Erik Lindh was very good at times, in 87-88 he did very well, 3rd in Olympics. A faster player than Waldner but with slightly smaller margins. Close to unbeatable on a good day though.
I wouldn't say slightly smaller margins,at 5:42 he even pulls a Fan Zhedong style off the bounce squat counter.How crazy was that shot with the 38 ball?He and Schlager had the wildest shot selection of any European top player.It's a pity of all Swedish players only Waldner had a really top-quality serve. Gatien like 3rd ball attacks would certainly benefit Lind's game.
@@dickn.ormous1064 Agree. Erik Lindh was J Rosskopf role model and idol early on. Waldner himself wrote in his biography that he admired Eriks game, but also said he had better margin in his. Waldner was also much more intelligent at the table and learn new things very quickly. Waldners brother Kjell-åke was a good player also, they once even played in the same national team. However, he also said that he knew Jan-Ove had something special -he could face a new opponent and learn his specialties during match and use it himself as weapon before the match had even ended! When Waldner won his first match in the top league in Sweden he was 12 years old (1977) and very short. His opponent said: -how can you win against someone you cant even see!
Lindh eliminated Gatien in the SF and Waldner beat Saive in their SF. It took a logistics expert to beat Erik Lindh in that deadly state of mind.
I wish I could find those games
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6:26 waldner imitated lindh .. lol
Erik Lindh was very good at times, in 87-88 he did very well, 3rd in Olympics. A faster player than Waldner but with slightly smaller margins. Close to unbeatable on a good day though.
Waldner unbeatable on a good day however.
I wouldn't say slightly smaller margins,at 5:42 he even pulls a Fan Zhedong style off the bounce squat counter.How crazy was that shot with the 38 ball?He and Schlager had the wildest shot selection of any European top player.It's a pity of all Swedish players only Waldner had a really top-quality serve. Gatien like 3rd ball attacks would certainly benefit Lind's game.
@@dickn.ormous1064 Agree. Erik Lindh was J Rosskopf role model and idol early on. Waldner himself wrote in his biography that he admired Eriks game, but also said he had better margin in his. Waldner was also much more intelligent at the table and learn new things very quickly. Waldners brother Kjell-åke was a good player also, they once even played in the same national team. However, he also said that he knew Jan-Ove had something special -he could face a new opponent and learn his specialties during match and use it himself as weapon before the match had even ended! When Waldner won his first match in the top league in Sweden he was 12 years old (1977) and very short. His opponent said: -how can you win against someone you cant even see!
@@SuperHammaren your are right and also Gatien had Lindh as an idol in his younger years
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it was not easy for Waldner..