Kristian Karlsson plays two accidental trick shots, a breakdown
What Happened
In a thrilling table tennis match, 17-year-old Lin Shidong of China takes on Christian Carlson of Sweden. The stakes are high as the two players battle it out on the table. In the first game, Carlson is leading 10-7, but Shidong fights back to make it 10-9. Carlson then attempts a desperate move, throwing his paddle at the ball. Remarkably, the paddle makes it over the net, and the returning shot hits the paddle, leading to a point that doesn't count. Carlson's coach, Paul, shakes his head in frustration at his player's antics. As the game continues, Shidong pulls off an incredible backhand shot to tie the score at 10-10. Carlson ultimately misses his next shot, and Shidong wins the first game 11-10, much to the delight of his coach, who claps enthusiastically. In the second game, Carlson's frustration boils over. Trailing 8-7, he misses a backhand shot, then quickly recovers and hits the ball, surprising even himself. The umpire is unsure of what happened, and Carlson explains, "I missed, and then I hit it. One swing." The crowd and officials are left bewildered by Carlson's accidental trick shot. Shidong takes advantage of Carlson's disarray and wins the second game 10-8, putting him one game away from victory. Carlson, growing increasingly frustrated, tosses his racket, earning a yellow card. As the match reaches its climax, Shidong demonstrates his impressive skills, using a combination of powerful backhand and forehand shots to secure the win in the third game. Carlson, despite his best efforts, is unable to overcome Shidong's relentless play, and the young Chinese player emerges victorious. Throughout the match, the players' emotions run high, with Carlson's frustration boiling over at times. However, the crowd is captivated by the incredible displays of skill and the unexpected trick shots that add an extra layer of excitement to the proceedings.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentThis is Lin Shidong versus Christian Carlson in table tennis, and this got requested a couple
times. Thank you to people that are requesting stuff, especially the things that I don't see
naturally. I watched it. There's one moment that everyone requests. I watched the full match,
and I thought there's more than one moment here that we got to do because Christian Carlson is
getting so frustrated by Lin Shidong, who I believe is 17 years old here, that he accidentally
does two trick shots that are cool. This is the first one in the first match. Carlson's up four
to three, but he's going to lose this point, hits the net, throws his paddle at it, and he gets it
over, and then the return hits the paddle. Now, it doesn't count, obviously, but still, that's
pretty wild. Everyone that's played ping pong has tried to throw their paddle at it, and it's never
worked. That is perfect. He throws it with the perfect angle, so it goes over the net, and then
the return, I can't believe this, hits the paddle perfectly. It's kind of like when you grow up and
you have the dirty ping pong. It's kind of like when you grow up and you have the dirty ping
table in your downstairs in the basement, and sometimes, like, we would have a crumb in the
corner, and then my dad would hit it and hit the crumb perfectly. I get the point. So, Carlson's up
10-7 in the first match. Game point, but Shidong hangs strong. He wins that to make it 10-8,
and then that is overdone, so now it's 10-9, and then Shidong's backhand is crazy. Looks like I put
it in fast forward. I didn't. 10-10, and oh, he misses that. Shidong's coach, he's clapping. 11-10
and he's going to come all the way back to win the first match. Carlson doesn't get that one to
land. He throws his racket in frustration, and that's a yellow card. See the yellow square by
his name? So, now we'll go to the second game. He's getting frustrated. Hitting the balls away.
Oh, my goodness. Getting frustrated. Get out of here, Paul. Get out of here. He's losing 8-7
in the second match. Blows on his paddle for good luck. Misses the backhand. Hits the forehand. Hey!
Oh, hey! He's like, hey, man, and then the other guy, Lin Shidong's like, what was that? And he
says, oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I only hit it once. I'm sorry. I missed, and then I hit it.
One swing. Everyone's like, what happened? He's like, wait, did he do magic on me? What's he
saying? He missed the backhand and then was able to recover. I don't think it was an intentional
trick shot. I think he was trying to hit the backhand. Otherwise, he would do that way more.
I think his reaction was just so good that he landed it on the table. It's incredible.
And Shidong has no idea, and look at the ref or the judge. I don't know what they're called.
She isn't even watching because she saw the miss and was going to mark it down in her
iPad or whatever, like the miss. So she was with Shidong, so they had to go fix it,
and he's going to shrug. He's like, sorry, man. I don't know. That's what happened. 9-8,
and Shidong is like, I'm just going to go back to my backhand. That looks like speed. Fast forward
and win the next point. 10-8. Backhand, forehand, backhand. Oh, my goodness. Oh,
my goodness. Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness.
That was me. I said it. He wins. He wins. He did go on to win the third match as well. He was down
10-7 again and survived again to win. But Carlson, in his frustration, played two of the cooler shots.
One was legal. One was illegal. Throw the paddle and then intentional miss forehand.
Kind of crazy. Everyone go home, try it, and send me the video of you trying.