please tell 'em. The description of the video is so sentimental. Toriola played amazingly well. He TOTALLY deserved the win and as you pointed out, he shut down Saive in Game 5
@ttclaws55 mind you, he did what most coaches won't do, getting up there to help saive up when he tripped over. that gesture indicates lots more respect than not clapping for a net/ edge point
Great table tennis match between Jean Michel Saive and Segun Toriola. I think that Saive is a terrific player. He was a former number player and he always were his emotions on his sleeves but a great guy. Segun Toriola is a wonderful player too. He is Nigeria's current number one and in my opinion should be in the World's top 50. Toriola is great to watch as well. He has beaten some of the world's top players.
awesome. Though both players seldom appears on final 8 in major tournament, table tennis games need these kinds of combat that arouse the emotion of the audience.
look at the description : "I feel soooo sorry for saive, he didn't deserve this". You made it like he got cancer. And yeah he deserved it. Seagun played much better. saive and his exhibition style just don't work on any one . And his manners are of a 5 year old child.
@masanf to judge their manners to such a disgusting extent with such comparisons makes you look stupid. world class athletes can hit nets and edges very easily if trained to, but if they do so, where's the sportsmanship? if you know racket sports well enough you'd realize that tennis and badminton have these kinds of manners as well. please have a start on learning sportsmanship before judging sportsmen' manners to such extent.
@Suppenhuhn655 mein clubtrainer ist afrikaner, er war mal afrikanischer meister. aber jetzt hat er nicht mehr das niveau, weil er in die schweiz kam und lange kein ausweis bekam ( daher hatte er auch kein job bekommen ). so hatte er auch kein geld zum trainieren ( etwa 9 jahre ).
@skatejimmy1 no matter what happened, saive didn't win. what determines the "stupidity" of segun for you, race? you shouldn't ever judge sportsmen like such by any means. saive clearly isn't better in this match, if he was, then he would've won.
Saive has already won lots of tounaments, he lost this one but i can see he doesn't care. I think he just likes playing tt and enjoys putting on a show for the crowd
Laisse-moi rire, si le jeu de JM ne fonctionne plus, combien de point prendrais-tu contre lui. C'est un des meilleurs joueurs des 20 dernières années. Quant à ses manières d'un enfant de 5 ans, ça c'est du commentaire, bravo. Laisse tomber et va jouer au golf.
Apologizing for nets and edges is one of the most ridiculous thing about table tennis. It is like a baseball player apologizing for hitting the foul pole on a homerun or apologizing for a ground-rule double or a field goal kicker apologizing for bouncing one of the goal post before it goes through the uprights. The net and the edge are as much a part of the playing surface as the rest of the table and acting as if hitting them is somehow wrong and merits an apology is fucking stupid.
You don't apologize because you did something wrong, you apologize because you didn't do it on purpose and you won a point because of luck and not skill. That's actually one of my favorite parts about table tennis, it shows respect for your opponent.
3:10 I thought some have come to see this
the man, the myth, the legend himself.
Thx
please tell 'em. The description of the video is so sentimental. Toriola played amazingly well. He TOTALLY deserved the win and as you pointed out, he shut down Saive in Game 5
Really one of the greatest matches I've ever seen - great emotions!
I have never seen a match like this without Chinese, I have to watch all matches that Toriola played in the past now
wow, one of the best games i watched lately, it's fun to watch these guys!
Wonderful form from Toriola this match. Jean-Michel Saive is an amazing player. The epitome of determination.
Segun is an amazing player
4:16 epic defence by Saive and powerful smash by Toriola. Great game!
OMG he is my hero I could watch this guy play all day
Best game i’ve watched
J M Saive es una verdadera Leyenda de este deporte !!
@ttclaws55 mind you, he did what most coaches won't do, getting up there to help saive up when he tripped over. that gesture indicates lots more respect than not clapping for a net/ edge point
how great and emotional can table tennis be. Great perfomrance of both and both are winers.
No, Saive didn't really play terribly. I think Toriola deserved to win.
The best match I've ever seen...
Great table tennis match between Jean Michel Saive and Segun Toriola.
I think that Saive is a terrific player. He was a former number player and he always were his emotions on his sleeves but a great guy. Segun Toriola is a wonderful player too. He is Nigeria's current number one and in my opinion should be in the World's top 50. Toriola is great to watch as well. He has beaten some of the world's top players.
awesome. Though both players seldom appears on final 8 in major tournament, table tennis games need these kinds of combat that arouse the emotion of the audience.
Chai... Segun Toriola is amazing
hilarious match, 2 funniest moments is when saive falls into the boundraies twice haha
Toriola gave this Belgium guy a thorough beating😭
Ségun toriola is the legend of all Africa
What a amazing match 5stars
4:24 - 4:36
Just amazingly great!!
Good stuff from both players!
great match!!
Segun Toriola for London 2012 !
saive likes to stay behind and pull those attacks defensively.. too bad segun has strong shot power -.-
Flare for the dramatic Saive, all time great.
3:02
4:16 Saive is really great! XD
This is like the funniest match ever!
look at the description : "I feel soooo sorry for saive, he didn't deserve this". You made it like he got cancer. And yeah he deserved it. Seagun played much better. saive and his exhibition style just don't work on any one . And his manners are of a 5 year old child.
he didnt win the match but he did win the hearts
@masanf to judge their manners to such a disgusting extent with such comparisons makes you look stupid. world class athletes can hit nets and edges very easily if trained to, but if they do so, where's the sportsmanship? if you know racket sports well enough you'd realize that tennis and badminton have these kinds of manners as well. please have a start on learning sportsmanship before judging sportsmen' manners to such extent.
@Suppenhuhn655 mein clubtrainer ist afrikaner, er war mal afrikanischer meister. aber jetzt hat er nicht mehr das niveau, weil er in die schweiz kam und lange kein ausweis bekam ( daher hatte er auch kein job bekommen ). so hatte er auch kein geld zum trainieren ( etwa 9 jahre ).
Why do all table tennis players turn into monsters when they score a point....."yeaahhh, YES! YESS!!"
The Chinese crowd were cheering for Saive!
@skatejimmy1 no matter what happened, saive didn't win. what determines the "stupidity" of segun for you, race? you shouldn't ever judge sportsmen like such by any means. saive clearly isn't better in this match, if he was, then he would've won.
Toriala had alot of luckers
Lol. You said stupse.
How's Barbados.
(How's that for a random comment?)
Saive has already won lots of tounaments, he lost this one but i can see he doesn't care. I think he just likes playing tt and enjoys putting on a show for the crowd
Laisse-moi rire, si le jeu de JM ne fonctionne plus, combien de point prendrais-tu contre lui. C'est un des meilleurs joueurs des 20 dernières années. Quant à ses manières d'un enfant de 5 ans, ça c'est du commentaire, bravo. Laisse tomber et va jouer au golf.
@iniafaha he needs more power.（Morale?）
Nigeria.
er ist wirklich gut wow 5 star
Ugh at Game 5!
What's with the shorts? Funny looking shorts Saive is wearing...
Segun Toriola are little lucky, but he play good. Saive is really good to.
2:40
I respect all the tabletennis players. I just laugh at you
Apologizing for nets and edges is one of the most ridiculous thing about table tennis. It is like a baseball player apologizing for hitting the foul pole on a homerun or apologizing for a ground-rule double or a field goal kicker apologizing for bouncing one of the goal post before it goes through the uprights. The net and the edge are as much a part of the playing surface as the rest of the table and acting as if hitting them is somehow wrong and merits an apology is fucking stupid.
You don't apologize because you did something wrong, you apologize because you didn't do it on purpose and you won a point because of luck and not skill. That's actually one of my favorite parts about table tennis, it shows respect for your opponent.
If you think like this you definitely know nothing about tabletennis
except the top 10 xD
Toriola lost to Oh Sang Eun, 3:4 what a close match!
Ich hab noch nie einen schwarzen Tischtennisspieler gesehen.
to je proste parrada
Он хуже играть стал
i hate the coach of toriola , hes clapping wen toriola makes a point with a net or edges , have some respect for saive