Table Tennis - BOLL Timo vs QIU Dang - Men's Singles Quarterfinal Results

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle Table 1 - 20 Aug - 10:30

Men's Singles Quarterfinal - Match 178

BOLL Timo BOLL T

QIU Dang QIU D

Referees/Judges
Function	Name
Umpire	LUX PIERRET PPIERRET Pol
Umpire	SWE BERGFELDT RBERGFELDT Rebecca

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle Table 1 - 20 Aug - 10:30 -
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Men's Singles Quarterfinal - Match 178

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		Match	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
GER BOLL TBOLL Timo		0	7	8	6	2
G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7 7 8 6 2 11 11 11 11 Duration: 5min 7min 6min 4min
GER QIU DQIU Dang	(Winner)	4	11	11	11	11
Duration:		00:28min	5min	7min	6min	4min

Game/Match Statistics G/M	Match M	Game 1 G1	Game 2 G2	Game 3 G3	Game 4 G4	Game 5 G5	Game 6 G6	Game 7 G7
Longest rally (Strokes)	12	6	12	11	4
Average rally	3	3	4	3	2

Player Statistics	GER BOLL TBOLL Timo								GER QIU DQIU Dang
Player Statistics	M	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7	M	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7
Points won	23	7	8	6	2				44	11	11	11	11
Biggest lead	3	3	-	-	-				9	4	4	7	9
Points won on own serve	10	2	5	3	0				21	5	6	6	4
Points lost on own serve	23	6	5	5	7				13	5	3	3	2
Most consecutive points won	3	3	3	3	1				7	7	4	5	7
Greatest deficit overcome	-	-	-	-	-				3	3	-	-	-
Handedness/Grip	/								/

Player Statistics	GER QIU DQIU Dang
Player Statistics	M	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7
Points won	44	11	11	11	11
Biggest lead	9	4	4	7	9
Points won on own serve	21	5	6	6	4
Points lost on own serve	13	5	3	3	2
Most consecutive points won	7	7	4	5	7
Greatest deficit overcome	3	3	-	-	-
Handedness/Grip	/

Referees/Judges
Function	Name
Umpire	LUX PIERRET PPIERRET Pol
Umpire	SWE BERGFELDT RBERGFELDT Rebecca

Legend

G:: Game
G1:: Game 1
G2:: Game 2
G3:: Game 3
G4:: Game 4
G5:: Game 5
G6:: Game 6
G7:: Game 7
M:: Match
min:: minutes

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QIU DQIU Dang

On beating defending champion Timo Boll (GER) 4-0:

“Playing against Timo Boll is one of the hardest things in European table tennis. That I've finally managed to defeat him is a dream. Every set is important against Timo. He dominated in the beginning, but then I got better into the match and won the set. After that I was in the match.”

On facing a German player:
”You don't want to play against Germans at the European championships at home but you have to approach it professionally. It is neither an advantage nor a disadvantage for any of us.
”If you play a German there are no secrets because we know each other so well, and the preparations are perhaps not that intensive but of course you have to prepare yourself as for every match.”

On upsetting the eight-time champion Boll:
”Nobody was expecting anything like that but of course I accept it. It feels amazing, however I can’t really celebrate it fully because in just a few hours I have to play the semifinal and then of course I want to play my best table tennis another time.
”Otherwise it would’ve been a pity if I would’ve knocked Timo out of the tournament and then gotten kicked out of the semifinal, so that is not my aim.
”At least I won’t have to play a German anymore so I can get a full support from the fans in the arena.”

On his history with Boll:
"It’s been a while that we have played against each other because some years ago we played in the Bundesliga against each other but now we are playing for the same club team. In the last year or year and a half I have improved a lot but I knew that that does not affect Timo Boll very much, because if he plays his best table tennis it would be very hard to beat him, for any player in the world. I thought that by now I am now experienced and here and there I can get him out of balance.”

On what made him win:
”In general, my passive game was very good, however we know each other so well that it is not a secret for Timo. That is why I wanted to start aggressively in the beginning. Because if Timo starts to get the upper hand in the rally it is hard to stop him.”

GER

BOLL TBOLL Timo

On being eliminated in the quarterfinal as a defending champion:

”I’m still fine. If you lose that easily then you don’t mind it so much. Of course I argue a little bit with myself that I couldn’t find solutions but it was also up to Dang (opponent Dang Qiu, GER) because he played fantastically in all parts of the game; service receive-wise and also in the open rallies. He was safe and powerful. I had to admit that I had no chance and I have to live with that.”

On whether Qiu surprised him:
”No, we practise against each other very often. Often in the practise sessions I could force him a little bit more if I also play at a higher level, but this (level) I couldn’t reach somehow. Because of him, because of me, why I couldn’t play better I have to think about but overall I wasn’t safe enough, I didn’t have that quality in my strokes to force him a little bit and to make easier mistakes. I have to say it was a deserved victory for him.”

On how he will continue his career:
”I am a sports warrior and this is also a normal process, that you get older and lose more often, and you have to adjust to that and still try to keep going and keep your motivation. That’s a task now.
”But I don’t have the feeling that it’s the problem for me. I have a clear mind and I know that if the younger guys play at a high level it will be hard for me. I still believe I can beat them, on a perfect day, but today wasn’t the perfect day for me. Maybe more for him.”

On trying to turn the match around, having come back from a 3-0 deficit in the round of 64:
”I have just one joker per tournament and I played it in the first round. You cannot come back all the time. I tried but he was too good today.”

On having slept in a caravan next to Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle during the tournament:
”Yes, next to the venue. I’m sleeping much better there than at the hotel.”