Fan Zhendong vs Ma Long | MS Final | Singapore Smash 2023

[@pingpong2033]

This game is epic. Thanks to both Ma Long and FZD for delivering such a beautiful performance. Glad to see that Ma long sill in great form. Happy to see FZD now has added more variation to his game yet still can deliver unparalleled power.

[@Titteeeee]

Not epic.. just one other’boring final with two no charism player and a small crowd.. give us new players

[@creedly197]

@@Titteeeee 😅

[@david0ade]

Truls had a closer match against Fan than Ma Long did

[@justchill99902]

@@Titteeeee What new players? They earned this final. So they are here.. if your 'new players' could reach the finals, they would be here for you to watch. They could not so you can't watch them. Understood?

[@valk_7233]

@@Titteeeee 🤡

[@piercejiang6602]

I love FZD's big smile, and his gesture when celebrating his victory, so adorable!

[@arsenalguy7603]

Always one idiot that spoils the result before you can watch it.

[@gogu322]

U f... up everyone who wanna watch for first time.

[@hys7620]

@@arsenalguy7603 LOL that's why i peek the comment section

[@Abcdef12396]

@@arsenalguy7603 Haha, why reading the comments before watching the game???

[@arsenalguy7603]

@abc def you see the comment right under the video.

[@manasg.a.202]

Never seen Fan Zhendong celebrate like this. 😃

[@losvatoslocos252]

Yeah, I noticed that too. Maybe its aby getting penultimate point

[@Julottt]

100 000 USD lol

[@benthekeeshond545]

That shows how much he wants to defeat the Dragon.

[@thehumblealways762]

Because against Long

[@umozo1]

@@benthekeeshond545 real Dragon..Ma Long has been a lion in the jungle chewing everybody for years,,

[@fatihercetin]

Fan Zhendong moving like a tremendous machine.

[@emretan34]

Ma Long used to be better that’s the reason he is called as GOAT. Even though he is growing old he is able to reach the final

[@shameless1047]

@@emretan34 fan is now the goat or will be by the time he retires

[@shameless1047]

@@emretan34 one would argue ma long backhand now is better then it was when he was younger. If hoth players met in there primes, fan would be the better player

[@MrCooperscoopers]

told many people that last time FZD intentionally let ML win in internal competition. Many people don't believe that. Well, now it's the real deal and FZD will not budge.

[@maksimbaranov8305]

@@shameless1047 You probably don't understand what the GOAT mean, it is not related to moment in time. And Ma Long still hold positive record against Fan.

[@lt2557]

Congratulations Fan on this huge win! Fan not only has great backhand and forehand attacks, he also controls Ma Long really well, preventing him from blasting the killing forehands all the time. That's the growth we see on FZD over the years.

[@MrCooperscoopers]

well, he know Ma Long too well. that's why he can overpower Ma Long but Hugo can't

[@Titteeeee]

Ma long backhand was too poor

[@emanuelcipriano]

100% agreed... ultimate ball positioning control.

[@NomSauce]

@@Titteeeee Was it? Several times throughout this match he actually bested Fan in a backhand rally where Fan is usually known for being very dominant in this position.

[@21Gamez]

@@Titteeeee stop waffling

[@samuelqianjiang6166]

Every time these two met, it was a clash to titans, no matter what the scores were. Kudos to both for the performance!

[@keithlintt]

Signature celebration from now on. ZJK: tore clothes or kick barrier ML: do the heart shape thing FZD: Smiles like a baby

[@MirruGD]

2015 ma long vs fang bo, ma long won and jumped on the table

[@Benjamin-w41]

I guess FZD added a few to this list during Paris Olympics 😂

[@Lexxx-d9x]

It's not only the techniques and physical movements, but also the predictions, strategies and mind games🤯

[@LongTimeTTFan]

Speed, Power, and Accuracy. FZD is just better than anyone else now.

[@Centrinario]

FZD's backhand flicks are out of this world. No one else has the capacity to return so many, so quickly without missing a beat.

[@tryasolob]

Это что-то запредельное! Просто фантастика! Фан силён!!

[@jinwang8626]

Along with his massive attacks, FZD has made fine adjustments in the amount of spin as well as variations in placements. He wholly deserves the win.

[@spaceinvader384]

You name it, they've got it BUT even if you don't, they give it. Point of the match @ 11:35. These guys are just on a different level. Wonderful to see them pulling tricky serves out at mid 3rd game, trying to stay ahead. Doesn't matter who wins, our blood still boils. ML, at 34, still playing like a 18 y.o., just incredible. Highest respect to both and best wishes. Thanks for the upload.

[@Leejungwoo48]

That's superhuman... The way they bend... The speed and amount of spin and power they can generate in such split milliseconds is just insane!

[@flagella1337]

FZD's backhand really took him to victory.

[@Titteeeee]

Yes but Ma Long Backhand was too poor

[@NoneofyourBusiness-ii1ps]

WHAT. A. MATCH!!!! Congratz Fan! And Ma Long isn't going down with a huge fight at the end, what a point!

[@teodororaco4171]

Well deserved victory by Fan Zhendong!!!

[@milchkanne21]

Was ein wahnsinnig tolles Spiel! Fzd am Ende lachen zu sehen, wie schön und auch wie selten. Glückwunsch!

[@mrVw-k7m]

it was sad for the ma long’s fan, but it is good to see FZD’s confidence and he finally pass over ma long and become the real world no.1 cheers 🎉

[@acousticallyyours4377]

Powerhouses of the tournament!! Love them both..what an inspiration they are

[@ya100hala]

Fan is unbelievable performance, he’s a killer and well deserved

[@CliffZhu]

WOW，这两个人太强了，电光火石，火星地球，板板高质量，每球都让人心跳加速。马龙如少年蛟龙，FZD巅峰水平更是无人能及。赞！

[@lorenzozhou2513]

启用洪荒之力的巅峰龙🐉虽然败给了FZD，但每场球的球速快到让人窒息特别是最后倒数第二个球龙使用浑身解数去爆冲但都被Fzd给防了回来由此可见实力有多么强悍，感叹国乒有此良将未来道路一片光明😂

[@leandrocamilovicentino8832]

Fan Z devolve tudo! Difícil ganhar dele!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Parabéns

[@SuperLm21]

Pure gold this two!!

[@TareqAstroPhoton]

Last year both those players were like in shadows, and i thought they will fade eventually, but 2023 came and they are like reborn again, nice to see them both getting back to compete at top quality, congratulations Fan Zhendong, you won against the Dragtator [dragon + dictator], and Ma Long, you are great, love to see you playing always, good luck in coming tours and in Olympics if you play.

[@Skrippykrotangler]

tha Dicdragon

[@TareqAstroPhoton]

@@Skrippykrotangler That can work also, thanks 😁

[@1granrobert]

INCREDIBLE MATCH....the 2 best players battle

[@fredericbatte3598]

The point at 3/1 9/9 is absolutely amazing!🤩

[@adamlc1287]

乒乓球届都在关注的神仙打架！这场比赛感觉小胖实力真的跨越了最好状态的马龙

[@kennyl9777]

I knew FZD's backhand is the best in the world but i didn't expect him to match Ma Long on the forehand side as often as he did.

[@吳宏-g2r]

沒有其他神操作，實力充份展現，比賽精彩無比 !

[@csongidamadavidauguste3616]

I must say it is so nice that we get to see these magicians do their thing !! 🎉🎉

[@Skrippykrotangler]

Ping pong players are some of the fittest, most physically gifted athletes in the World. To play doubles, mixed doubles, and singles like some of them do and play at this high a level at the end is mind boggling.

[@Independent_Man3]

Watch Ma Long at 7:42. That was a free point and Ma Long threw it away. That happened multiple times during the match.

[@cont3ssa]

When his backhand works FZD is unstoppable 😎

[@gilmor5994]

What a show! Definitely, Fan Zhendong is not of this world. He is already the Dragon's natural replacement.

[@minecraftdude3129]

FZD’s backhand is getting better every game

[@madbeatle82]

11:36 what an incredible point.

[@jimmyhea8493]

Ma Long is still at top form but Fan ZhenDong is getting better with his mentality power! Fantastic!❤

[@MasterNeoRNCP]

I think his backhand

[@gragbogdan5084]

Ма стал делать много ошибок, его эра закончилась. Теннис стал очень быстрым, а потому и более скучным, однообразным, так мне кажется.

[@lexalive]

@@gragbogdan5084 просто FZD 26, а Ма уже 34. FZD на подъеме, Ма уже подустал, это понятно.

[@Junewc1]

ma long is still in really good shape i agree, but he's past his prime years already

[@JimmyOlsson]

Fantastic match! Amazing rallies! Such legends of the sport! But actually, only Truls Möregård was remotely close to winning against Fan Zhendong in this tournament. Hope to see more epic matches from Fan and Truls in the future. Such amazing matches between them so far and we need a rivalry like that in table tennis right now!

[@justchill99902]

True. But Ma Long beat Truls last time 3-0. So it's all unpredictable.

[@spaceinvader384]

Ma Long has the best ability to control and outplay his opponents with top consistency. That's his greatest asset over the years (imagine now 34 & still at the very top). FZD, after many years, has now advanced enough to edge him out. His BH is the most powerful in the world so playing fast & deep left then right is invincible. He'll stay #1 for a very loooong time. Best wishes.

[@justchill99902]

@@spaceinvader384 I think so but not 100% sure. I think soon Ma Long will beat him. Not in the rankings but at least in the matches

[@rogernguyen1273]

@@justchill99902 Ma Long has a good chance to beat Fan at the Olympics

[@lolman123-l3c]

Amazing performance from both players although congratulations Fan Zhendong. That’s is what you call table tennis

[@sergeychiv4423]

both players are restrained, there are no negative emotions. This is why I love watching the games of athletes from the eastern part of the world

[@Lexxx-d9x]

A genius is a genius, you know he is made for it when he walks in the court🎉

[@john8638]

OMG the BEST games ever seen 🎉🎉

[@ethanlee1046]

Always these two in the finals!! 🏓💪

[@mr__OK]

Table tennis out of this world

[@tjtabletennisclub]

Well played to Ma Long and Fan 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 I enjoyed the final 👍 👍

[@mr_nobody92]

Amazing BH FZD🔥

[@329salamander]

Espectacular velocity on this game , gz Ma long and Fan Zhendong

[@fabiofay]

Nossa senhora....o que foi esse jogo hein? impossível imaginar que esses dois existam 👏👏👏 Sobrehumanos Ma long saiu do jogo em dois sets....

[@fullexperiencevideogame]

оч рад посмотреть на это противостояние снова в финале. Оба приехали на турнир в феноменальной какой-то форме, словно, желая показать что можем еще дать прикурить молодежи)

[@tiltmoor5868]

Фану 26 лет. Приехал - дать прикурить только Ма Лонг

[@fullexperiencevideogame]

@@tiltmoor5868 я думаю, в первую очередь Ван Чукину

[@Ragameiste]

Brilliant. Battle of the backhands and there is only one victor.

[@TheVictorpenha]

Fan Zhendong was on fire!

[@ruslander1987]

FANtastic match!

[@anamehardtofind8113]

FZD forced Ma Long to play backhand game with him and Ma could not escape FZD's strategy the entire game. So this is a true win for FZD because he totally controlled Ma Long's game even Ma Long showed his peak status and had tried his best to escape from FZD's strategy. I bet that's why FZD smiled so good at the end as he knew Ma Long would have no chance going forward as long as Ma's backhand couldn't exceed his. Ma Long did improve his backhand a lot in the past year or two. However, FZD's backhand's progress is still faster than Ma Long's.

[@leocarmopereira]

This sport is sublime.

[@claudiacachique5270]

congrats Fan Zhendong

[@GDN7-4]

Congrats 🥳 to Dong gor, it been tough years for him, you can see the happiness in he face after the game 🎉

[@pauloafns]

11:34 what a rally!!!!!!😊

[@Abcdef12396]

Wouldn’t expect that in the end, Fan’s most difficult opponent in this tournament was Moregard..

[@rogernguyen1273]

FZD fear the most is Ma Long

[@Joe-cz9mm]

What's 👍👍👍👍game, new king vs old king.Congratulated to FZD❤️❤️❤️, thanks both great players.

[@1712gerard]

Their game is from another planet 😮😮😮

[@theocogill3398]

Fan has grown so much this win was very important for him MA was definately on a high following previous matches, for me normally it could go either way but fan had to win thay first 2 sets MA also adaps but some how fan knows him to well you can clearly see all the variations he used you can't be MA long when his rythym is there and you don't have variation he will adapt and over power you fan played brilliant also proving that his capable of changing the variation which is a good sign of maturity and to cut the cake off his confident when he decides to do something his so confident in changing this takes so much training and fan has shown all his, qualities today his style of plays is dominant and consistent big ups to both players you have to love table tennis at its best no one would want to Mis a fan and MA final ❤️🏓🏃🏃🏃🏃

[@i-ponics1099]

this is true. also notice how ma changed the placement of the ball with his backhand in the other match they played in china, but here he kept it long and deep at fans backhand. i feel like that was a key factor for beating fan but he didn't do it. anyone knows why?

[@krzysztofszajberski8228]

Fan właśnie potwierdziłeś swoją dominację 💪 Gratulacje number 1👍🏓

[@mohamedelfatih9826]

I got privilege watching The last two points 👏👏👏

[@md9068]

Love it FZD 🎉

[@NomSauce]

On 8:48 you can see Fan's hands/arms just slightly trembling as he's about to serve, his passion must be taking the form of adrenaline and is just coursing throughout his entire body. I love seeing players like this haha

[@gavanjiart932]

That celebrate in the end🙋‍♂️☺

[@บัวพันแทบทาม]

I love Fan zhendong from Thailand❤

[@cldavis33]

Holy Hellzebub. That was so freaking awesome!!!

[@pansiqiu7698]

They really did a great job in final match!

[@masterspin7796]

After watching the prior matches, I did think Ma Long was going to win Fan played better in the final.

[@shuminliu]

Game 4 was the critical one: the dragon was leading 3:0 but couldn't expand the gap; then at 9:9, FZD hit an edge ball, followed by a fancy bankhand down the line. 2:2 and 1:3 are day and night different. Anyway, beating the dragon requies 0 blinking, hesitation and self-doubt time.

[@lildavey09]

Truly a generation defining final! Just amazing to watch, loved FZD‘s celebration in the end. My only wish is that we could’ve watched all of the match, rather than this severely limited side camera angle perspective

[@hkuliangchen]

Let the show continue please! Would be so sad if Ma Long quits some day.

[@richigarciacastro]

AMAZING MATCH. Highest level ever. Fzd showing how to win a tournament.

[@rogernguyen1273]

Ma Long waiting for the Olympics

[@whitehorse199]

@@rogernguyen1273 Well said! Well said! and everyone know that Ma Long is still a GOAT even at this age, but FAN is not. By the way, FAN will never be the GOAT and will never be in people's hearts because FAN will never achieve what ML has achieved! That was the point! For sure, you just hear "Ma Long is GOAT", and you will never hear "FAN is GOAT" from now until you die and for 100 years from now you will never hear that for FAN.

[@richigarciacastro]

@@whitehorse199 uuh so much anger with fan, what did he do to you?

[@andywynn1258]

Please please bring back the back angle camera record. It’s much much better for the fan and the sport..

[@tt_japan_market]

the last two points are cosmic speeds 😮

[@gianlucamusco3971]

Ma Long used a different tactic than Trials and have lost the game (In Trials, Ma Long played more on the opponent centre of table but today forgotten that) . His backhand is better now, but FZD's backhand is much better especially down the line where Ma Long lost a lot of points (the same with Calderano). Ma Long is also older 34 vs 26 years but I think he is the longest serving player in China as high level of playing.

[@williamcraigz]

And the final is GPT-3 vs GPT-4

[@EVA-77-]

Gran juego....👌

[@rajatpatel1148]

Great Match

[@masterchief8646]

FZD had definitely more power and stability in his strokes, especially in his Backhand.

[@EdgarRoock]

1:29 What happened there with the score?

[@julianlipsky2323]

Always close set wins for fan zhendong so game was really balanced. Strong nerves and good balls for deciding points.

[@Skrippykrotangler]

FZD was so on fire in this tournament. Juggernaut. I wonder how they keep their wrists in such good condition? I play once a week at club and drive semi 3 out of 8 days and my wrist is always fucked.

[@alexanderguerrero2425]

Why do players touch the table by the side closer to the net? Is it somehow related to muscle memory?

[@mc-w6218]

Fan is sooo cute 😂

[@fan5188]

Xiao pang, great job ❤

[@niklaskras5498]

The best camera angle is 45° and a bit from the top. And static. Please not as nervous camera work as in the live stream. In this case you have had some glare because of the lighting. A different edge could have solved that. Overall i think that this is close to perfect 8:16 . But i appreciate that you offered a live stream from every camera that was a pretty nice idea. The video cut is horrible again. Examples and some suggestions: 0:37 i can't see anything with that woobly video. Cutting any other camera in would have been better. Same goes for the point afterwards and many many more. 1:24 this is way way better! The cut in the middle of the point is questionable but the sevice zoom is nice instead of the previous example. 0:43 zooming in on Ma Long is nice but don't cut afterwards, just zoom out slowly so we can see the whole serve afterwards and we are good.

[@user-im9md8dy2k]

This is revenge for the straight set loss he suffered to Ma Long in China recently.

[@godgodgod5035]

There is another small but important factor here: Fan recently changed his racket and now got used to it. If the racket gives him 5% boost of power and controllability, that's a huge at this level.

[@syedhaniraza]

Ma long is once a lifetime legend. To beat this guy is unimaginable

[@kesun32145]

What is their head to head record?

[@sivakrishna1444]

Amazing backhand from FZD

[@bme4285]

That’s a nice looking table.

[@user-ve6ve7nx5k]

真的很開心頭一次看到樊振東能這麼開心地展現自我了 頭一次 看到他這麼真實開心的笑 以前到現在好像都有不能贏隊友而慶祝的壓抑

[@Edward-eo9sl]

11:36

[@heimarbeiter]

Levels of play: • easy • middle • hard • hardcore • Chinese

[@crisanerd]

FZD wins when it counts the most. From losing to Cho Daesong, having a relatively close match against moreghard, beating Wang Chuqin, and now beating Ma Long, redeeming himself

[@champkim5222]

미쳤다... (Unbelievable!)