7/4/2007 LIEBHERR 2007 World Table Tennis Championships

The recovery of Wang Liqin in the Men’s Singles final at the Liebherr World Championships on Sunday 27th May 2007 against Ma Lin when trailing by three games to one and down 1-7 in the fifth game is embedded in the memory; as is also the fight back mounted by Guo Yue in the Women’s Singles final one day earlier against Li Xiaoxia.

She also recovered from a three games to one deficit to secure victory.

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 5/30/2007 LIEBHERR 2007 World Table Tennis Championships

The dust has now settled and it is time to reflect on a hectic week in Zagreb at the Liebherr World Championships, a week that saw table tennis of the highest order, a week dominated by China and a week that ended with one man now deserving a place amongst the most revered in the history of table tennis.

Wang Liqin, by winning the Men’s Singles crown for a third time, surely can now be considered amongst the greats of table tennis.

In the past he has experienced defeats during his career and those defeats have hit the headlines but hasn’t that happened to every great sporting personality and isn’t that just what the media desires; the very best to lose?

 5/29/2007 LIEBHERR 2007 World Table Tennis Championships

It is all change at the top of the ITTF Men’s World Rankings following the Liebherr World Championships which concluded in Zagreb on Sunday 27th May 2007.

China’s Wang Liqin, the winner of the Men’s Singles title, regains his number one spot, replacing the man he beat in the final, compatriot Ma Lin.

All the players who occupied a top ten place at the beginning of May 2007 have retained their stature in the highest echelons of world table tennis but only one player occupies the place he held on 1st May 2007. The player in question is China’s Hao Shuai, he is remains in the no. 10 spot.

 5/29/2007 LIEBHERR 2007 World Table Tennis Championships

At the Liebherr World Championships in Zagreb, China’s Zhang Yining lost in the semi-finals, whilst her colleague, Wang Nan, went out one round earlier.

However, on the ITTF Women’s World Rankings published following the Championships both retain the places they occupied on 1st May 2007; Zhang Yining is still at no. 1 with Wang Nan at no. 2. The change is in the next two places.

 5/27/2007 LIEBHERR 2007 World Table Tennis Championships

It may not have been the greatest recovery ever in the history of table tennis and it may not have been the greatest recovery ever in a Men’s Singles final at a World Championships but it came pretty close.

China’s Wang Liqin trailed his Chinese compatriot, Ma Lin, by three games to one and in the fifth game he was 1-7 in arrears; it seemed the title was destined to go to Ma Lin.

Wang Liqin recovered and won the contest in seven games to retain his title. He won 4-11, 8-11, 11-5, 4-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-6.

 5/27/2007 LIEBHERR 2007 World Table Tennis Championships

Wang Nan and Zhang Yining duly retained their Women’s Doubles title at the Liebherr World Championships in Zagreb on Sunday 27th May 2007, when they beat their Chinese national team colleagues, Guo Yue and Li Xiaoxia in the final.

Not only did they win but they won in a most emphatic style; in four straight games they secured victory.

Wang Nan and Zhang Yining won 11-5, 11-6, 13-11, 11-9.

 5/27/2007 LIEBHERR 2007 World Table Tennis Championships

The reigning World champion overcame the reigning Olympic champion in the second semi-final of the Men’s Singles event at the Liebherr World Championships in Zagreb on Sunday 27th May 2007.

China’s Wang Liqin beat Korea’s Ryu Seung Min in a match that was brimful of scintillating rallies and brought out the very best in both players.

Wang Liqin, as reliable as ever, won in seven games. He succeeded 6-11, 11-3, 11-7, 14-16, 11-6, 10-12, 11-7.