While watching the match, I thought his expression on winning was priceless. (As was his subsequent collapse ). Thanks for supplying such a great pic, pcl99!
"Allez Chou!"
hey, what about my caption? it's good too!!![]()
Them standing side by side on the podium, I didn't realize that CTC is shorter than WZM... from the way CTC was retrieving smashes and playing some incredibly angled shots, I'd thought he was taller. But he certainly is more agile and motivated.
Hope he enjoys his moment in the limelight but don't allow it to get into his head much.
The following is WZM's profile:
Wang Zhengming
Personal information
Birth name
王睁茗
Country
China
Born
February 16, 1990 (age 24)
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Handedness
Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking
6 (July 24, 2014)
Current ranking
6 (September 25, 2014[2])
Asian Championships
Silver 2010 New Delhi Men's singles
East Asian Games
Gold 2013 Tianjin Men's team
Silver 2013 Tianjin Men's singles
World Junior Championships
Gold 2008 Pune Boys' singles
Gold 2008 Pune Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Gold 2008 Boys' singles
Gold 2008 Mixed team
A comparison of the height shows WZM is taller than CTC by 0.03m or barely an inch (1.83m x1.80m). Of course it seems WZM has a more impressive junior record but has yet to win a SS, if I'm not mistaken. CTC has broken his record by winning the French Open.
Sorry... I was the one who compared their heights...Give the subject of this thread some space, guys!It's not even 2 pages full, and you bring a full profile of other players into the fray here. I'm sure we could find some interesting things to dig up about CTC himself!
So my interpretation of CTC's Chinese name is not quite accurate. It really doesn't matter. Just answering Cobalt's call to fill up the pages of this thread.
WZM won a SS already and has been in 5 finals.
He won by beating JOJ and SWH successively last year.
LOL! Will it make everyone feel better if I eat my words?Duly done, sirs!
So, let me get this right...
In France, on the final day of the fateful meeting, the One who Achieved Celestial proportions in a Week, did so at the expense of the Tea Plantation Manager of the Regency?
Time for another "Tale from the Middle Kingdom", I guess!
CTC was playing men's doubles with Chao Hsiang Liao in July this year -at the Canadian Open, but that appeared to be a one-off thing.
He had pretty indifferent results over the past 2 years, apart from the Bitburger Open wins and the Welsh International in 2012. And then suddenly this year, all the stars aligned from July. Runner-up at the US Open Championships; a robust joust with Lin Dan at the Denmark Open, and then big payday at the French Open.
His name 周天成 means that his success comes down to him from Heaven. So is he the chosen non-mainland Chinese to step into the shoes of LCW to challenge the might of China, or is it going to be Ng Ka Long, Angus. They will be playing each other tonight. I believe it is going to be good match. I have followed Angus' progress for quite sometime and I think it is going in the right direction.
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He had pretty indifferent results over the past 2 years, apart from the Bitburger Open wins and the Welsh International in 2012. And then suddenly this year, all the stars aligned from July. Runner-up at the US Open Championships; a robust joust with Lin Dan at the Denmark Open, and then big payday at the French Open.