hi miikka, i follow pongfinity since a couple of years now and i love your content. i am the second table tennis player in the world who plays with the mouth (now i'm the only one cause the other one has retired from playing). it would be awesome to play with you next time you visit spain. see you soon!
That point at 4-1 at the beginning 😮💨. Quality plays from you, I know it was a tough match since you were playing against Sid Naresh, who’s a USA national team player, but you also outperformed him in some aspects in this game. I’ve been watching you and Pongfinity for years now(ever since those candle trick shot videos from years ago) and you’ve improved so much, even as an amateur player I can see this. Your backhand flicks and counter-loops are at such a quality. Quality plays Mikka 👏👏.
Naresh played recently at a club I visit from time to time in Texas and after seeing him play in person I really thought you were going to win this one. I'm rooting for your improvement, Miikka!
Good match, Miikka. Very agressive on the 4th game, but Sid recovered. Very high quality rallies. By the way, is it an app that you use for the scorebox? I used to do it manually, but it's slave's labour.
Yo mikka, would be nice if you'd try yourself out in the polish league one day. I saw that Alex Naumi is now playing here and i would 100% come and cheer for you :)
A couple things I was curious about: 1) Is there a website for your current league with standings/records/etc? Google hasn't been very helpful for me. 2) Do you feel you've improved between when you were playing in this German league vs the Spanish league now? I have zero frame of reference so I'm more curious what you feel than anything else.
1) yeah it can be hard finding results online but here is the link for the Spanish league standings, My team is Club Natacio Sabadell: rfetm.es/resultados/2024-2025/view.php?liga=Mg==&grupo=2&subgrupo=S&jornada=0&sexo=M 2) yes, currently I feel like i'm playing better this season then in the past and I'm working hard at practice to keep improving 💪
@@xTTfreakx I quite literally said that I knew this was from a couple years ago and in Germany vs now, which is in Spain. I don't understand how someone could read that question and think I don't get that.
Ay miikka, nice match! It’s good to see now you’re also taking a little bit of a professional commitment (after may when it appears you haven’t played any ittf tournaments). Hope you keep cookng 😂
well played. I think you could improve the short balls they are too high . Another point are the serves, your opponent could attack the first balls very hard. You still got a lot of potential you got this.
it's not easy to simply improve this because the issue is probably related to the quality of his opponent, giving him spin which is disguised or heavier then he is used to. When you get to this level its hard to get enough practice partners at the required quality for you to continue to improving I am sure if he played someone a level below him such as a top club player or average county player his short balls would be much tighter. Hence it's not such a simple thing to improve at additionally when someone is feeding you balls it's much easier then when someone is playing a match.
@@marcusthomsen7012German federation has started to allow players to simultaneously play in other federations not too long ago. I suppose it's the same for the Spanish federation.
This match was from two seasons ago when i only played the german league, currently i'm only playing Spain but it's also possible to play several leagues simultaneously
that first game play, unbelievable Miikka!
hi miikka, i follow pongfinity since a couple of years now and i love your content. i am the second table tennis player in the world who plays with the mouth (now i'm the only one cause the other one has retired from playing). it would be awesome to play with you next time you visit spain. see you soon!
Amazing! You can send me a DM on Instagram and we can try to make it happen :)
Great match man your forehand looks so good
Sid has great control his ability to land balls on the table consistently got him this match
That point at 4-1 at the beginning 😮💨. Quality plays from you, I know it was a tough match since you were playing against Sid Naresh, who’s a USA national team player, but you also outperformed him in some aspects in this game. I’ve been watching you and Pongfinity for years now(ever since those candle trick shot videos from years ago) and you’ve improved so much, even as an amateur player I can see this. Your backhand flicks and counter-loops are at such a quality. Quality plays Mikka 👏👏.
i met Sid at the 2024 us nationals. world class player!
Bro never in a million years would I expect the kid on the Ellen show to play Miikka
5:26 Perfection 🤩🔥
Naresh played recently at a club I visit from time to time in Texas and after seeing him play in person I really thought you were going to win this one. I'm rooting for your improvement, Miikka!
Good match, Miikka. Very agressive on the 4th game, but Sid recovered. Very high quality rallies.
By the way, is it an app that you use for the scorebox? I used to do it manually, but it's slave's labour.
Great game! Maybe you'll join Sid and Benedek in MLTT, Miikka.
Really good Game from you but it's okay to loose against him.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
nice serves.
Hi Miika! I noticed that you switched from black to red on forehand, any specific reason? Did you change equipment perhaps?
Anyways great match!
1:17 no looking shot was amazing almost waldner lvl
im convinced no one else watched the early parts of the video cause this point was insane
@@wutims this really isn't that hard to make as a table tennis player
What blade and rubbers do you use?
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what rubbers and blade do you use?
what is your equipment
Its remembering me of you playing against alexy tronin
Yes this was from the same team match! :)
This is Sid’s brother Nandan Naresh
Insane forhends on 5:20 😮💨🫡
wasnt this the kid who was on ellen a while back?
yes this is him
What rubbers do you play @Miikka O"Connor
Hello can you tell me when did you play against him ?
@@Alabanzalrey This match was in january 2023
Yo mikka, would be nice if you'd try yourself out in the polish league one day. I saw that Alex Naumi is now playing here and i would 100% come and cheer for you :)
A couple things I was curious about:
1) Is there a website for your current league with standings/records/etc? Google hasn't been very helpful for me.
2) Do you feel you've improved between when you were playing in this German league vs the Spanish league now? I have zero frame of reference so I'm more curious what you feel than anything else.
This is in Germany, though (judging from the banners)
It even says so at the start of the video, missed that at first 😂
This was from 1-2 years ago, he is currently not playing in Germany
1) yeah it can be hard finding results online but here is the link for the Spanish league standings, My team is Club Natacio Sabadell: rfetm.es/resultados/2024-2025/view.php?liga=Mg==&grupo=2&subgrupo=S&jornada=0&sexo=M
2) yes, currently I feel like i'm playing better this season then in the past and I'm working hard at practice to keep improving 💪
@@xTTfreakx I quite literally said that I knew this was from a couple years ago and in Germany vs now, which is in Spain. I don't understand how someone could read that question and think I don't get that.
Ay miikka, nice match! It’s good to see now you’re also taking a little bit of a professional commitment (after may when it appears you haven’t played any ittf tournaments). Hope you keep cookng 😂
What's your height/weight miikka?
didnt sid naresh get one point of lin shi dong?
Sid Naresh just took a set off Lin Shindong...so bear that in mind when thinking about how you did...
What US rating can we assign to Miikka now? roughly 2550?
Hmm yea that's accurate he has improved alot
that seems good, i wish him andd otto could come to. tournaments like nattionals and us open.
anywhere from 2500-2600. Definitely pro level from him and otto.
well played. I think you could improve the short balls they are too high . Another point are the serves, your opponent could attack the first balls very hard. You still got a lot of potential you got this.
it's not easy to simply improve this because the issue is probably related to the quality of his opponent, giving him spin which is disguised or heavier then he is used to.
When you get to this level its hard to get enough practice partners at the required quality for you to continue to improving I am sure if he played someone a level below him such as a top club player or average county player his short balls would be much tighter. Hence it's not such a simple thing to improve at additionally when someone is feeding you balls it's much easier then when someone is playing a match.
So you live in Finnland but you play in German and Spanish league at the same time? How is that even possible, am I missing something?
Yeah. They have this thing called an airplane..
@@marcusthomsen7012German federation has started to allow players to simultaneously play in other federations not too long ago. I suppose it's the same for the Spanish federation.
The description says the match was played in 2023
This match was from two seasons ago when i only played the german league, currently i'm only playing Spain but it's also possible to play several leagues simultaneously
Germany has restrictions only for the first 3 leagues everything below doesn't have restrictions regarding other leagues@@xTTfreakx
Nice try miikka, keep fighting!!
You got too confident after the first game, which caused you to lose the second game, and he dominated the match.
Come on dude…
Nice try!
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