The Germans “Boll” Over the Competition
The most electrifying man in table tennis, German Timo Boll, had one hell of an April fool’s weekend.
It all began in the team competition where Boll, with his teammate Christian Suss dismantled the team of Lucjan Blaszczyk of Poland and Rui Wu Tan of Croatia in just over ninety minutes to win doubles gold at the Europen Table Tennis Championships. The Germans were in control from beginning to end winning 4 sets to 1.
The men’s singles came down to number one ranked Boll against the number two ranked player Vladimir Samsonov from Belarus. Timo Boll was dominant throughout much of the final, his power just too much for Samsonov to handle.
Samsonov did manage one flicker of hope taking the fourth game, and avoiding a sweep, by winning eight straight points, but Boll came back strong to close the final out, winning four games to one.
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