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Juan Carlos Acosta vs. Eric Owens - Match Video
2004 SoCal Open Table Tennis Team Tournament
Open Singles Final
San Diego, California
10 October 2004
Eric Owens serves to Juan Carlos Acosta.
Juan Carlos Acosta vs. Eric Owens - Game 1 - 2004 Open Singles Final - Match
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Juan Carlos Acosta vs. Eric Owens - Game 2 - 2004 Open Singles Final - Match
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Juan Carlos Acosta vs. Eric Owens - Part 3 - 2004 Open Singles Final - Match
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Juan Carlos Acosta vs. Eric Owens - Part 4 - 2004 Open Singles Final - Match
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Juan Carlos Acosta vs. Eric Owens - Part 5 - 2004 Open Singles Final - Match
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Eric defeats Juan
Open Singles - Final: Eric Owens d. Juan Carlos Acosta, 7,9,-7,4,-8,8; SF: Owens d. Ludovic Gombos, 10,9,5,-6,-9,4; Acosta d. Pradeeban Peter-Paul, 6,8,10,-8,4; QF: Owens d. Steve Nguyen, 8,-2,9,8,11; Acosta d. Auria Malek, 9,5,9,8; Gombos d. Kfir Silberman, 2,8,8,7; Peter-Paul d. Misha Kazantsev, -9,9,8,2,6.
2004 SoCal Open Tournament Write-up - by Alan Williams
SoCal Open
Rating before tournament: 2577
Rating after tournament: 2585
Rating change: 8
see complete history for Owens, Eric
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Results |
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8,7,9,8 | 1 | ||
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7,9,-7,4,-8,8 | 4 | ||
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10,9,5,-6,-9,4 | 2 | ||
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5,3,10 | 0 | ||
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8,-2,9,8,11 | 0 | ||
| Open Singles Final Round |
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3,10,-8,8,9 | 1 | ||
| Losses | |||||
SoCal Open
Rating before tournament: 2484
Rating after tournament: 2532
Rating change: 48
see complete history for Acosta, Juan Carlos
| Event |
Results |
Score |
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-9,8,7,6,5 | 2 | ||
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7,9,9,9 | 0 | ||
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5,-6,6,-8,9,8 | 2 | ||
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6,8,10,-8,4 | 35 | ||
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9,5,8,8 | 3 | ||
| Under2500 Se |
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8,-6,5,7 | 2 | ||
| Under2500 Se |
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-8,7,8,6,8 | 2 | ||
| Under2500 Se |
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7,8,7,-6,-2,4 | 4 | ||
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3,7,6 | 2 | ||
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7,9,-7,4,-8,8 | -4 | ||
| Match Comments: |
| TTNovice1
writes:
Hi Rob, One small suggestion, can you please leave out the final results and scores in the future videos? It is much better to watch any games amateur or pro without knowing the result. Unless you put the scores there for some other purposes, then forgive me. Thank you for providing/posting all the videos! |
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Nov 5-6, 2005 San Diego Open Entry Form Page
Copyright © 2005 - Robert Trudell
Acosta vs. Owens
Now the onlookers are really buzzing, as the surprise of the tournament, the man who'd upset the top seed, stepped in against the only player that stood between him and the title. There's a $700 differential in the prize money, with $1500 going to the winner. There's Eric, whose play has been winning, but perhaps not spectacular, there's Juan, whose high energy and enthusiasm have lit a firecracker in the hall. After the first game, Eric has attained one of his goals, which is to quiet the crowd, with an 11-7 sobering of the Acosta contingent. Things become even more solemn when he takes the second game as well, 11-9. Certainly Juan has his moments, and he cashes them in for victories in the third and fifth games, but the issue is never placed in doubt as Eric Owens wins four games to two. How did he do it? What happened to suddenly make this dynamo stand still? Because against Eric, Juan cannot grab the initiative, cannot dominate stretches of points. Acosta is a talented player, in fact makes an amazing push, no flip! For a winner late in the match that draws ohs and ahs and even a congratulatory gesture from Owens. "His blade actually passed under the ball, and then he pulled it back and flipped the other way when he saw me commit," Eric described it. "He really got me good with that one!" So in the face of that kind of skill, that kind of energy, how had Eric disarmed his opponent so handily, 7,9,-7,4,-8,8?
There is no better place to ask than the players themselves. "It's the third time I've faced him," Juan Carlos informs me. "Tactically, he is brilliant, a very talented but also a very smart player." Owens' remarks dovetail nicely. "He is limited tactically because he does not trust his backhand loop," Eric shares. "That's why he steps around the backhand so often. He can block and push from there, but not counterloop. So I go wide forehand, and then back to the backhand side so that he cannot get back to step around it. That either goes through or gives me a weaker return."
A wonderful tournament, all in all. And a learning experience for me, that despite the awe that surrounds his forehand rip, Eric Owens' best tool is between his ears. That, at least, can be counted as no surprise.
