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Timo Boll (German pronunciation: [ˈtiːmo ˈbɔl], audio ⓘ; born 8 March 1981) is a German professional table tennis player, who currently plays for Borussia Düsseldorf. His last rank before retirement was rank 23rd in the ITTF world rankings as of August 2024. [ 5 ]
He won two major tournaments in a row in 2019, first the T2 Diamond Malaysia in July, [11] followed in August by his first ITTF World Tour title, the Czech Open at the age of only 18. [12] In these tournaments, he had beaten some of the top players, including Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Timo Boll. [13]
In 2021, Timo Boll stated that he felt that he and Fan played a similar style except that Fan was better. Boll did not elaborate further. [15] Fan was a Stiga sponsored athlete. However, he changed to Butterfly Fan Zhendong ALC, he uses a black DHS Hurricane 3 neo National Blue Sponge for forehand and a Red Tenergy 05 for backhand.
This was evident in his losses to Timo Boll and Vladimir Samsonov in the 2008 and 2009 World Cup semifinals, and to Wang Hao (4–1, 4–2, 4–2) in the semifinals of three consecutive World Championships (2009, 2011, and 2013). Although he performed well on the ITTF World Tour and in domestic competitions, he didn't make it to the final of ...
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Ovtcharov won the silver medal as part of the German men's team, together with Timo Boll and Christian Süß. [1] [8]He used a special technique in his serves, which was later picked by Time magazine as one of the top 50 innovations of 2008.
Timo Boll Christian Süß: Chen Qi Ma Lin: Wang Liqin Yan Sen: 2007: Zagreb: Chen Qi Ma Lin: Wang Hao Wang Liqin: Chang Yen-shu Chiang Peng-lung: Ko Lai Chak Li Ching: 2009: Yokohama: Chen Qi Wang Hao: Ma Long Xu Xin: Hao Shuai Zhang Jike: Seiya Kishikawa Jun Mizutani: 2011: Rotterdam: Ma Long Xu Xin: Chen Qi Ma Lin: Jung Young-sik Kim Min-seok ...
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The men’s team Olympic qualification rankings published in July 2021 was used for seeding purposes. [1] [2] The results of the draw are announced on 21 July at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.