The Road to a Comeback
by Tong Lee
In April 1995, Khoa Nguyen, at age 28, apparently was at the height of his table tennis career. He was ranked #2 in the US behind Cheng Yinhua and had a rating of 2700...
At the Worlds, things did not turn out as he expected. Although teram USA played nine ties and was 10-1 (including 2 defaults), Khoa did not played a single team match. In the singles event, Khoa won three Qualifying matches, including a win over Atikovic of Croatia who had beaten Cheng in the Teams. more |
