He pretty much retired by himself. Injury is just an excuse as MaLong and XuXin have injuries too. He achieved big fame and gained big fortune too in a short time period as table tennis is highly appreciated in China. There is news about him being spotted dating with popular female actress from time to time after his grand slam. He’s lost motivation to this sport. Zhang Jike is unique to any other Chinese players. He almost lost chance to represent China for world championship game. He is infamous for not following orders. He won national championship which gained him a spot in China national team, otherwise he weren’t be selected. Chinese coach gave him nickname ‘Zang Ao’, which was a dog breed in Tibet, famous for its aggression and hard to train. Zhang Jike is a meteor, a table tennis legend.
Still one of my favourite go to videos if I want to get into table tennis mood :D
All I can say is... what a game!!
Two world class players battlin it out...!
Oh, man. ZJK was in his prime back then, almost invincible. What an intense match!
ZJK
@@renjieli6728 Thanks, fixed.
Impressive battle, one to remember, and in amazing quality too.
at 8:39 best shot
That is why he is called Timo Magic Boll
First class match and perfect image quality! Congratulations for the great job!
Timo wins point: The crowd claps
ZJK wins point: The crowd shrieks in pain
Its in dusseldorf
That's the reason Zhang was so mad the final
3:32 dangerous..
What a match!
終始張継科のチキータと台上バックどらイブ効いてたな
14:23
Zhang đánh trận này cảm giác ko tự tin may mà vẫn thắng
张继科单板质量高，可以说板板致命。只有马龙可以以快制强，还有奥恰以强制强，不过奥恰正手差点。
奥恰还是先退役前世锦赛进次八强吧
Zhang Jike looked like he was playing with someone from the JV team
What does mean JV team
Junior Varsity level
sweet revenge ... zhang had lost to timo in 2012..
zhangjike強え
Did zhangjike retire or wat?
Unofficially, I believe due to chronic injuries
He pretty much retired by himself. Injury is just an excuse as MaLong and XuXin have injuries too. He achieved big fame and gained big fortune too in a short time period as table tennis is highly appreciated in China. There is news about him being spotted dating with popular female actress from time to time after his grand slam. He’s lost motivation to this sport. Zhang Jike is unique to any other Chinese players. He almost lost chance to represent China for world championship game. He is infamous for not following orders. He won national championship which gained him a spot in China national team, otherwise he weren’t be selected. Chinese coach gave him nickname ‘Zang Ao’, which was a dog breed in Tibet, famous for its aggression and hard to train.
Zhang Jike is a meteor, a table tennis legend.
@@fahuashesun3707 "zang ao" means Tibetan mastiff, if i'm not wrong
T Howell yes You are correct. My English is not good enough to name it right away but I just did some research . ‘Zang Ao’ means Tibetan Mastiff.
@@fahuashesun3707 a very strong and tough enough kind of dog
Jike was in hurry otherwise he would have defeated Timo easily 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sure genius
You're not even allowed to catch the ball the way ZJ does at 12-13 4th set lol, but no way a ref has the balls to call that I guess.
You are allowed to catch the ball like that, as long as it has passed the end of the table "volleying" is legal
You are allowed to do that. If you do it over the table it is a point for the opponent but if you do it behind the table nothing happens
You are refering to a rule from 30 years ago i believe. Now it's allowed as other commentator here said
@@epic1053 Sorry guys. I was uneducated on that.
Timo lost the point that instant so ZJK just passed the ball back because it was TB's turn to serve.