`It's like a knife in my back, it's never happened before, it hurts when I move and it hurts when I draw breath', explained a disappointed Jan-Ove WALDNER (SWE) after being forced to concede the men's singles final at the Remus Austrian Open to Timo BOLL (GER) when trailing 0-4 in the third game.
Nineteen year old LI Nan from Tianjin, China duly captured the women's singles title at the Remus Austrian Open in Wels on Sunday beating LI Jia Wei (SIN) in five games at the final hurdle.
If at first you don't succeed try, try again - a well worn phrase but one that befits the winners of the men's doubles title at the Remus Austrian Open - LEUNG Chu Yan and CHEUNG Yuk of Hong Kong.
An all Chinese women's doubles final saw a range of styles on duty and clearly underlined the immense reservoir of talent in female table tennis in that part of the world.