Ma Long vs Xu Xin | 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Highlights (1/2)

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[@tripleplay4]

Two aging and injured players. And still the best two players in the world.

[@andreaschristodoulou1061]

Not currently, considering how out of this worldly FZD is playing!

[@angusfong762]

FZD: Hey XX, hold my towel please?

[@user-rg6vp2oj1s]

しゅーしんのかおすごいね、さるみたい、あいしんくそーまっち

[@kareemmohamed5121]

Ma long is not 100% curried from his injury and he is not in his perfect shape,but he reach the final and beat 4 players in top 10.what a legend

[@sheheryar6243]

Big fan of MA long from Pakistan

[@cagsanozbek4210]

He is best player for all time.

[@fredlament]

Xu Xin has also his wrist got injured.

[@Galimah]

​@@cagsanozbek4210 ...after Waldner ofc

[@thenewguy7527]

@@Galimah nice joke

[@emin1461]

For me as a penhold player, Xu Xin gives me hope to never give up and motivates me to train hard and get good at the techniques.

[@thenewguy7527]

nice, are you using the RPB or the TPB style?

[@benthekeeshond545]

@@thenewguy7527 I watched a video about an interview with a former great champion, Guo Yue Hua. Guo said that RPB instead of push block transforms a penholder to more like a shakehand player. Guo also said that winning is dependant upon the individual player, not style. All techniques have pros and cons. Of course, Guo Yue Hua is a looping penholder.

[@gab5012]

XX backhand is getting better and better, I don't think Pen hold backhand is inferior to shake hand

[@FD1CE]

Anyway, I yet miss Kim Taek Soo & Ryu Seungmin :D Thanks to XuXin, penhold is still on people's attention!

[@benthekeeshond545]

@@FD1CE My favorite male penholders are Guo Yue Hua, Jiang Jia Liang, and Ma Lin. As for a female, the one and only one, Cao Yan Hua. Coincidentally, Xu Xin came out of Cao's TT Institution in Shanghai, China. But Xu's accomplishments in TT is nowhere near his mentor.

[@jinglinliu1049]

Incridle match. Respects to Ma and Xu. Can’t imagine Ma and Fan will meet again in the last match of 2019! Ma Long GOAT!

[@benthekeeshond545]

True! But Fan is going take down the Dragon. I hope my comment won't jinx Fan Zhendong. Fan is by far the best player right now. Bar no injuries and ITTF changes rules, Fan Zhendong is going to win the next few important tournaments, including the upcoming Olympic Gold and the 2021 WTTC Single title.

[@AshPhoenix]

Ben TheKeeshond highly likely

[@jinglinliu1049]

@@benthekeeshond545 Indeed, Fan is right now the best player in the world. But I still bet on Ma Long to take the Olympic if he can recovery from injuries, since before the world championships this year people did not expect him to win either. The dragon has a big heart, and I believe in that :)

[@benthekeeshond545]

@@jinglinliu1049 The Dragon has a big heart..... I have to agree with you. 2017 WTTC, Fan was the equal of Ma Long and the difference was the last point of the match. FanZhendong could have won that world championship title. Not that Fan is not a mentally strong player but the Dragon does have a big heart. He shows up and plays his best in the most prestigious tournaments and therefore triumphed over Fan Zhendong by a whisker. Anyway, that was the past and I hope Fan Zhendong can hold his position as the premier TT player for the next 3 years.

[@jinglinliu1049]

@@benthekeeshond545 Yes I agree. The 2017 world championship final is so far the best match I have ever watched. Personally I hope Ma Long to win the Olympic again because that may be his last match, while Fan Zhendong is still younger. But indeed, physically Fan has a bigger chance.

[@deathstar1137]

they are both injured.. hands down to these two legends.

[@mahyarV13]

though As a real fan of XuXin, I am deeply happy that Ma long recovers his health and won this game.Whenever I watch these 2 guys matches,I feel that I am in another planet with a very higher level of Table Tennis from the Earth!

[@jonathanlam1346]

Xu xin is so tired , he needs to play single, double and mixed double in this tournament, ma long only has to play mens single. Btw,still great play by ma long

[@wonghow]

not only Xu Xin had to play more matches. Xu Xin has to play Zhao Zhihao and Harimoto.

[@elmaxiidm2597]

Excuses

[@Kevin-zl3ci]

@@wonghow I dont think Xu Xin could have beaten LJK tho

[@user-hu1xk5li9t]

In favor of both player, I really enjoyed this match while tasting yummy cookies and dont mind game scores. I dont doubt ML and XX is already world best, so doesnt matter who win or lose. Just thank them their incredible movement and technic.

[@philippk.0658]

Absolutely respect how good Xu Xin plays Penhold in this times of tt where every Player plays Shakehands. But also honors too both of them, incredible match! Are they humans?

[@fredyongjaya9563]

they r dragon n xuperman 🤔

[@type-b]

05:59 Malong receice 10:30 11:17 Xu xin counter attack 11:29 Xuxin 3rd ball attack

[@TheBasileus24]

i will really miss this tt classic fight between two of the best players of all time. We are lucky we live in their era. GG !

[@EmirHere]

Ma Long is definitely back! Respect for Xu Xin but Ma Long played at least 10% faster and more constant in this game. Incredible!

[@spaceinvader384]

No hilarious screams. Just miraculous rallies and incredible shots. That's the top of the world!! All the best to both of them.

[@loukas371]

please please PLEASE ITTF give us good bitrate 1080p 60 fps video of these AMAZING matches PLEASE! They more than deserve it, these are the biggest giants of table tennis. Capture these moments in all their glory, PLEASE! This is 2019, it cant be THAT hard. Signing, a sincere lover of the sport.

[@Talia.777]

👍👍👍👌

[@nknelson94]

Best match in 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals!! And Ma Long is so good for the first three matches!!!! Still strong for 31 years old!!

[@joncaju]

Ma Long and Xu Xin brought out the best from each other in this match. That game 2 was simply an amazing display of technique and will from both sides. Much respect to both players, especially to Ma Long who appeared to be still suffering from pain in his knees but gave everything he had to beat Xu Xin. Wow!

[@tungnguyenvan2298]

joncaju XX is also injured and tired, he have to compete at men couple and man + woman couple.

[@BARNTRIKEMAN]

Awesome.............Just awesome. Bring on the final.

[@kstan6102]

Love Ma Long. But wish Xuxin to be in the Olympic single event due to his more consistent performance throughout the year.

[@reinaldopessoa2603]

Yeah but he falters on the big stages.

[@FD1CE]

@@reinaldopessoa2603 XX this year was so trustful for China. Beat all threats to CNT in 2019 if I'm not wrong.

[@marek_petrovsky]

@@FD1CE I like him, yet he lost a very important match with Simon Gauzy at WTTC (singles) in Budapest.

[@bernardmensah9674]

Ma Long is even more consistent without injuries, he is going to be on the Olympics singles list for China for sure then second spot will be decided between Fan and Xu, but i see Fan going for it

[@FD1CE]

@@marek_petrovsky u're right, but I think since that, he hasn't had a "silly" lost. It's really hrd to decide. I wish all countries could send more players to Olympics.

[@jeokagem8002]

How can anyone pick a favorite between ANY of the top 5 players?! Each is a magnificent athlete and each has his unique and special style that is incredible to watch! Personally, I'm soo grateful that we can relive those moments of brilliance via recordings; no matter who is performing them! We should just enjoy the show/s and be happy that we can. I would love to see some of the old great masters playing in their prime.

[@Deldinho99]

4:34 Best point in the match!

[@fayazshaik8584]

My fev Ma long into finals All the best

[@cuninou]

Ma Long steamrolled his way through victory. He's so tough and impressive!

[@Wally-H]

Fantastic for from Ma Long. The way he deals with Xu Xin's bullet-speed forehand bombs is incredible.

[@janakpalit6197]

Ma long won!!!! I knew it!!! He is a legend!!!! I love you Ma long!!!!!!

[@zweminthu9040]

Ma Long knows XX weakness very well and XX's play style is advantage for Ma Long. He should modify new style only for Ma Long and FZD to reduce his weaknesses then, play with original style for other player.

[@conanchan9033]

not easy though

[@zweminthu9040]

@@conanchan9033 Nothing iz ez but everything iz possible.

[@uchihadayne6506]

ZweMin Thu yeah. Against the average field xu xin is better, but ma plays strategically better than anyone else against xu. They have to play those two in the Olympics regardless of what everyone’s rank is

[@xxfernandez8187]

Man what realy hard is, each of them knows exactly the playstyle of each other and what makes Ma long different is that he adjust he's game during matches! GOAT!

[@bennypan2007]

@@xxfernandez8187 Ma Long is very well rounded with no obvious weakness. Xu Xin's BH is still a clear weakness. Ma Long also knew very well that Xu Xin was already tired after the double's games. ML got Xu Xin worn out by getting him running around. But you know what?? Xu Xin is once again crowned as a hero in China as he took down Harimoto to ensure the Grand Final title belongs to his country. He's happy as long as the final is fought between Chinese.

[@kaptenpingpong6089]

Wooow...Ma Long in the good mood and motivation...

[@Its_Prakash]

woah! so the finale is between fan's prized *viscaria* blade and ma long's *w868* so excited 4 the finale!!!

[@carolzhang5076]

Respect to both legend players

[@qomarqomarudin7307]

I am happy for Ma Long .. congrats

[@tabletennisbreakdown4194]

Insane match! Can't wait for the Fan Zhendong vs. Ma Long!!!

[@lucasreinhold100]

6:00 where is the Replay?? OMG...

[@herrickluk]

Really impressed with Ma Long this game! Even while injured he puts on a show . That point at 4:34 was too good. His BH was really good this time around, a lot of outright winners

[@anshuman4473]

was eagerly waiting for this Highlight fr so long....finally 🏓

[@mohombi2365]

Sry, but no one in this world was even that good like Ma Long. I dont write succesfull...but he is the best player of all times.

[@lordego414]

FZD?

[@btrdvalley320]

@@lordego414 he said "of all time".

[@nkallen123]

He need an Olympic champion

[@nnnp634]

@@nkallen123 He won singles tournament in Rio.

[@lordego414]

@@btrdvalley320 fzd still beat ma long

[@vidsking.battleking]

We want more Ma long.... This is not the last. This is just a beginning.... Getting stronger.

[@keepang522]

兩大神人經典大戰，買小見小👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@lelandroth635]

Lov♥️the BIG 3...Ma, Xu, Fan🎶

[@REESUKUMAL]

Ma long has the best technic, his forehand topspin is very quickly, strong and accurately, when backhand is very consistently. Ma long has the talent skills from his mind, body and practice, even not 100% Xu xin is still strong but not quick as Ma long.

[@Bobovis74]

This was one of the most insane game i ever seen... Those guys are not from Earth... I play tennis table, but i think i need to play another 25 years to reach the half of this level... :)

[@jiamingh.7631]

Bogdan Visan lmao, good for u, i don’t think I can even reach half for rest of my life🤣

[@Nive-wt7xu]

The sheer audacity to even think about reaching half of MA FRIGGIN' LONGS LEVEL lmao

[@mj217she7]

Respects to Xu Xin and Ma Long

[@chacelin4960]

There is something special about this match. These two are one level above other players (not include Fan)

[@yogenderdagar9336]

The Ma Long the GOAT.

[@jakehaygarth9156]

Ma long is back he played great

[@aunggabe]

I thought Ma Long stops collecting trophies as he already has more than any player can dream of.Best wishes to Xu to win men double.

[@benthekeeshond545]

It would be a complete success for any TT players to win a WTTC Single title. The guy won 3 straight. I am pondering what is keeping the fire inside him to keep competing.

[@mj217she7]

Respects to Xuxin and Malong

[@user-ut2gc5jl8z]

Ma Long vs Xu Xin. Like the good old days...

[@warllin1855]

The big heart of a super grand slam is powerful!

[@mandyfung2596]

Xu Xin was too tired. He has to play mixed doubles and men's doubles.

[@DeimianOne]

And injured

[@yollmerjose8892]

@@DeimianOne Both are injured

[@DeimianOne]

@@yollmerjose8892 yeah, i know

[@ojuice2746]

Hve u seen ma longs knee m8

[@FD1CE]

@@DeimianOne Yes his left wrist, which is so crucial in penhold, was hurting bad.

[@qilin6634]

Everyone: I doubt Ma Long can beat Xu Xin, he’s not lookin too good... Ma Long: *beats Xu Xin* Everyone: *A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.*

[@babobibu6867]

Shut up

[@TopFearless]

+Qilin it's trash what you're saying since even Ma Long himself said he goes into the match as the underdog. And based on their performances this year XX definitely was the favorite

[@btrdvalley320]

@@TopFearless But before the match everyone knows XX had a wrist injury since the first day of this tournament, and he almost lost to Harimoto. On the other hand, ML was recovering and just took down Liang JK and was looking good.

[@siddheshmisale3904]

Look how XX never Cho lied during the whole time out of courtesy for Ma. Both of them have been competing for so long, it's like they know everything about each other and still have to beat the other one. After all this time, still they have the magic that no one else can produce. FZD, LJK, LGY have a heavy legacy to carry forward, because they will the standing on the shoulders of Giants 💯

[@jamessydcozen6214]

XX' forehand attack is still a lethal weapon, however ML didn't give him much chances to use it. At the meantime ML' flawless comprehensive techniques and tactics are beyond what XX could overtake.

[@MukeshPatel-eg6bv]

best of the galaxies..

[@warage927]

This tournament has many insane games in one time.

[@huseyingundal7762]

Ma Long the best on the World

[@vincentnnyc]

it's magic!

[@martinskoda8725]

The emperor is back. Cant wait for the final to see if FZD still has MaLong complex...

[@jk9111]

It doesn't make sense. I thought I heard someone saying Ma long could retire soon..

[@lcs5002]

Talking abour Emratthich right? Don't listen to this guy mate he's often posting bullshit to buzz

[@dawebslave3571]

So powerful between these two. A point normally won within 3 or 4 turns.

[@user-nm7wo4ew4v]

Есть хорошие игроки, есть отличные игроки, есть выдающиеся игроки, но еще есть MA LONG !!!!!!!!!

[@Waterbug1591]

What is Chole again?

[@toherauto]

Ma Long the GOAT 🐐

[@edneo1201]

Is the commentator Adam Bobrow?

[@wanyiqi6499]

都是好样的！👍

[@pham1020]

Xu Xin wasn't quite at his best. Ma Long is still looking a little shaky but at least he seemed to improve a little bit since the World Cup.

[@obheng]

The mighty horse-dragon creature lives yet! What is uncertain is whether or not Fan ZD has fully ascended the throne of king of all.

[@TTFrance]

Vraiment hâte de voir Ma Long vs Fan Zhendong ! Xu Xin a perdu le match sur le 2ème set.

[@babobibu6867]

Jure wlh

[@seizeleamsi7046]

Domination des chinois, de toute façon parfois c'est l'un qui gagne parfois c'est l'autre.

[@hakhoivlogs6106]

Yes

[@manwahma]

Looks like the Chinese men Olympic team is pretty much set with Ma Long and Fan playing single in the team event and single competition and Xu Xin will play in the team double + mixed double partner with Liu. The younger Chinese men player is still not up to the level of the top 3 guys and Xu is still the odd man out in the single competition.. let’s just hope that Xu and Liu can win the mixed double gold in Tokyo. That would be a crowning achievement for his (and her) career.

[@benthekeeshond545]

40mm ball Era: Xu Xin, being a penholder and a very good one, however, he is nowhere near Ma Lin and Wang Hao. 38mm ball Era: Compared to the former great penholder champions: Jiang Jia Liang and Guo Yue Hua, Xu Xin can only qualify as a 2nd tier player.

[@sA-cn8ce]

Ma Long always attack XX’s backhand side. Nice strategy.

[@TomEdwards550]

Is that Adam Bobrow commentating?

[@user-se1cy5wv6i]

馬龍快速而精準的攻擊確實能壓制許昕的中檯弧圈。 哈利摩托就是學了這招，所以差點贏了，但是他畢竟功力不夠，所以仍被許昕打穿。 小胖是近檯強攻的類型，馬龍勢必會陷入苦戰。

[@alton6485]

笑死，外行人又来了

[@polo9837]

許昕手腕上有傷，所以張本才差點贏。可以看一下那場的賽後訪問

[@user-se1cy5wv6i]

@@alton6485 你內行，你來說說？ 不說就是龜兒子。

[@alton6485]

馬龍贏許昕是因為馬龍根本不虛和許昕中遠台對拉，張本智和馬龍打法根本不一樣，何來學馬龍這招之說

[@alton6485]

馬龍前三板是以過渡球為主，張本智和是擰拉主動上手為主，

[@Ragameiste]

I didn't think I'd see this day after what happened to ML last year.

[@pipl8405]

4:34

[@medullaoblongata7211]

who is this outta top 10 player who beat world no 1..he should play more often.. looks like he has the potential be the GOAT..

[@vinhhungphong6831]

Dude wth

[@wetji1233]

I'm fan of him as well but when u say GOAT u should remember wang hao

[@wetji1233]

@Rithvik Gollapalli check his story again as team awards doubles etc. Wang hao - 2004, 2008, 2012 MaLong-2016 says enough? No? Let's continue 2012-wang hao destroyed ma long soo zhang jike got 2nd place... Malong losing points. 2012-wang hao takes the most points in Chinese team ma long again 3rd place. Let's don't talk about Asian games that's too much. Ma long lose twice against wang hao in china national games. Ma long stars 2014 in amazing shape wins everything and then losing against zhang jike. After that we all saw that his mental wasn't good enough to beat fan. Soo overall he had his moments and he proved it in 2016 but there was nobody to stop the dictator soo it was kinda easy Olympic for him. I just told u that long story (still only the things i remember so i guess that i missed a lots of them) hope u understand. He's such an inspiration to me and i like him soo much but when something is wrong and i know it i just have to say it. (hope u can somehow endure my English)

[@SmoyKa]

@Rithvik Gollapalli Check the numbers from wikipedia: Timo Boll: 16-5 Chen Chien-An: 3-0 Chen Qi: 19-2 Chuang Chih-Yuan: 17-2 Mattias Falck: 4-0 Fan Zhendong: 21-10 Fang Bo: 10-2 Marcos Freitas: 4-0 Tomokazu Harimoto: 3-1 Gao Ning: 10-0 Hao Shuai: 20-9 Jung Youngsik: 6-0 Joo Se-Hyuk: 20-3 Petr Korbel: 4-1 Kalinikos Kreanga: 3-0 Liang Jingkun: 6-1 Lin Gaoyuan: 8-2 Ma Lin: 30-14 Michael Maze: 7-0 Jun Mizutani: 16-0 Oh Sang-eun: 9-2 Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 17-0 Ryu Seungmin: 7-3 Vladimir Samsonov: 9-5 Werner Schlager: 9-0 Tang Peng: 14-0 Wang Hao: 30-27 Wang Liqin: 32-12 Wong Chun Ting : 21-1 Xu Xin: 41-11 Yan An: 8-3 Kaii Yoshida: 6-1 Zhang Jike: 31-10 Zhou Yu: 10-2

[@wetji1233]

@WARRIOR FIGHTER PAHLAWAN xD I'm watching TT for a decade now and i don't need your stupid comments. Wang Haos carrer was more solid than ma longs who says he is goat? When he wins games obviously the commentator should say something like that even the pro coaches saying that he is good but definitely not GOAT. Ma long was defeating wang hao only in him late years of his carrer. I'm hater? XD u are 1 little kid who can't take when someone says something real. 2gold 5 silver vs ma long at least check it on somewhere before u type why the fck whould i hate TT player Tf?

[@afregistry]

Nice

[@stefankucera2390]

both of them looked tired asf. XX footwork today not so impressed

[@viralbhatt4073]

Xx also has a knee injury. Ma long mentioned post match interview.

[@btrdvalley320]

@@viralbhatt4073 knee or wrist?

[@gauravsaimaddipati8356]

@@btrdvalley320 both

[@gsudn128]

4:33 Epic Rally

[@user-mn7vj9pt3m]

あのシュシン相手に打たせる作戦選ぶってやっぱ凄いわ

[@shingoukiex]

This Malong would’ve destroyed Harimoto at the World Cup couple weeks ago to earn his 25th world title, the most number in table tennis history over Wangnan.

[@erhan4245]

Living legend

[@genericign571]

Fan vs Ma is going to be insane. Hoping for an awesome match to conclude this amazing tourney 😚

[@dariogutierrez6716]

galactic stuff

[@Raphael-jo1rp]

As always. It's not like it was surprising. And in final ML will win over FZD as always too.

[@user-pk6rf7xy9x]

MALONG IS BACK !!!

[@drdre5286]

Well, they both didn't or rather couldn't play their best game here. If XX had won the second game, the result might have been different.

[@ML-iw2dp]

At the end, its these 2 guys

[@ToanNguyen-zy5xt]

omg xu xin 😭😭😭

[@fguimetgvchbdnct]

Respect xu xin

[@r-tem2550]

I guess that Xu Xin succumbed, case Ma Long play worse than early. I don't belive that Xu Xin can loose this game.

[@user-rg6vp2oj1s]

うぉう！！びゅーてぃふるすいんぐべりーまっち！！！！！！！！めっちゃすごかったね

[@mahdialmasud6479]

I dont know why it always hurts when xu xin lost a singles match. :(

[@miftahulkhairi5760]

Xuxin, SUPERB!

[@minwu9737]

我很盼望许昕得奥运单打冠军

[@lionbearshi6796]

Xi Xin 加油！（這幾天他太累了😭）

[@umbst9656]

My god

[@alejandrosobarzo3533]

Ma long the best!!

[@gab5012]

3:45 What you want to do to bad umpire

[@marlonm.agamezatimocarbo-c1830]

Even a ML with serious footwork problems can beat XX relatively easy...He´s the GOAT. Waiting for te clash against FZD, it doesn´t matter who wins, i just wanna watch a great battle.

[@johankiwii]

Xu Xin had injured his wrist though, so it wasn't really all that impressive.

[@narufy8173]

Xu xin too tired from all the matches he play.. But ma long is always a dictator.

[@poojanshah4900]

6:00 what was that😱😱

[@user-le2td4qe2f]

やはり馬龍は偉大

[@myril.kennedy]

The Emperor shows no mercy.

[@KOREGA]

Dictator*