[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]There’s another league besides the Ultimate Table Tennis League in India, , T2APAC, going on right now in the Asia-Pacific region that goes through several rounds of play.
T2APAC features more of the premier players in the world such as former World #1s Vladimir Samsonov and Timo Boll as well as multiple-time Olympic medalists Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Jun Mizutani. They are streaming the matches online and round 3 is currently going on in Malaysia. The matches take place in a studio setting which is unique compared to the typical arenas for high-level matches.
It has a unique format with a 24-minute time limit and games to 11 but with no deuce games. If a game ends in the last two minutes of a match, a final 5-point kill zone game is played. Each team is named after a former legend such as Jorgen Persson, Jorg Rosskopf, Jiang Jialiang, and Michael Maze.
Here are highlights of a match between German legend Timo Boll and 14-year old record-setting Japanese phenom Tomokazu Harimoto:
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