Dimitrij Ovtcharov vs Darko Jorgic | SEMI-FINAL | 2023 Europe Top 16 Cup 

normal nowadays. with the backhand you can create more power and faster balls since you can use your bodyrotation, shoulder, underarm and wrist by not lacking any spin

@@TheSunnyHands don't understand, more power than forehand ?

@@Apagnan-f5e yeah. may sound weird in the beginning but if you watch a perfect forehand by ma long or a perfect backhand by, let's take Darko as example since I think his backhand is the most powerful in the world (i know there is Fan but it's a different style), the backhand is more powerful. why? because it's a synergy of the whole body BUT the difference to the forehand is: you can use your shoulder and wrist more. and the wrist can put so much power into the ball. we can see it with the Chinese backhand. they put their thumb nearly 90% onto the rubber (as far as possible) and can create much more power with this than with the normal grip. some Europeans (Darko, Dima, Liam) adapted this but still held to their normal technique and created a super powerful backhand with this. The acceleration at the ball is extremely high

@@TheSunnyHands Although the backhand stroke might be quicker as you can use more wrist action - just like you mentioned - and you need less body mass to move, it is definitely NOT more powerful. It's just raw physics. It takes more time and require more movement, but the power you can generate is bigger. Also, Fatih Egin was right - this is an extremely backhand oriented battle, not a "normal" one. Both Jorgić and Ovtcharov rely on BH much more than most pros. This is also the reason why Dima has always been a tough matchup for Darko, he made it this time though. Good job!

@@mgobio1471 it depends on how you define powerful. for me powerful is a stroke that is hard and fast. and Darkos backhand is both of it, as we could see in this game. Ofc this is an extreme example for a backhand battle, both are backhand orientated players. but still, if you watch professional table tennis you will see that more and more players are backhand orientated

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but his forehand is pretty bad for a player of his level

@@irtiza4262 it's not bad, it's not just powerful and dependable for his playstyle compared to other players.

@@allethre it is bad, I mean he missed so many counters and open ups with his forehands especially at the start Darko knows this, because he played backhand from his forehand side and always opened up with his backhand

@@irtiza4262 I mean it's good. Compared to mine. 😂

Chinese...

@@danieljablecki Wang Chunqin has the fastest, Lin Gaoyuan has the sharpest, Liang Jingkun has the most spin and Fan Zhengdong has the most power, best counter.

Cassin has a REALLY powerful backhand too.

@@Nicolas-ut1ek yeah it's not bad when he gets into his grove.

The length was exceptional, too.

Jorgic Сила!

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the problem is: there are so many tournaments, if you play bo7 all the time your body wont make this for a long time. bo7 is super exhausting (i can tell since im playing this here on Iceland as well sometimes)

Yes if you remember when ittf had a open there was at least 3 weeks to rest between. Now there could be a tournament the following week. Just like it use to be game to 21 well we have to sacrifice.

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Qui won the other semi

@@MDMK1996 ow wow, that's a surprise. Liam played extremely well against Truls, that's why I assumed he would win. Interesting final, hope Darko wins.

​@@maskedgamer7565nah not a surprise Liam's game is not strong enough for Dang's game

@@maskedgamer7565 it was incredibly close 11-8 in the 7th Set and Dang was very lucky with nets in the match

@@reinaldopessoa2603 Lad luck won Dang that game he had so many nets

Wow because of the breathing?

Sounds like you need some professional help.