World Championship in Osaka

[zachary]

Over at the mainly American About.com TT website, opinion about who will be Europe's next #1 was divided as follows:

Samsonov - 18 votes
Hakansson - 4 votes
Timo Boll - 4 votes

Timo Boll's relatively poor showing in the poll probably has to do with the fact that he just isn't as well known internationally yet as Samsonov.

I think Boll's big victory over Kim Taek Soo at the Olympics might be the turning point - people all over the world are going to be paying attention to him now!