What is Your Biggest Loss?

Submitted on 27-Nov-2007 10:50:56 PM by Ping Skills
Last updated on 06-Nov-2009 08:17:11 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 commented...

on the 19-Dec-2008 10:59:34 PM

R OTHERS IN INDIA LISTENING TO TIMOTHYS COMMENT... Thanks Timothy...

will 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 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 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 ^.^

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