Christian Suss (R) and Timo Boll (L) of Germany celebrate their victory against Lucjan Blaszczyk of Poland and RuiwuTan of Croatia after their men's doubles final match at the European Table Tennis Championships in Belgrade, 01 April 2007... Getty Images logo Getty Images 27 months ago

Christian Suss (R) and Timo Boll (L) of Germany celebrate their victory against Lucjan Blaszczyk of Poland and RuiwuTan of Croatia after their men's doubles final match at the European Table Tennis Championships in Belgrade, 01 April 2007...

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