Truls isn’t doing anything super fancy apart from some chop blocks, which at the level I play at is pretty similar, the general shots at our level is no where near theirs. But the strawberry receive he does is not that hard… the chopblock is harder, but at my level players can do it, just not as consistently. The flat flicks like the bh one ma long does is unusual and quite hard to do, needs very good feeling, something players at my level cannot do, need national level players to play that consistently

[@gab5012]

@@g3capslol385 Chop blocks are done by adding side spin but also soaking up the opponent's topspin and basically using it against them. So when you friend does a chop block he is doing it against YOUR top spin, but when Daddy Truls does it he is controlling the power of the almighty Chinese world class loop of the *big chungus* Liang Jinkun!🥵 A shot that most players don't have a chance at even blocking normally, imagine how much more quality would have to be on Moregard's 'normal' chop block

[@CHIEF_420]

🚲 ⚡

[@pingsunday]

at 08:05 omg. 🤭🤭

[@mathsis9963]

big fan from india

[@pingsunday]

@@mathsis9963 thank you very much

[@Radix-gp4uo]

AAAAAAAA

[@pingsunday]

@@Radix-gp4uo yes, hahaha!

[@rubenvleugels5186]

Dear ITTF, the coverage of these Star Contender Series has been horrible. This side angle view makes it impossible to appreciate the quality of play and makes professional table tennis level look mediocre. Why this "new" angle was chosen after years of using the classical (and best) rear view is beyond me. It's also a shame that there are no replays (e.g. around the net shot from Truls). Please find someone competent to record from a normal angle and edit properly.

[@mititv2984]

Как будто на классе выиграл. Не на все 100 играл

[@torbensohlke6294]

Gutes Spiel! Ich mag die Spielweise von Liang Jingkun, aber: es ist ekelhaft, dass er wieder damit beginnt, sich bei Netz-und Kantenbällen nicht zu entschuldigen. Unfair - das weiß man, wenn man diesen Sport praktiziert.

[@denisliske8855]

Im asiatischen Raum ist das nicht ungewöhnlich. Man entschuldigt sich da eigentlich nur wenn das Netz unmittelbar zum Punkt verholfen hat und nicht wenn es einem "nur" einen Vorteil verschafft hat. Bei mir im Training ist seit einem Jahr ein ehemaliger Profi aus Nigeria und er freut sich auch über Ballwechsel wo er einen Netzball drin hatte. Am Anfang war das gewöhnungsbedürftig aber mittlerweile denk ich dass die Leute aus dem Tischtennis weniger verklemmt sein sollten. Bei den Asiaten sieht man dass das nicht unfair gemeint ist und das Respekt dem Gegner gegenüber sehr wichtig ist. Als Wang Chuqin seinen Schläger mal im Spiel geschmissen hat wurde es als respektlos dem Gegner gegenüber gewertet und er wurde vom chinesischen Verband für 3 Monate von allen Turnieren ausgeschlossen.

[@guillaumeh5513]

This camera angle..an offense to table tennis

[@zenzero27771]

Why? With this wiev is possible to appreciate a lot the footwork, the power, the rithm of rallies, the distance from the table.. As a coach is wonderful to have the opportunity to wiev the match in this manner. And it is also very spectacular.

[@zencosuzuki8496]

@@zenzero27771 I preferred the camera set up as in matches f.ex. Ma Lin- Wang Liqin. Then the competitors were visible all the time during the rallies far from the table. Now you can't see it.

[@jasonrai696]

Stale video

[@user-xx7pc9vg1l]

Раздавил Джина

[@omarhesen9426]

.

[@cub22000]

梁靖崑真的遇到外國人就不會打球了

[@ibrahimnasir7799]

I HATE THIS CAMERA ANGLE MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD

[@user-do3rf7vp8p]

L. J. самый противный из игроков Китайской национальной команды. Его поведение, в отношении к соперникам (в эпизодах когда мяч залетает от сетки или края стола), как будто так и надо, не вызывает никакого уважения к нему. Да и уровень его в основной сборной Китая самый низкий

[@kalejayeoluwatobi9757]

Liang is the worst Chinese player ever. He has brought a lots of shame to Chinese team. He possessed zero confidence, he usually play like someone under tension. He should be removed from Chinese team. He's the most overrated Chinese player ever.

[@ttime9947]

Now he lost against 41 year old Chuang Chih-Yuan

[@ACHERON85BLACK]

Han perdido emoción las narraciones, hasta en inglés se nota, tremendamente aburridos

[@vivienseguy]

The girls screaming in the background are really annoying

[@zencosuzuki8496]

They live this match.

[@yiwantao9622]

Moregard is trump in TT world.

[@saschk9917]

Die Maskenshow der Schiris und Betreuer/Trainer ist inzwischen lächerlich!!!

[@saschk9917]

vor allem beim Blick ins Puplikum !!!

[@lheidorno9551]

und was geht dich das an? auch lange vor corona hatten sehr viele zuschauer aus dem asiatischen raum eine maske auf. Die Trainer und Schiris sind dazu verpflichtet eine Maske zu tragen.

[@silversurfer6821]

die NWO muss Präsenz zeigen

[@GeneralTerzX]

Sonst hast du zu diesem Video nichts zu sagen? Smh..

[@silversurfer6821]

@@GeneralTerzX schon die 4. Spritze drin?

[@DimaaReyma]

Can we talk about how rubbish the commentary is 🗑🥱 I guess they hire anyone these days

[@zakirauf9244]

If you watched the match live the commentary was actually pretty decent. It doesnt have the bobrow flair, no one does it quite like him, but it was intuitive and didnt take away from the enjoyment of the game, only added to it

[@DimaaReyma]

@@zakirauf9244 fair enough. Tbh the way they edit the highlights is a bit abrupt-why don't they show the replies, and the start and the end

[@zakirauf9244]

@@DimaaReyma yeah that's definitely something they can work on