Games sometimes take very little time to play, and if one player cannot solve a certain facet of his opponent's game, the contest may be over quite quickly.
而且桌球的速度極快，一個球來回只要零點三秒，一局廿一分，快的話三分鐘就解決，一場比賽最慢也不會超過五十分鐘。常常在汗滴涔涔中，還沒弄清狀況，就被「殺死」了。此次吳文嘉在爭取單打前十六名時，就吃了瑞典主將林德發球的虧。