Germany on Top-Ovtcharov , Rosskopf, Boll!

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German coach Jorg Rosskopf was just voted Coach of the Year. German legend Timo Boll just won the T2APAC league men’s title defeating Ovtcharov in the final featuring the world’s best players and then was voted the 2017 Star Athlete of the Year. The year-end Grand Finals are going on right now and here’s the highlight point of Day 2 between Vladimir Samsonov and Wong Chun Ting.

The 2017 Star Athletes of the Year. Timo Boll (pictured second from the left) won the Male Star Athlete of the Year and German coach Jorg Rosskopf (pictured middle) was voted Star Coach of the Year. (Courtesy ITTF)

Ovtcharov’s reaction to being World #1:

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Game 1:

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