The ball control and precision shown by Waldner is what makes him so great.  Hardly ever do you see players today hit shots that precise and unpredictable.  Persson hustled and deserves credit for staying the game, but it seemed like he just wasn't aggressive enough.

With this title he took an European grand slam.  World cup, worldchamp, olympic and european single champion.

These guys are so courteous and humble on the table... even after being so competitive... Awesome... classic... thanks for sharing...

great match between two great legends.....i love waldner and persson.....

Thanks! Great match. A piece of art by Waldner. Persson played very well too.

Waldner the art of table tennis, Jörgen Persson the fighter.

Yes this euro final was more important for waldner than worls final of 91

Persson has a slight lifetime edge over Waldner - they played so many games against each other are so familiar with each other and the one in form on the day tends to win

I like the swedish sportsmanship look on the Chinses.

No mercy! Eventually he won even the European champs, but it took another 14 years after his first close attempt in 1982. 1996 was a strong year in general for Waldner. He won the national champs and Top 12 as well. Lost to Jörgen in the SF in SOC.

The only thing that calls my attention is the possibility of the ball touching Waldners t-shirt under his left arm when he served but you can not see it clearly in the video. Anyway I think that Persson's complaint came too late, he lost the point and then he  lodged a complaint for Waldner´s service, what would happened if he had won the point; would he had done it? Waldner's next service on purpose to give Persson the point he claims for to finish their discussion is rather fair play to me.

@fullfunk truer words never spoken!

GOAT

My pleasure, mrfreerunner1000.

@lilmoesk899 Compared to the other great Swedes Waldner was the attacker, Persson the solid offensive player and Applegreen the allarounder.

The best Table Tennis Players that Sweden Produced - Jan Ove Waldner, Jorg Pearson, Mikael Applegreen.  Waldner is truely a Table Tennis Legend!  

thanks for this video :)

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