Hi everybody!
I'm a little curious! So, what's your favourite table tennis player ?
My fave one is J-O! He's gorgeous! Though he is getting older....

Applegren
 

Mikael Applegren of Sweden

Without a doubt, Waldner is the better player and arguably the best player ever, but ever since I saw Applegren playing at the US Open, I have admired his quickness and agility.
Especially his rallies against Waldner in the final where some of the best table-tennis I have ever seen.

Mikael Appelgren is a good player but Jan-Ove is a genius and looking at him while his playing gives me a feeling of sheer joy I hadn`t have with any other player.

@yoshi
in a way you're right! Appelgren was a great player in the last decennier, but when I recently saw him playing in Sweden he wasn't that quick any more. But the same happens to J-O.
By the way, which are the best American table tennis players?

@Kate

The best American players right now are mainly Chinese-born - Cheng Yinghua, Fan Yiyong and David Zhuang for the Men, and Gao Jun for the Women.

Gao Jun was formerly World #2 female player when she was still living and training in china.

In the 3. league of Germany (Regionalliga), there plays a young American in Kleinwallstadt on position 2. His name is Eric Owens. Which position does Eric Owens have in the ranking in the USA?

My favourite player is Vladimir Samsonov. He hasn't so many victories than J-O, but he's a very nice guy and he plays very good!!

@ml

Eric Owens is playing in your 3rd League?? That's pretty terrible. He's currently rated around #5 in the US, and will be on the American team that's going to Osaka!

I don't mean to say that Eric Owens is a bad player. I think he's great, and a very nice guy, I hear, and he spends a lot time training hard in Europe (mainly Sweden, I think) because the training conditions in the US are not so good. He is one of the few American-born players in the top 10 list of the US.

My favourite Player is Christoph Legout, his agility is fascinating to me, he´s a fighter, I wish (if I had a real wish for free:D)I could play like him, even if I´m right-handed (is that the right word?).
I even like Koji Matsushita very much, just for the attraction and for his furious speed.

My all-time favorite is Grubba, but if I have to name a still active player I pick Jörgen Persson.

The first match I ever saw on TV was Grubba vs. Waldner. Very long rallies, incredible control and tactical diversity. This game had it all - power looping, lobs, chopping, Grubba switching the bat to his left hand and scoring the point. Easily the best match I have ever seen (at least if skill is the measure. When it comes to excitement nothing beats the quarterfinal of the '96 Olympic Games of Atlanta - Rosskopf vs. Kim Taek Soo)