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    Jacobs wants Rio 2016 redemption

    12.07.2017

    Indonesian Para table tennis player determined to learn from Paralympics disappointment.

    a para table tennis player hits the ball across the net Indonesia's David Jacobs left Rio 2016 without a Paralympic medal. © • ITTF
    By Connor Craig-Jackson | For the IPC
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    Indonesia’s David Jacobs hopes to regain the form that deserted him at Rio 2016 by winning a third Para Table Tennis (PTT) Asian Championships in Beijing, China in August.

    The two-time Asian champion is hoping to defend his class 10 singles titles, after exiting last summer's Paralympic Games earlier than expected.

    “I was disappointed after the Paralympics,” Jacobs said. “I lost in the last 16 to Mateo Boheas, but I still want to play in the World Championships next year and at the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo. So I think the Asian Championships will be a good chance for me to play at a good level again.”

    "I think the Asian Championships will be a good chance for me to play at a good level again.”

    Jacobs has since shown signs that the winning form is still there, emerging with a comfortable victory at the Spanish Open in early June.

    Standing in Jacobs’ way for a third consecutive Asian title will be China’s 2016 Paralympic champion Ge Yang, who has formed a rivalry with Jacobs from the moment the 40-year-old competed in his first International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) tournament in 2010.

    “I have played Ge Yang many many times,” Jacobs said. “Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose but it is always tough. He’s the Paralympic champion and a great player so if I want to beat him then I always have to be in good condition.”

    The only area in the Asian Championships where Ge has dominated Jacobs has been in the team competition, where Ge has helped Team China clinch five years in a row; Jacobs has finished runner-up in the last two competitions.

    Indonesia can take encouragement from the Spanish Open team final this year which saw them narrowly lose to the Spanish team that won silver at the Rio 2016 Paralympics.

    Despite this, Jacobs knows first-hand just how strong the Chinese team are and insists there is still a lot of work to be done for him and his teammate, Komet Akbar, if they want to also win the team event in Beijing.

    “It’s always very difficult to become the team champion,” Jacobs said. “I have been training a lot with my teammate Komet Akbar and we make sure we stay in contact. But in order to beat China we must continue to have good training because China are a great team.”

    The 2017 ITTF PTT Asian Championships will be held from 23-31 August.

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