March 31, 2009
Interview with Timo Boll
 Timo Boll |
“Perhaps I never was in such good form” Courtesy of Butterfly-World |
“Mr. Boll, you again dominated over all your opponents in Bremen. But the best Chinese were not taking part this time, because they were preparing for the World Championships. Would you have preferred to play against the top stars?”
“A few weeks ago I played against them in Kuwait and Qatar and beat a few of them among them the Grand Final winner Ma Long and the Olympic Champion Ma Lin. It is quite normal that the Chinese do their WC preparation and we do ours and the German Open is part of it. That doesn’t bother me.”
“Bremen was the last big tournament before the WC in Yokohama and an important stop over. Where do you think you are standing yourself at the moment?”
“Never before have I been in such good form for so long. My game has become more complete and more consistent after the glue ban and with the new material. I now hope to keep that until the WC in Japan because I want to try everything to reach the medal ranks in Yokohama.”
“You had some difficult games in Bremen, especially the matches against the defenders Gionis from Greece and the Austrian Chen Weixing but also the semi final against the half distance player Jun Mizutani obviously took some effort…”
“Yes, that is true. Since there is no more gluing the matches against defenders cost more power. Especially the semi final against Mizutani was very exhausting. My arm got heavier and heavier during these long rallies. I think it was obvious that both of us have brilliant equipment from our sponsor. Otherwise long topspin rallies like that are not possible.
Mr Boll, is it true that your are travelling straight to China following the German Open without taking part in a tournament.”
“Yes, because I am travelling with a delegation of the economic ministry of North-Rhine-Westphalia. Acting as an ambassador for politics and economics is a new experience for me. It widens the horizon and builds a link between your own sport and other areas. Among other things we will also visit the University in Peking where the Olympic Games took place in August. I am looking forward to go back there because winning the silver medal was one of my most important successes.”
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