A Iranian creates biggest suprise in Table tennis.

[Shamim]

http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=17071&Competition_ID=1732&

Noshad Alamiyan who is the 46th world best player beat the number1 Kenta Matsudaira.

[KC McElroy]

Very good and sexy news.

[Iranian soccer fan]

Wow, that's big!
Congratulations!

[zand]

he lost in the quarterfinals to the eventual champion. Very good result for our young lad.

http://www.ittf.com/competitions/matches_64.asp?competition_ID=1732&s_Event_Type=JB

[tashakor]

Don't forget....he went to this tournament all by himself....NO Coach!!

[Demis-11]

thats amazing...the worlds number 1 must be amazing too! lightning quick and accurate..congrats..noshad will surely be around for time to come

[Adesor Vafaseya]

Don't forget....he went to this tournament all by himself....NO Coach!!

Waooo!!!


well done and more power to him!

[Nariman]

The winner is a real exotic; 17 years old and from a table tennis development country, Alamiyan came to Madrid without a coach, no great knowledge of English. The only person in the Francisco Fernandez Ochoa venue that can understand him is an umpire from his country.

[Nariman]

Here is the FULL GAME:

[Nokhodi]

Good luck to him. Its very hard to compete with East Asians in table tennis.

[1Heesham1]

and only 17!!!

[persian boy]

what a hero

[Amin_]

He's playing in the Junior leaugue if I'm not mistaking.

[Farhad-7]

wow this 17 year old goes alone to a tournament and he can't speak any language other than farsi and beats world no 1.

[Rumi]

With only an umpire to speak Persian with lol

this guy is great

dorood bar in Irani