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 Schlager king of the party |
SCHLAGER Werner (AUT) |
Lausanne, Switzerland, 26 May 2003. One week of table tennis celebrations at the Liebherr World Championships ended on Sunday with Werner SCHLAGER of Austria winning the title in Men’s Singles.
During the week 500 million viewers around the World (accumulated figure) and 90.000 spectators at Bercy in Paris followed a fantastic event.
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SCHLAGER is Number One |
World Champion, Werner SCHLAGER |
Bercy, Paris Sunday 25th May 2003
`It’s just absolutely unbelievable,’ says Werner SCHLAGER after beating JOO Se Hyuk to be crowned World Champion.`My goal was the quarter finals and perhaps a medal if everything went my way, this is just unbelievable, playing and winning in front of a crowd of 10.000 people, all going crazy, it is like a dream. Players from over a hundred and thirty countries entered the tournament, over a billion play the sport in China and I’m world champion; it’s dream come true!’
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Hat-Trick For WANG Nan |
Delight for WANG Nan & ZHANG Yining |
Bercy, Paris Sunday 25th May 2003
Victory in the women’s doubles final in partnership with ZHANG Yining gave WANG Nan her third title at the Liebherr World Table Tennis Championships in Bercy.
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Change of Tactics |
The Defensive Ace, JOO Se Hyuk of Korea |
Bercy, Paris Sunday 25th May 2003
The last time they played, the U.S. Open in 2001, Kalinikos KREANGA had beaten JOO Se Hyuk in straight games to proceed to the round of the last sixteen; in Bercy the latter gained revenge and in four games overcame his adversary to become the first defensive player to reach the men’s singles final since Eberhard SCHÖLER in 1969.
Retuning heavily with backspin, JOO Se Hyuk forced errors from his Greek opponent, he was too consistent, he never let KREANGA settle and when it came to forehand topspin exchanges he could match his adversary point for point.
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Schlager Superb |
Werner SCHLAGER, Gathering Composure |
Bercy, Paris Sunday 25th May 2003
Austria’s Werner SCHLAGER striving every sinew, taking risks but remaining totally focused throughout ended China’s hopes of a grand slam of titles at the Liebherr 47th World Table Tennis Championships in Bercy when he beat the reigning Olympic champion KONG Linghui by the narrowest of seven game margins at the penultimate stage.
`I can’t believe it, it’s incredible I’m crying, I’m so emotional’, said SCHLAGER’s men’s doubles partner Karl JINDRAK, clearly as delighted as if he’d won first prize in the national lottery.
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