DAWEI ITTF PRO TOUR GRAND FINALS 2001

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OH DID NOT LAST

11/01/2002
Peter Jensen, ITTF
Tianjin, China

The Korean star OH Sang Eun plays very well against the World Champion WANG Liqin (CHN) – in the first two games.

It happened at the Swedish Open and again at the Grand Finals on Friday. OH went to 2-0 playing like he was the World Champion.

It is well known that WANG is a slow starter and OH knows that sooner or later the World Champion comes after him.

From 0-2 WANG took three easy games in a row and with a little bit of luck he also took the 6^th 11-8 to win the match 4-2.

So OH could do nothing but salute his coach YANG Ki Ho who is an officer in the Korean Army. The Koreans once more had to accept that the Chinese know how to turn things around when they are in trouble.

In the semi final WANG will meet Jean-Michel SAIVE (BEL) who seems to have found new energy and motivation here in Tianjin. The last period SAIVE has been suffering losing a lot, but now he is in the semi final at the Grand Finals.

He beat the young CHUAN Chih Yuan (TPE) 4-2, and the Belgian is now the only European left.

“Perhaps I play better with jetlag”, says SAIVE when he is asked why things are suddenly improving.

“I know that CHUAN is faster than me but he is not so powerful and today I was able to control him”.