What is Your Biggest Loss?
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Submitted on 27-Nov-2007 10:50:56 PM
Last updated on 12-Dec-2011 11:14:46 AM
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At Ping Skills we were talking about some big losses that we have encountered during our careers. We thought we'd share them here.
If you've had an enourmous loss during your Table Tennis days, then share it here for everyone. Hopefully sharing the story will help you overcome the bad memories :)
and Jeff Plumb said...
My biggest loss was in the final of the U/17 Australian National Championships. It was 1989 and I was only 14 at the time and had played remarkably well to make the final. But let's just say, I run into a much better player.
The final score:
21-4 21-9
Yep, that's right. I only won 13 points for the entire match. As you can guess it did not last very long. Luckily for me, I had managed to win the U/15's a few hours earlier and so could still manage to celebrate the tournament as a success.
We'd love to hear about some of your biggest losses, so leave a comment and tell us all about it.
Comments on this question
Vinh Unknown commented...
on the 30-Nov-2007 08:56:40 PM
in group stage of a local competition,
lost against a state player ranked 10 supposedly, i was merely a hobby beginner player at the time, just going in my first tourni.
just using the basic backhand service, i was in a pushing war. he served all these spins i could not read! [now i can from practise lol]
lost bad. 11-2 11-3 11-4 [he gave me mercy in the lastset]
Kevin Unknown commented...
on the 10-Dec-2007 08:19:06 PM
During school competition, i came up against a player on the Junior Australian National Team. He was ranked like 10th in the Pacific, and you can probably guess i got killed. He was even playing around with me, tellng me which way ill hit it obviously because of his spin.
The final score was: 11-6, 11.8 and 11.9
Doesnt look bad but he was playing around though
Przemek Bednarczyk Unknown commented...
on the 26-Dec-2007 09:01:44 AM
My one of the biggest lose was in tornament in stafford against my brother in the semi final u/15 and i was 12 my brother was 14.The score was 11-5 8-11 11-4 5-11 12-14
Un lucky :-)
Evan Peel commented...
on the 02-Jun-2008 12:35:12 AM
I remember my worst loss.I was in a tournament
and it was double elimination i had lost earlier so if I lost this game i would be out.I was playing this guy and i quickly dominated into a 10-0 lead.I soon started to crack under the pressure and kept hitting it off the table.he came back to win 12-10.
loveleen Unknown commented...
on the 19-Dec-2008 12:47:50 AM
In a Delhi State Tournament i was was the underdog.i was to play pre-quarter against a top delhi who was 100 times better then me.In this match i played my heart out and manged to take a lead of 2-1 in first three games and then it became 2-2 and n the decider it was 10-8 score when he got the servie i jst needed one point for the biggest win on my life and for the biggest win for a player like him against him and i was not in practice.But as it was his serve i cdnt return his serves ,put both of them in the net,and lost after he tood two consecutive points 12-12 ..so the final score was 2-3 though he won but i consider it the biggest loss of mine as icd hv won the match had i returned his one serve.though it was a LOSS BUT I CONSTILL CONSIDER THAT MATCH MY WIN EVEN TODAY.
Thimothy Unknown commented...
on the 19-Dec-2008 03:59:51 PM
Yaahhhh!!!!1 I saw you play that day and even though you were not able to gage the ball so precisly ...you really made that former Delhi no.1 player to cry out loud to get a point....I would not look at it as a defeat but a stepping stone to success as that was the day you also got to know that even without practise if you can get these players to bend on to their knees to beg point from you ...then what is gonna happen when you're gonna practise and come back to the arena......ROAR like lion and kill them first .....then eat them with you bloody game......becuz its too dangerous when you are in practise ...trust me you will be at INDIA TOP 5.....Bless you
loveleen Unknown commented...
on the 19-Dec-2008 10:59:34 PM
R OTHERS IN INDIA LISTENING TO TIMOTHYS COMMENT... Thanks Timothy...
will Unknown commented...
on the 04-Jan-2009 07:24:59 PM
Lost to my little brother in the finals of the school tournament, with the entire school watching. It was close, 21-19, 19-21, 26-24, 19-21, 23-21, but he is my little brother whom I tought to play!
Ben Unknown commented...
on the 05-Nov-2009 01:03:14 PM
I have played against one of my best friends hundreds of times and have only won twice. We have a club at our school and he has lost less than three matches over the four months that it takes place.
The worst was when he won 37 points in a row. Definitely the most embarrassing thing to happen in my table tennis career.
Ryan Unknown commented...
on the 06-Nov-2009 08:17:10 AM
I\'ve just started out. I\'ve played a ranked 142 player in my league. Over 10 Years experience behind my opponent and around 5 for me.. My loss against my opponent was 11-4 at my last set. I guess im doing good ^.^
Daumisx Krugliakovas commented...
on the 30-Jan-2011 12:22:09 AM
Well i think its loos but maybe not.
I've been playing for three months in school we hawe 2 tables in coridors at school so i play there for about 3,4 hours a day so that comes to 21-28 hours a week and i've been chosed for a turnament small one
and gues what there were so much better players becouse they play 4 and 3 years i said oh crap i'm doomed but i was way to wrong i beated lots of them couse they thinked that i cantplay but i can i'm able to do awesome things becouse i love table tennis and i play it alot progres is unbelevible + i et help form PingSKill.com :) so there were 18 players
and i was 9 but unfortunatly last matches i lost 11-3. 11-0(FAIL) 11-9(h is right handed but was playing was left) 18-16(wow i was geat at here) and the BEST-------> 11-0 11-0 11-0 against pros
but i won some matches 5-11 15-17 and more so that fail WAS 11-0 11-0 11-0 :P well now i would get some pints :)
Andrew Yau commented...
on the 30-Jan-2011 06:37:16 AM
My biggest lose is 11-1 [oponent spared my dignity] i was about 10 and just a amateur in a tournament. My opponent just kept looping.
My Bat was not anygood either :P
£2 just a blade and long pips stuck on it :P
i won 1 match though lol
sarthak gupta commented...
on the 31-Jan-2011 11:37:50 PM
my biggest loss is 5-11
in my socity and even 1 time when i went to a tournament
those times were very bad!!!!
sarthak gupta commented...
on the 13-Mar-2011 05:51:04 PM
my biggest loss is when my opponent smashes on my body and whenever i do rallies of pushes or chops in the last my push or chop always hits on the net and even when the opponent gives me a shot on the extreme side......those are my biggest loses
Carlton Yeung commented...
on the 14-Mar-2011 08:19:25 AM
I don't lose.
I play at home and have not played outside of home because there aren't any organizations close enough to me for my parents to drive me. It's tough because I don't know my own level compared to people outside of my immediate family. I'm confident enough to say that I am by far much better than my family, but do not know where I stand compared to other people.
nsri varun commented...
on the 28-May-2011 03:48:37 AM
I was 14 and played the game for about 20 days in a club.Due to my age i was put in the intermediate category.So i played against a state player and won a single set.wow i was happy and all credit goes to pingskills (thanks guys, great job)
Alois Rosario from PingSkills said...
on the 28-May-2011 05:56:00 AM
Well done Nsri.
Nirakar Sapkota commented...
on the 28-May-2011 01:48:53 PM
My biggest loss was with my opponent "Nikesh Powdel" who won me in-
11-2,9-11,11-3
Isaac Chan commented...
on the 30-May-2011 10:48:59 PM
I was playing the Chiense U-15 no.1 in a team tournament, as you can guess, I came out of that battered (I was U-15 too, still am...) The final score was 11-4 11-4 11-5, it was scary playing with him. A bit too high or a bit too long and you got smashed with a shot you could barely track. Every shot had to be perfect, an attack that was a bit weak would have been ferociously counter-looped, I guess that's what it means to be China no. 1
