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The world elite is meeting for the first time in the United States, but organizationally, Houston is not doing well. Werder’s deputy world champion Matthias Falk is also very frustrated.
The day started in George R. Brown, Houston, Texas, a really good fit for Matthias Falk. With his best friend Christian Karlsson, who was also his best man at his wedding, Falk made his first strong performance in a doubles match. The Swedes defeated the Brazilian duo Gustavo Tsuboi and Thiago Monteiro 3-0, which was beneficial for self-confidence.
But seven hours later, the world of table tennis looked so different from Falk, he was restless right after the second round. As a deputy world champion at the age of 30, much was planned and hoped that his “lifelong championship” would be repeated in Houston. But instead of getting to the finals again, the Falk Singles World Cup ended before it really started.
“If the other has a good day, it’s over”
Photo: Imago | Bildeberan
Falk knew what to expect. There are no easy opponents at the World Table Tennis Championships. The fact that behind the dominance of the Chinese, the intensity of competition for men is now so fierce that “from the fifth to the fifth only small things decide,” as the tenth place in the world ranking said in an interview in advance. With Sportblitz: “If you play well, but the other player had a great day, it’s over.”
The 1.88-meter-long Swede, who has played in the Bundesliga since 2019 at Werder Bremen, played more than a good match in his first match against Alexander Kassen on Wednesday night, but was not good enough at the key moment. It was an exciting exchange of attacks in seven competing groups that Valk v. French 3: 4 (11: 7, 11: 6, 5:11, 15:17, 10:12, 11: 8 and 7:11)) could hardly lose closer.
WTT finals are welcome
Photo: Imago | Bildeberan
It shouldn’t be this year for Falki, who has struggled with knee problems for a long time and hasn’t been at his best at the big events of the summer, like the Tokyo Olympics. Now Falk still hopes to compete in the doubles in Houston and next week’s WTT final in Singapore to fight for medals. Despite all the frustration of an early breakout, Falk has now at least survived the duel in the next round against friend Carlson.
With the reserve world champions, things did not go smoothly, but the organization of the World Cup was much worse. For the first time in its 95-year history, it is held on the American continent and problems arose from the beginning. Due to the tight schedule (only 40 minutes per match) at several tables, active players had to wait a very long time for their bets. Electronic calculators failed or could not be used properly by the referees.
Prohibited display, direct cursor ban
Viewers also suffer from organizational errors. The results screens in the box were not visible to the public and in other places they were no longer visible from the second row or with binoculars alone. In addition, Oversized scoreboards sometimes prevented visitors from seeing what was happening in the game. In addition, the ban on live broadcasts and direct recordings has caused huge complaints from national federations in many countries. Many of the DTTB ranks in Houston are not ready for the World Cup
We got the matches agreed upon for our players very late. It’s annoying that the dental problems started at the beginning of the World Cup. It was not ideal.
Richard Prause, DTTB Sports Director
Photo: Radio Bremen
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