2016 US Open - Hou Yingchao vs. Wang Wei (Men's SF)

2016 US Open Table Tennis Championships
Men's Singles Semifinal
HOU Yingchao (China) vs. WANG Wei (China)
December 12-17, 2016
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
USA Table Tennis
www.usatt.org

[@axispac831]

Commentator at 0:10 Ding Song chopped with short pips quite a while before Hou Yingchao

[@rainlion0]

yes. i think dingsong was the one starting the modern defensive style..Hou was not doing well when he was in national team mainly because of the changes of TT equipment and changes from 21 points to 11 points..in fact back in early 2000 all choppers did not do well. then in recent years, the new changes in TT equipment and rules give chopper opportunity to revive..

[@FainNeinGudTwain]

14:18 AMAZING umpire

[@Ragameiste]

wow! this was a gem.

[@yuanhu6031]

@1:00:51, HYC was very impressed!

[@pipsmaster1367]

Hi Adam good gob and pips is growing....this is your friend from Glendale

[@pukulu]

Yingchao made too many errors near the end of games 5, 6 and 7. Wang Wei showed more patience when it really mattered.

[@tps3622]

Does Hou Yingchao represents USA now?

[@ybonda]

wow

[@ricardomurillo5205]

War of attrition

[@ezghthrt7733]

Perhaps a summary could be posted. One hour is waaay too long. :-(

[@mankenybom9344]

Interesting that they decided to play the point again at 6-6 in the last game since it's actually not allowed. One thing you get to learn when educating yourself to an umpire is that a point is NEVER changed or repeted, no matter what has happened in the game. Which isn't right in the real world obviosly. I've done it severel times when all parties where unsure. I think this rule is old outdated and should be deleted. Furthermore I really think that modent technic as videoreplay should be used as in other sports, for example tennis is using "hawkeye", and "target camera" in soccer.

[@mankenybom9344]

Same history here as in Hou's earlier match... the same referee and the same complaint. I think we have discovered a "serve fascist" here. One who is a referee more for himself, rather than for the sport.

[@victoryang144]

Hou YingChao choked so hard

[@garylist9]

They should ban touching the table near the net. A. It's annoying B. Puts sweat onto table. C. It's obsessive compulsive.

[@yuanhu7264]

gazza listermint please provide an alternative approach to dry hand

[@user-mc3hj7cy3n]

侯英超常常打了臭球就看看球拍，好像是球拍犯错不是自己犯错，很多球友都这样，这是非常差劲的做法。

[@rainlion0]

还好吧。。心慌的表现 也算正常反应了

[@XupremeHKG]

有时拍上有汗水 必须检查一下 也是条件反射 哈哈哈

[@nicainiba5390]

你是傻逼

[@trieuvansy6835]

2 choppers played with each other. I can not see the beauty of Table tennis in this match.

[@teddanville6996]

Trieu Van Sy Lol crying kid who cannot beat chopper right here

[@supernova20]

choppers are those who couldn't master the footwork required to play offensively.

[@teddanville6996]

Gamma Ray Burst how would choppers chop if they couldn't master their foot work. If you do watch, do know that if 2 choppers face one another, the server is forced to attack, or else he would lose the point.

[@trieuvansy6835]

no loop (fh and bh) is not a world class table tennis match.after serving pang, pang only. there is no ball line curving over the table and then coming down with high speed, spinny ball. that is the reasson why i said i can not see the beauty of table tennis.

[@teddanville6996]

Trieu Van Sy hahahaha, you noob. To counter backspin, you need to use the combination of loop and smash, since if you use loop the ball will ended up too slow, if you use smash, the ball will most likely hit the net. Even Ma Long plays like this,and you should know, looping is very vulnerable to strong smash which will ended up with you losing the point.

[@charliexiong1787]

They maybe good, but for this match they are just regular beginners.

[@teddanville6996]

charlie xiong nah, awkwardness make u look stupid when playing table tennis, but as long as u keep winning, u are a strong player

[@kokioi8640]

stfu idiot.

[@nicainiba5390]

the umpire was insanely unprofessional