Stunning, Staggering, Seventy Million Chinese Tune into Volkswagen Cup
Li Xiaoxia, the defending champion, once into a rhythm underlined the fact that she is seen as a key member of China’s National Team as the World Championships loom on the horizon; and as he London Olympic Games appear slightly over the horizon.
She flowed like the Volkswagen Sirocco saloon car she won once into gear against Timo Boll’s compatriot Wu Jiaduo in the Women’s Singles final.
The theatre of high class play, the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou
Nostalgia Tremendous table tennis from the stars of today as the adoring fans welcomed back the stars of yesteryear.
The mercurial talents of Chen Xinhua alongside Guo Yuehua won the innovative Spectacular Pairs competition with the combination of Sweden’s Mikael Appelgren and Germany’s Nicole Struse, somewhat stealing the show, with their fancy dress costumes and showboating antics.
Entertainment Quite simply in Guangzhou it was entertainment, the entertainment was high class sport, amusing skills and entertainment itself.
Drummers, dancers and the powerful singing voice of Australia’s Paulini, all co-ordinated by an enthusiastic Master of Ceremonies in the guise of Dong Wang, contributed to a memorable occasion.
Table Tennis Proved Itself Table Tennis showed itself to be an exhilarating sport, a sport for all ages to watch; a sport to watch, even if you had never seen top class performers before.
Everybody left the Volkswagen Cup wanting an encore, wanting more.
Unquestionably the marketing value of table tennis was underlined, dynamic, entertainment; at the Volkswagen Cup there was something for everybody to enjoy whatever the age, experience, pleasure or demeanour.
Not Wrong In Guangzhou, it was fun to watch table tennis, 70 million cannot be wrong!
