LEARN FROM THE BEST...
MA LIN AND LIU GUOLIANG DEMONSTRATE A NEW STYLE AND IMPROVED TECHNIQUE
TO EARN SILVER AND GOLD MEDALS
LEVEL OF PLAY REACHES NEW HEIGHTS
WALDNER...SO CLOSE TO HIS FIFTH SINGLES FINAL
SCHLAGER FIRST AUSTRIAN TO REACH SEMI FINALS SINCE 1937
DVD A Men's Singles
In Round 3, France's Eloi stuns Wang Liqin , Primorac holds off Liu Guozheng in the deciding fifth game while Kim Taek Soo fights off new German star Timo Boll. In the Final 16, Primorac and Karlsson demonstrate the best of the European style; Austria's SCHLAGER shows top form against Eloi; Kim Taek Soo and J-M. Saive provide five games of toe-to-toe power table tennis.
ROUND 3 (final 32):
Z. Primorac(CRO) vs Liu Guozheng (CHN)
Kim Taek Soo (KOR) vs T. Boll (GER)
D. Eloi(FRA) vs Wang Liqin (CHN)
ROUND 3 (final 16):
D. Eloi(FRA) vs. W. Schlager (AUT)
Z. Primorac (CR0) vs P. Karlsson (SWE)
J-M. Saive (BEL) vs Kim Taek Soo (KOR)
DVD B Men's Singles
Gatien can’t survive Liu Guoliang's relentless smashing attack but Persson does overcome Yan Sen's off-the bounce attack ; another French standout, Legout, gives Waldner all he can handle in five exciting games
FINAL 16
J. Persson (SWE) vs Yan Sen(CHN)
J-P. Gatien (FRA) vs Liu Guoliang (CHN)
(commentary by Don Parker, England)
J-O. Waldner (SWE) vs C. Legout (FRA)
DVD C Men's Singles
Ma Lin unleashes an incredible level of play to upset Samsonov; in the 1/4 Finals, Persson falls victim to Liu Guoliang’s buzzsaw attack; Kim Taek Soo cannot match Ma Lin at his best; Schlager, revealing perhaps the strongest backhand in the world, defeats Primorac with his inspired play.
FINAL 16:
V. Samsonov (BLR) vs Ma Lin (CHN)
QUARTER-FINALS:
J. Persson (SWE) vs Liu Guoliang (CHN)
Kim Taek Soo (KOR) vs Ma Lin (CHN)
Z. Primorac (CRO) vs W. Schlager (AUT)
DVD D Men's Singles
Waldner and Kong Linghui engage in a five game thriller that more than compares to the best matches ever; In the Women's singles Final, Wang Nan shows why she is the World's #1 in the Final against Zhang Yining. In the first Men's Semi Finals, the relentless firepower of Liu Guoliang is more than Schlager can handle in their four game match. In Men’s Doubles Liu/Kong survive a deuce in the fifth thriller against Jindrak/Schlager.
QUARTER-FINALS Mens Singles:
J-O. Waldner (SWE) vs Kong Linghui (CHN)
QUARTER-FINALS through FINALS Men's Doubles:
Liu/Kong (CHN) vs Schlager/Jindrak (AUT)
+ Best parts of Liu/Kong vs Primorac/Samsonov(semis) and Wang/Yan (final)
SEMI-FINALS Women's Singles:
Wang Nan (CHN) vs Zhang Yining (CHN)
SEMI-FINALS Men's Singles:
W. Schlager (AUT) vs Liu Guoliang (CHN)
DVD E Men's Singles
Waldner looks unbeatable in winning the first two games against Ma, but Ma takes the sport of table tennis to a new level and fights back to give the audience a match to remember! In the Final, Liu and Ma fight for the World Championship Gold! These amazing athletes show incredible speed, miraculous shotmaking and devastating power as they battle to deuce-in-the-fifth.
SEMI-FINALS:
J-O Waldner (SWE) vs Ma Lin (CHN)
FINAL:
Ma Lin (CHN) vs Liu Guoliang (CHN)