Fan Zhendong vs Liam Pitchford | 2020 ITTF Qatar Open Highlights (Final)

Review all the highlights from the Fan Zhendong vs Liam Pitchford at the 2020 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Qatar Open.
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[@hafermilliiskoamilli9602]

It's impressive how strong Peter Crouch performs in table tennis after his football career

[@thomasliang1755]

peter Kättna Looks a lot younger too now that he doesn’t have the stress of playing for England 😂

[@user-rk5mt9rf8q]

really？he was a football player ？😂😂

[@cllllllllll]

he scores yet another header.

[@BB-fr8fc]

Wkwkwkwkwk, LOL

[@Rourou_Liu]

Funny😄

[@glossary90]

I demand this to be uploaded in super high quality. This was the best match I've seen in a long while. Jaw-dropping final.

[@davidaubuchon2995]

Best I've ever seen Liam Pitchford play. A lot of non Chinese players are doing really well recently. If the Olympics don't get canceled, we could be in for a very exciting tournament.

[@justinmarcot920]

Was it cancelled or postponed?

[@genericign571]

Yea but still messed up that only 2 players from each country can play in singles. Ma Long, XX and FZD all deserve to play for gold.

[@seekthetruths22]

@@genericign571 Messed up? Why? Are you Chinese that thinks the Chinese should always win? I think the 2-player rule in the Olympic singles is great because it gives players from other countries a shot at winning medals. After all, table tennis is a sport to be shared with everyone, not monopolized.

[@ylong5697]

The reason that makes Olympics cancelled is the same reason that makes Chinese players so down in Qatar tournament-they have been wandering for months without truly systematic preparation.

[@alexanderlyapin9411]

Yep, I've wanted to say exactly the same. Gauzy, Pitchford and probably some other non Chinese contestants have obviously improved their speed and techniques. Rallies against Chinese last longer now and it doesn't feel like China undisputedly dominates the game.

[@johanneswu836]

Liam is playing so well. Fan zhendong just seems to have a second gear , insanity.

[@zencosuzuki8496]

A new magic table tennis player. Xu Xin , S.Gauzy and now L.Pitchford and of course T.magic Boll. Liam reminds me W.Schlager. Both very smart players. The match was on the highest level in the world.

[@Microbaul]

Anyone noticed they actually shook hands? Fan's respect for Liam must've been great thanks to how well he's been playing

[@maruko1q]

這一場樊振東打得最像樊振東的一場比賽，打出了屬於自己獨特的球魂，無論在反應，球技，球速上，都是讓人看了拍紅了雙掌的一場比賽。

[@BurritoBrooks]

This is now one of my favorite matches. Thanks for the cool camera angles.

[@Belgamor77]

Pitchford has an amazing backhand.

[@davidvincent380]

This time the image is decent but the framerate is no good... seems that we can't have both

[@awalkthroughmedellin796]

It looks like whoever is responsable of the ITTF KZbin account administration, it's not a very savvy person in terms of computing, systems and so forth. Doesn't know how to edit and export a video to get the best quality.

[@desgamble9220]

Love the backhand styles of these players. The ball snaps across the table with such accuracy. Huge respect to both competitors.

[@3Dsirius]

An this is the most amazing and beautiful match of the tournament, a pleasure to watch. Congrat and for Liam,he becomes so amazing player.

[@preult14250310]

9:51 I can watch this all day.

[@shenqiangshou]

Wow, what an instant classic! I really wanted to see it go to 7, just to extend out this amazing match. So many ridiculous rallies.

[@shen7322]

樊振東打的是真的好 無論在腳步上跟中遠台都發揮的極佳 尤其是在跑交叉步還可以發力 真的佩服啊！

[@suzheng1351]

真心喜欢FZD的打球风格，球技，力量，速度完美结合。

[@chunkinleung446]

背起男隊責任的時候到了

[@samzhang1377]

完美诠释乒乓界的“暴力美学”

[@suzheng1351]

@@samzhang1377 对对对，暴力美学。喜欢FZD,，他输球的时候会心里不舒服，赢球的时候会高兴的吃啥啥香。

[@ianmurphy5975]

GREAT EFFORT PITCH....there were a few stunned faces in the crowd dude.....loved how you changed it up...GO ON SON!

[@ianduran7267]

One of the best matches that i've ever seen

[@Justknow-is3tf]

U saved us all FAN. Thank you so much. I was devastated when the cloud Walker lost... U made it

[@Justknow-is3tf]

@@tepatdon8319 apart from its a sport, China is our next door neighbor... They are our brothers.. So that feel of my brother to win...

[@qomarqomarudin7307]

Respect to both players.. Liam showed a great fight and congrats to FZD at the end

[@Hajjat]

Fan's reaction @5:36 after losing the point.. That's me every single day :D

[@pedroantoniofloresjimenez1744]

This single video can be the totally top 10.

[@thebuyuang3921]

When liam think the point is over the ball keep coming back to the table.. Amazing FZD

[@jeloneq7]

One of the best FINALS I've seen. Just awesome. Do yourself a favor and watch it.

[@James-il5ny]

Fan Zhengdong is so good, proud of him. Congratulations. well played for both.

[@Foxhidden1]

look at 10:18 the big smile over losing point from pitchford

[@genericign571]

Liam taking it in stride, great lad and awesome player.

[@umutozk]

Liam was like "what do you expect me to do after this"? He has done evertything he can. FZD is just out of this world, but non-chinese players are closing the gap and suprises with different strokes and placements.

[@samzhang1377]

Just like what his coach said during timeout. “Enjoy the moment”

[@spaceinvader384]

That's truly humble sportsmanship. Not seen very often. Good luck to him in future. Best effort but FZD is just so out of reach.

[@user-qwertyuiopasdfghj]

What a game!! Epic! So many amazing shots

[@rvsd44]

FZD is the terminator sent from the future. I mean, some of the moves he made here ...... ludicrous!!!

[@edwindwicahyo5375]

his backhand counter is nasty

[@darrylkassle361]

Same could be said of Pitch!!! If Pitch somehow grew up in China under their system he would be number 1 even better or at least on par with FZD &ML for sure. ALOT of the Chinese are just drilled to perfection. Pitch is extremely natural ask any coach worth his salt. Under a system of Chinese training his fullest potential would of been realised.

[@josephlee4337]

@@darrylkassle361 you stupid, or what? You are speculating on a hypothesis.

[@darrylkassle361]

@@josephlee4337 so you insult my intelligence really mature. It is simply an opinion. If you cant see the logic in my answer then you are stupid. Go and cure cancer if you think you are so smart.

[@darrylkassle361]

@@josephlee4337 btw don't waste your time commenting thon me you silly 农民！！你 应该 在稻田里帮助你家里人！！ or better still 回到中国去 and overthrow that stupid袭击平 who thinks his a world power with his 1 aircraft carrier. Also you should not be wasting your time on KZbin but protesting and overthrowing him . He caused the corona virus world pandemic. No one will truly RESPECT China until they are decent world citizens . Your table tennis team is not going to do it. Learn to open up and take responsibility. 5000 years of history and they nearly catch up to the rest of the world. Only because America allowed them to. In a few hundred years the west did more than what China could do in 5000. I would not be proud of being backward for 5000 years. FzD is a sociopath also. When in the training hall someone was having a heart attack yet he keeps practicing ignoring a human being in need and you have faith in this man. Watch Serpentza he knows what is going on. Don't steal our western names either Mr tamade cou no ma

[@perrycheong6329]

期待2020東京奧運 🏓球手 精彩的發揮💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@gilywilly3360]

What a good game! Thx to both player.

[@vincent6045]

Insane backhand from Pitchford Great match !

[@rasheedelakhlaqsiz4753]

XX and FZD are going back and forth for the 1st spot in the last few months! Next Ranking, FZD is ranked #1

[@mooham1388]

Young Pitchford is a great talent.

[@bennypan2007]

It's really Liam's peak performance in this tournament!! He flicked to Fan's BH a lot. Fan is well prepared for it. If Liam aims for different placement he could've won. I hope Liam keeps it up!!

[@seekthetruths22]

It's really nice to see that you saw exactly what I saw. Yes, indeed! That was the sole reason for his loss in this game.

[@Transparency-lb7ql]

Good we all noticed that. But he indeed won points from there. Also FZ wasnt attacking straightaway from there so it wasnt a bad try. I think Liam fell short in bh shots from FZ, Defending and also his serve returns from Bh were lot of faults and then in last game he missed some forehand loops and flicks etc. Overall i loved the way liam played this tournament. Good to see all non chinese final.

[@rogernguyen1273]

With IF we can do a lot of things !!

[@peterwest5525]

If he hadn´t missed that serve when leading the first game, he would have won.

[@user-ie8ue1oy4p]

GREAT PLAY FROM LIN YUN JU!!! CONGRATULATIONS FOR LIN YUN JU to win the champion!!!

[@Schamloser_Mistkerl]

WHAT A MATCH!

[@mj217she7]

每次看，都精彩紛呈

[@bobyorke]

Well done Pitch, you did us proud 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@user-vu9ps3oo7x]

Молодцы парни!!!Игра хорошая!!! Уважение друг к другу!!! Руки пожали в конце встречи!!! Не смотря на то что был запрет на рукопожатие из за вируса!!)

[@oriontvv]

с их иммунитетом никакие вирусы не страшны) игра отличная, что финал, что полу-финал.

[@Batya_Bunda]

Пич в ударе! Шикарная игра! И никакая зараза не пройдет!;)

[@jasonli7547]

Hey, what are you talking about?

[@oriontvv]

@@jasonli7547 Guy said that there is new rule(because of the virus) that players shouldn't handshake each other. And I replied that they are extremely healthy and have good immune system as far they show such a good game.

[@peterstill3760]

Fan’s speed is unbelievable. Pitchford at his best. What a match.

[@tripleplay4]

I think this match can go either way on a good day for both. Liam's ball placement is superb but FZD's athleticism is unreal. He was returning shots in opposite corners that very few other players would even touch. You could tell Liam wasn't used to those kind of shots being returned consistently.

[@jonathanhansson804]

Yup and he dosnt just block them back he literally counterloops them with smart angles and placement.

[@honggong6292]

Superb FZD

[@hankrooz4720]

Congratulations Fan!

[@liuwazi]

great match

[@ACHERON85BLACK]

Wow Liam Excelente pwrformance

[@JAYDEV402]

one of the best matches of table tennis history... hats off to liam pitchford...

[@EchtEenMilan]

It was a good tournament for Pitchford; well played!

[@hjw1217]

This is just beginning. Liam will get more popular in the Summer.

[@user-qt2xx1tn4w]

Браво-браво Лиам, шикарный уровень игры!

[@ACHERON85BLACK]

Excelente preparación de Liam P de cara a JJOO, puede pelear 🥉en individuales, y dobles masculino 🏓🏓🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@n.tdot2u146]

I always like fzd play style and hope he will win in the next tournament

[@user-fm3pu5ce8e]

What a battle of backhand!

[@rtyqwe5473]

Nice presentation from Fan Zhendong! I mean, literally, it looks a Powerpoint presentation..

[@RaviShankar...]

This Qatar Open will be remembered by Liam's performance. Gobbled 'em up👇🏼 Robles Alvaro - Samsonov - Chuang Chih Yuan - Xu Xin Liam, that's a great pitch🤟🏻 👏🏻👏🏻

[@bloomintokyoseoul]

Great win Fan.

[@tesorobiblico]

Gran jugador fan zhendong por algo es el número uno del mundo.

[@AlpGuneysel]

8:53

[@Justknow-is3tf]

The game show

[@ycxoue]

Amazing

[@tt1cheuk691]

Very good game for Liam, good opportunity and warm up for summer Olympic game.

[@mantsinchen417]

Fan! Fighting for the tokyo gold metal!

[@jefflin7259]

Liam Pitchford's backhand is really strong, the pace of play is fast, and the future can be expected.

[@Ragameiste]

These professionals are taking the game beyond anything club players can even dream about.

[@fantasylo1197]

两个都打得太好了，难怪 Pitchford 一直过关斩奖到决赛，如果不是FZD ，估计他要拿冠军了。

[@nologification]

It's crazy that in 2020 we are still watching table tennis in 720p..So sick

[@ngsayeng5314]

Well done Liam, keep it up

[@maroubrajunction]

12:47 I thought it was Harimoto with 20 years older

[@nishanbhattarai007]

😜😜😜😜😜😜😜

[@qinfubiao]

Liam has improved a lot recently, especially his forehand which used to be his weakness. well done! Team China now has another serious contender for Tokyo 2020(if it happens)

[@keli4775]

i think 2000 is Sydney

[@juanmonge1760]

Great game!!!

[@imricdirmizli234]

Çok çok güzel bir final. Tebrikler Liam. Tebrikler fan, zeka ve yetenek bir arada. Mükemmel performans. Xu xin çok çok yetenekli, Liam zekası maçı aldı,ama fan zekası burada üstün geldi. It's a very, very nice finale. Congratulations Liam. Congratulations fan, intelligence and talent together. Excellent performance. Xu xin is very very talented, Liam's intelligence got the match, but fan intelligence prevailed here.

[@priyant_ar]

Cool content👍

[@oliverh1033]

Liam Pitchford did well beating Xu Xin to get where is was there, well played Fan Zhengdong and Liam Pitchford 🏓💙

[@alicetg7983]

Both are genius 👍👍👍

[@subhasischattopadhyay3157]

Adam narrated "..he saved the Double Happiness.."

[@kahot8810]

Mantul banget... The best game. hehe

[@125ZJK]

The best in the UK vs The Best On The Planet. Brilliant match. Liam should be very proud.

[@user-dd4mj3oy4x]

非常精彩。

[@ericzxl]

Liam played so well!

[@watson10132]

Well played, Pitchford!

[@user-ix4bb7kb5j]

10:18 思わず笑顔になるピッチフォード良いなぁ

[@spaceinvader384]

BTW, nice to hear Adam calling here, much obliged.

[@cszuhan]

非常棒的一場高手對決。

[@chrisleekyable]

FZD well done.

[@user-xj9rs6hv8e]

I m really excited Olympic tournaments, I think anyone dont know who win that. plus, I am curious about China's choice of Omlypic tournament. ML, FZD, XX FZD and XX are unstable when their plays aren't going well or aren't under pressure. also, ML got hurt not long ago now, He wouldn't be best conditioned. Of course, ML now recovers and plays a game . you know that ML is not same as before.

[@kernzyp]

This is Liams year! :)

[@johnyc2744]

Liam just need consistency and its just about time before he winning major championship.

[@jolediko]

What a game,!!!!!

[@adrianomoraes1977]

Damn Fan Right now The back ham is another weapon you belong to the mount Olympus on the top congratulations

[@shenzhenpingpong]

Great backhands from an in-form Pitchford. Two games from Fan is not shabby at all. Fan Zhendong was expected to win. No pressure on Pitchford. Fan did his job competently. Pitchford couldn't backhand block Fan's forehand loop to his backhand side. Pitchford's backhand is set up to do a quick wrist counter. Inadequate against Fan's spinny forehand loop.

[@TheHelton05]

The big play !

[@alparsa]

11:58 Loved Liam Pitchford attitude "sorry"..

[@user-cx2fx2iy3l]

Finally, Final handshake for respect despite Coronoavirus. What an amazing match and what amazing both players!

[@sandipdesai7881]

Hey ittf, when are you start uploading videos at high 50 FPS again...?

[@hdsdkkj1473]

According to this match, Fan has higher possibility than Xu to be selected for single title.So, Ma and Fan might gonna be the two representers

[@john198822]

After this match, FZD & ML will play singles, XX will play team event & MX

[@waszkreslem9306]

Thats sad :(

[@lawyerblr]

Потрясающая игра на бешенных скоростях! Лиаму не хватило аккуратности в игре, но его игра была очень достойной. Заслуженная победа китайца.

[@thienanhle2675]

Though Pitchford had a lot of improvements, amazing performances, he still lost to the rising dragon of China-Fan Zhendong

[@smugger7007]

i am curious, pitchford has super strong backhand while fzd still focus on attacking his backhand, almost 80% ball fall on pitchford's backhand side

[@Mischgi]

Highest level table tennis entertainment. Pitchford should've won the first game, damn... I really wanted him to win the match, he played outstandingly well

[@saurabhthakur100]

Battle of backhands! I am a backhand player, good to see that backhand is changing the game :)

[@arsalankayaba8169]

C'est trop rapide pour lui et les coups trop puissant. Il a eu de la chance en demi

[@rainlion0]

Way to go Liam!!!!!!!!!!