Dave Meany vs. Michael Shieh - 2005 Arizona Closed Table Tennis Tournament Video

Dave Meany vs. Michael Shieh

2005 Arizona Closed Table Tennis Tournament

Under-2000 Singles - Final

Table Tennis Video

ARCH - 1550 W. Colter Street

Phoenix, Arizona

16 April 2005

Dave Meany makes a few diving saves to return Michael Shieh's balls.

Dave Meany vs. Michael Shieh - U-2000 Singles Final - wmv Video (196 Mbytes, Duration 34:49)

The Dave Meany Dive Rally - wmv Video (16 Mbytes, Duration 2:54)

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Time to get up and get another ball.

Hey Dave, have you heard about the freehand on the table rule?

Michael gives Dave a tap of respect with his blade.

Michael Shieh prepares to serve to Dave Meany.

Meany, Dave				Rating Change 1787±78 − 5 = 1782±47

Wins				Losses
Point Change	Opponent's Rating	Opponent	Score	Point Change	Opponent's Rating	Opponent	Score
+25	1809±58	Chan, Keith	8 7 7	−67	1609±37	Dax, Roger, A.	10 7 −10 −1 −10 6 7
+9*	1788±41	Shieh, Michael	13 −7 −5 9 −7 6 10	−23	1757±35	Trudell, Robert	7 −5 −10 9 4
+17	1763±51	Bryant, Robert	6 −7 −7 9 11 −6 10	+9*	1788±41	Shieh, Michael	−7 −9 10 9 7 9
+12	1734±45	Weich, Bob	6 10 8
+11	1586±69	Immaneni, Pramod	6 2 6
+1	1498±68	Keller, Chuck	7 5 4
+1	1435±57	Novikoff, David	9 −8 7 4

Shieh, Michael				Rating Change 1758±50 + 32 = 1790±38

Wins				Losses
Point Change	Opponent's Rating	Opponent	Score	Point Change	Opponent's Rating	Opponent	Score
+17	1816±59	Chan, Keith	9 10 5 8	−16	1710±45	Weich, Bob	−4 5 8 10
0*	1789±53	Meany, Dave	−7 −9 10 9 7 9	0*	1789±53	Meany, Dave	13 −7 −5 9 −7 6 10
+8	1768±52	Bryant, Robert	−12 9 6 6
+8	1714±38	Leichter, Morris	−7 −12 9 5 2
+8	1679±58	Shtorper, Felix	7 8 −7 −5 9
+3	1653±38	Jerome, Ed	8 7 6
+5	1627±36	Dax, Roger, A.	7 7 9
0	1460±69	Atreya, Ravikant	9 8 4

Match Comments - Click here to enter comments

See the point that occurs near the 20 minute mark. Does the Umpire make the right call?

Len Winkler (lenwink) responds:

The point was awarded to Michael, as the score card shows. David touched the table with his free hand PLUS he missed the table on his next shot, anyway.....The umpire raised his right hand signaling Michael's point and pointed to David to explain he touched the table....
Len Winkler, Table Tennis & More

http://forums.about.com/ab-tabletennis/messages?msg=18047.2

John Jaramea (pongongong) prods:

It nice that umpires are allowed to take a nip during the match:) IYO, how many times do you think the serve was not legal?

2.6.4 From the start of service until it is struck, the ball shall be above the level of

the playing surface and behind the server's end line, and it shall not be hidden

from the receiver by any part of the body or clothing of the server or his

doubles partner; as soon as the ball has been projected, the server’s free arm

shall be removed from the space between the server’s body and the net.

http://forums.about.com/ab-tabletennis/messages?msg=18047.3

Mark Kent (markkent (markkent2)) writes in a separate thread:

That's good stuff... the dive rally is good.
THREE camera angles plus slo-mo!!

-mark

http://forums.about.com/ab-tabletennis/messages?msg=18058.14

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