2002 SC 5th session final Kalinikos Kreanga vs Jean-Michel Saive

[@danielflores4278]

What a match! All those points were fantastic. Everything was good here. Good angle of the camera, good quality of the video considering the time, two great players and very good points all the time. And the speed and spin of the ball in these years... Thanks for sharing...

[@dimadmitriev5847]

I watched this match many times and it never gets old....Amazing game...

Almost all of the points in this match are litteraly best points !

[@kupczyn1905]

one of the best match i have ever seen

[@hifromhenry]

awesome match from 2 intense players. kreanga's backhandu draivu was a big decider, and always fun to see!

[@walxer77]

Insane match between 2 insane persons.

[@maxbowie6074]

Kreanga's backhand was phenomenal, in the way that Saive's forehand was

[@timurshaipov]

Kreanga plays like Chinese top players

[@chrisford932]

I once saw a young Kreanga playing Cooky in British league at Grove. We were sitting close up against the barriers. Kreanga's backhand was like a nuclear missile it was scary. Cooky was something like 1 _ 12 down in the first when he accidentally hit the barriers with back swing smashing his bat into bits. After a 15 minute time out to glue up a new bat Cooky played absolutely amazing came back and won the game. It was the most violent table tennis I have ever seen close up. Incredible performance by both players.

[@eczavyr2899]

Oh I see now that I have liked this video before. And that is very obvious. This has to be one of the best matches EVER.

[@krissalkond]

Meh.. Saive was a shadow of his former self.

[@321Doggies]

Love the camera angle

[@ttrocks5985]

Agree. So much better than most. With this angle, you really get a feel for their speed, power, strength.

[@michelfraenkel4920]

Kreanga is a monster. hes frecking awsum

[@黒糖ミルクパンホットコーヒー]

すごかったなぁー😊スーパーサキット第5節です。中学時代の友人と借りて研究してました。

[@Lemaninful]

Kreanga is amazing ... My favourite!!!

[@ttrocks5985]

Mine, too. A seemingly impossible backhand. I've really tried to imitate it, but ...

[@samanning3874]

I absolutely love the sound of speed glue.... I wish it was still legal.

[@JayB-lz6yd]

it's easy to keep the sound dude! i give you my tip. one layer of water based glue on the rubber and 2 to 3 layers of speed glue on the blade. what made the bat sound like that was the action of solvents on the wood + the density of the cement beetween the blade and rubber. use a mid sized pore rubber tensor like Tibhar EL-P and you'll sound like you are actually using speed glue but it's not. for the wood only. so no influence on the rubber. for sound purpose it's the best. since i discovered it, i tell to all the players around me and it starts to spread. my blade is a stratus power wood from Tibhar. amazing and LOUD. even a cheap waldner allplay sounds great with that trick.

[@ttrocks5985]

There are good boosters out there that you can use. Currently legal and you can get some great results. Try Falco on DHS 3-60 Mid. It's a beautiful combo.

[@Harshal378]

I wish this camera angle for every match that happens today. You get better idea of the height and distance between the ball and the players.

[@ttrocks5985]

Couldn't agree more. You get a much better feel for the speed and power of these world-class players from this angle. The usual angle, with the table foreshortened by a long lens, just doesn't do them justice.

[@pukulu]

Kreanga was a heck of an athlete and had a great backhand.

[@Marfi96]

Wow, fantastic! Kreanga is best for me !

[@angeloanonymous9125]

Gladiators in action...gotta luv those Kreanga backhand missiles💪💪💪

[@JayB-lz6yd]

4:54 ce contre pain qu'il lui met!! c'est illégal ce genre de truc o_o!

[@DveGitari]

Amazing match!

[@andreosish]

Kreanga my favorite player

[@consigliere20]

Thanks for the video, superb!

[@AHappyBara]

How is Kreanga's racket changing colours at 0:30

[@keenansouthall1861]

It's the reflection from the red floor on the shiny black rubber

[@jrk1666]

the narrator is the most exited man ever

[@stephenetridge2584]

Baku handuru!

[@jayb293]

Backhando drivuh... muda muda m'da m'da m'da m'daaaaaa. omae wa mou shindeiru.

[@tnkhasan]

4:03 - 4:24 those backhands are unreal

[@yosuatanto]

Japanese commentary makes everything dramatic ;)

[@NZttGuru]

fantastic! thanks a lot :)

[@GeneralSpecific3]

seriously, the rally at 2:20 SERIOUSLY!!!

[@axxell1917]

Kreanga is like joe pesci playing TT

[@stephenetridge2584]

Is he a ‘made’ table tennis player

[@mizutaniakira6652]

This game is very interesting for me!

[@gdounito]

haha! backhando!

[@Wilbeerthoven]

To me Saive's problem has always been to put more balls into the middle of the table and also his difficulty of putting more spin on the ball, all of his shots looks the same...

[@dickn.ormous1064]

Saive's strokes were very spinny.It's true he lacked angles and sidespin effects in his strokes.

[@Wilbeerthoven]

@@dickn.ormous1064 Wow 8 years.. Nice that you get it, I meant the opposite of what I wrote (too many balls on the middle) great guy and funny player to watch nevertheless!

[@dalewilson9954]

how this man did not become world champion?

[@CrawSpecificated]

Wow! Nice video!

[@yusufonepiece]

As an environmental scientist I cannot take such accusations !! ... Please take it back before I get very angry and cry.

[@hangintree33]

great match!

[@MrPrascic73]

Amazing!!!

[@justinx9668]

Neither of these players have retired yet

[@stephenetridge2584]

Didn’t know Saive wore his nappy so late into his career

[@zikky6]

Shame we dont see rallies like this so often nowadays.

[@wongrt2431]

They say new ball made longer rally but time has show us 40+ plastic ball is suck 40 celluloid is better.

[@antifalsos23]

The commentarist is RIGHT

[@cruisekong7760]

すげ～。自分はこういうラリーが多い試合の方が好きです。 こういう試合ばっかりだったらいいのにな～

[@danieloctavioavilez8375]

BACKHAN DRIVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO KALINIKOS KREANGA MUSHIDEMISHHEE KEIWMS

[@danielmadariagavaldes893]

Dislikes?? Seriously??

[@badcompany2984]

Kreanga great match

[@NehuenManBetterMan]

Tremendo Kreanga!

[@zerohero3520]

Hartes Duell!

[@thetruthhurts5902]

Need a drive and a block to beat the rumanian greek looping to him is playing his game

[@nostradamusdracula6258]

👍👌👋🌍

[@ludamaca8746]

kreanga look like del boy from only fool and horses

[@tonioyahn6898]

a kind of Rambo

[@TheVihito]

1:51 2:10 2:54 5:15 5:22 5:42 BACKHANDU DRIVOOOOOOO

[@kerimcabbar7159]

kreanga is a fucking machine!!

[@michaelmuller5489]

eight people watch soccer

[@BuenoDuckbill]

Backahando!! Hai

[@badcompany2984]

poor saive.

[@thandrill1357]

Bakhandh drive 1:53 💀

[@trentbrown9346]

this is what the environmental idiots who banned speed glue took from us

[@tosakekesato]

実況の人、当たり前のことしか言わんからむかつく・・・