Ma Long vs Xu Xin | 2020 ITTF German Open Highlights (Final)

Review all the highlights from the Ma Long vs Xu Xin at the 2020 ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open.
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[@asonei3531]

This is what happens when Xu Xins backhand is working. Brings him to a whole new level!!

[@Sam-rs2ty]

That's true.

[@elmaxiidm2597]

This is what happens when ma long is not in form*

[@askingwhyisfree7436]

@@elmaxiidm2597 that's just an excuse. give Xu Xin the credit for once. He outplayed Ma Long and that's the truth.

[@kwc3375]

@@askingwhyisfree7436 XX is on fire ! Beast mode !

[@elmaxiidm2597]

@@askingwhyisfree7436 no.

[@usoyade6122]

As soon as Ma Long uses the backhand serve we know he's having a hard time

[@boldizsarbuza2142]

Same, I've never seen him use that type of serve before... He was in trouble and tried a different tactic hoping it works I guess

[@christianpenguinss3708]

Also his high toss backspin serve

[@pedrovoss7852]

This was really not his day

[@Iskeletsans]

@@boldizsarbuza2142 hayır, ma long oyuna zaten yorgun ve düşük bir moralde başlamıştı bunu maçı izlerken fark edebilirsiniz. Belli ki zor zamanlar geçiriyordu ki son seti yürüyerek oynadı.bunu hepimiz izlerken gördük.Ma long hiçbir zaman backhand servis kullanmaz fakat belli ki maçı zaten kafasında bitirmiş ve kaybedeceğini anladığı için fazla güç sarf etmemek için backhand servis kullanmaya başlamıştır.Belli ki ejderhanın yine söylediğim gibi o zamanlar bazı diğer sorunları vardı ve psikolojik olarak zaten maçı ilk setten sonra kaybetti. TURKISH COMMENT 🇹🇷❤🏓

[@rexxy9006]

​@MuhtesemPapyrus ne güzel yazmişsın eline sağlık ❤🏓

[@patg6205]

Ma wasn’t in his best form in terms of mentality...never seen him so frustrated that he almost tossed his racket. Damn.

[@samim3059]

Hm ? The Video came out 20 minutes ago and you have a conclusion of the match after 3 minutes ?

[@magic_master8936]

Samim Maybe he watched the stream; the premiere or both.

[@patg6205]

Samim my dude the video itself is 11 mins long

[@honeymilk3]

Ma and co both good

[@liuxiliang]

ML did not almost toss his racket. He almost hit the table with his racket. Tossing is fine, hit the table is less so.

[@huimingli9207]

3:12 this one determined who will win

[@junontakeo9705]

Unfortunately there's no slow mo replay for amazing backshot...🤔

[@ahmetkorkmaz1899]

Because he is BEST 😎

[@SomeRandomGuy777x]

What? I could have sworn it was the one at 10:37 determining.

[@musikobjekt4243]

Right

[@tapiocamango]

Highlights of The Highlights 1:18 Spectacular rally 3:10 Sexy behind-the-back shot 4:17 Princess Ma Long 💖 6:03 An inspired Ma attempts a behind-the-back shot 7:48 The Dragon nearly throws his racket out of frustration :( 8:43 Upset Dragon part 2 :( 9:03 Ma's 2nd attempt of a sexy shot 9:33 Ma's 3rd attempt of a sexy shot

[@alexdelarge5703]

10:39 upset Dragon tries to hit the ball after the end of the match

[@keshavagarwal9158]

🤣🤣

[@syaksyah2399]

YvvbvkvvvbkbbbvbhjjjjjjjOooklLko

[@LightslicerGP]

Amazing 4.6.24

[@shortdefteri]

3:07 imagine. It was a game point. At final. Against Ma Long. Holy moly.

[@ricky7389]

This is exactly what I was thinking. Xu Xin is a genius!

[@austinjon31]

Balls of Xuteel!

[@Composed_Soul]

Well, the net made Ma long suffer much

[@daunknown1684]

​@@Composed_Soulwell, in the sport of table tennis, the net is there to do exactly that.

[@bennypan2007]

OMG Xu Xin is a top form that we haven't seen for a long time.

[@ivangeorgiev3019]

8:53 Ma long loses 3rd game Music: Another one bites the dust

[@baibhavjain5389]

I have never seen Ma Long so helpless. Terrifying performance from Xu Xin

[@imamriyadi7585]

03:07 XU XIN best point, behind his back. Wooow

[@Fire1nside]

I know Ma Long is frustrated, but that control over emotion is still incredible. I would’ve tossed the racket if I was in his place or if somebody was.

[@Kevin-zl3ci]

Damn haven't seen ma long so frustrated since the world championships vs Wang hao in 2011 and 2013

[@daverbook]

Check out his t2 match against lin jin yu. He looked lost. He was tired.

[@jochn919]

@@daverbook link?

[@bongyifat8159]

@@jochn919 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGGcmWh6iNhqlc0 i think is this

[@daverbook]

I think last year. Ljy beat ml and fdz in the same t2 tournament. Both were frazzled and frustated by the end of the matches. Not used to losing to teenager!

[@kennycheng7341]

Adam: "out of the game for 3 months for a gentle toss of the racket on the table" Wang Chuqin's racket: "that's what you think"

[@starking1187]

Yeah it was no where close to being gentle

[@gustavosuenaga]

it was actually pretty aggressive lol

[@Philoreason]

gentle toss?? lol in that case you probably don't want me to hit you "gently"

[@reinaldopessoa2603]

No you guys are missing Adam's point, Ma long made a Chen Wexing impression display of anger. We know Chunqin was frustrated but he definitely didn't throw that racket the way he wanted to as we have seen others done but it was more of a gentle toss what do you think would've been the penalty if he did what Ma was about to do?

[@gustavosuenaga]

@@reinaldopessoa2603 yeah, that's true. If Ma Long had thrown that racket it would've probably damaged the table pretty bad. Wang Chuqin threw it like a frisbee, but still not what I would call gentle.

[@wb6012]

Beautiful fight of two masters.

[@FilmonGEMZ]

This commentator deserves not to be cut off. I wish ITTF would upload edited and none edited versions so I can hear this commentator in full and enjoy the slow mo replays.

[@ainalarsson1728]

7:50-8:00 Wow, I never seen Ma Long so frustrated before. He even did it twice!

[@animaysh]

I think that his injury has made a permanent dent in his mental game. I bet it's very hard not to combine your errors with the knee problem.

[@87Avantgarde]

Noticed that too. Broke my heart. But even if he wont come back at the same level as before the injury, he will hopefully stay the goat for a very long period. And I will always remember his presence at the table. „Table tennis is my everything.“ Yeah buddy... I know... Ma Long - jaiyo 🏓🤘🏼

[@clarencepsaila4743]

@@animaysh I just think Xu Xin is the better player at the moment! We need to respect Xu Xin's strength and not pin it on Ma Long's weakness!

[@animaysh]

I'll agree on that. XX is absolutely amazing these days. FZD is too. I think that Ma's frustration comes from the days where he could dominate both of them. They both have accelerated and have become much stronger than a few years ago. The dragon will need to work on new strategies and tools to beat them. Not an easy task.

[@floetryhfk]

But i also never seen Ma Long playing NOT like a robot before. He even did a pirouette and showed emotions!

[@invoke1972]

Great Video quality and great play from Ma Long. So relieved to see him back.. But Xuperman was something else today!

[@wingtolau6553]

@3:08 Woah, Xu Xin deserves 2 points for this behind the back return. One of the brilliant highlights here.

[@marcoarriagadadiaz9183]

Is no one going to talk about 5:47 ??? That was astounding... They Are the Best of their generation!

[@shangshanghan5752]

Marco Arriagada Díaz XX is a master to deal with this spin! amazing!

[@jameslin5623]

3:07 The absolute audacity to go for that and skill to pull it off perfectly, Xu Xin, Ma Long, and Fan Zhendong are all at the height of their powers right now it seems

[@luigimonTV]

wow that something else!

[@invoke1972]

😍😍😍

[@alexeykan7455]

That's correct for Xu Xin but definitely not for Ma Long and Fan Zhendong

[@FBR2169]

@@alexeykan7455 Fan is at his peak. He was having a pretty good win streak before losing to Dima

[@87Avantgarde]

Ma Long broke apart since his injury buddy...

[@xxw9541]

XX was amazing in this final, ML, too. ML just delivered a great fight against Dima 4 hours before the final and was totally exhausted. Nevertheless ML gave his best in the first 3 sets. His best form is coming back.

[@mark4553]

I watched over 10 times for that crazy backhand.........

[@InfClouds]

This is a glorious day for penholders.

[@kwjong7829]

What u mean by penholder"s" ? Only Xuxin can make to this level

[@InfClouds]

@@kwjong7829 It shows it's possible for a penholder to make it to this level and gives hope to other penholders. Better than Xu Xin being shakehand too.

[@jqa16]

Penhold is so 1 dimensional. The spins you create if you mastered it are unreadable just like how xu xin does it but it takes some intense dedication, focus and lateral movement just to play the perfect penhold.

[@meurer13daniel]

@Fortnite Rambo No one saying any or a new penholder can reach this level. That was far from being the point

[@lgeiger]

Xu Xin looks stronger than ever. Those backhands were really impressive. I've never seen him use it so much. The last set was a gimmie from Ma Long. You know Ma Long has resigned when he starts doing backhands serves.

[@moosaismail9155]

WHAT A *BEHIND THE BACK SHOT* DURING THE RALLY... simply class👌🏻

[@spaceinvader384]

@3:07 Pure Xu Xin magic. Adorable and incredible. These guys are playing in the cloud, way above the others.

[@phyang023]

While everyone is shocked by Xu Xin's behind-the-back shot, I actually find Xu Xin's RPB much more impressive. It is the consistent RPB that fills the hole in Xu Xin's tool set, and makes him very hard to beat even for someone as amazing as Ma Long. Notice what happens at 5:17, after a few touch shots, Xu Xin stepped back to the backhand corner, but used powerful RPB to start attacking. He would have tried to force himself to use the forehand a few years back. But now he does not need to do that, and leaves little space for opponents to attack his wide-angle forehand. At 5:33, Xu Xin got a bit lucky with the net ball, but continued to use RPB in the next few touches. Notice he has variations of RPB now. Sometimes he does defensive soft RPB. This is one step closer to Wang Hao (although still long long way to go...).

[@FilmonGEMZ]

Xu Xin I hope you've been reading my comments about your new backhand being a big improvement in other videos because it is! It is now a strength! Thank you for inspiring a whole generation of players. Your style is Beautiful & Functional. It has been described as an Art but I want to add that it is both an Art & Science both Form & Function. Congratulations to you and the whole Chinese team who always win with humility. This is a big part of why so many people love you and the team. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@user-gi9dc8hw9i]

FILMon I am trying to let him see this by weibo

[@kwc3375]

I agreed with you, XX playing style is so powerful, and so so fun to watch, the only TT player in the world play like this, simply beautiful ! Having said that, such playing is physically demanding i think, i hope XX physical can hold on until olympics.

[@FilmonGEMZ]

@@user-gi9dc8hw9i thanks!!!

[@FilmonGEMZ]

@@kwc3375 that's true it's a lot of work and he definitely deserves to play in the Olympics!!!

[@JerryReyes]

Can anyone explain what he changed? New to table tennis

[@giorgione96]

The next tournament match between the two will be so nice to watch!

[@TheAlex200094]

Well, this time the cloud walker dictated

[@KRUIofficial]

I really hope Xu Xin gets a spot on the Olympics singles roster. He's reached a point of mental maturation and has had Olympic experience. If he gets to go to the Olympics, it might be his only shot at an Olympic singles medal as is. And if Ma Long can go again, he might have a chance at a double grand slam! In my opinion, Fan Zhendong can be a team player and gain experience to mature more mentally too. Plus, he's young and has more time to become even better. Although it'd be best if all three were allowed to play singles.

[@TheArmouredOne]

XuXin unlucky with the mixed doubles. I don’t even remember if XuXin played a single singles match in Teams because they always led with FZD/MaLong

[@TheArmouredOne]

FZD MaLong singles. It was XuXin/MaLong doubles.

[@takkt3288]

I am sad seeing Ma lost his motivation because he was the one nerver gives up.

[@ay_bicboi5087]

ARAI GENERAL giving XX a chance to go to olympics

[@rainlion0]

It seems his wrist hurts hope he is doing ok

[@caozhicen937]

He got the knee injury, still recovering

[@rogernguyen1273]

Ma Long will prepare well for the Olympics his last chance !

[@YuriiKratser]

You are right

[@theviniso]

Someone bring water, Xu Xin is on fire

[@yemail5555]

3:07 want to see the replay! Wow!

[@rianpanji2514]

for the first time i love table tennis i saw youtube and searched who's the best player ... and video appeared showed them both. and i think xu xin and ma long always become best rivalry . i love both of them they win and lost each other ... sometime xu xin win , sometime ma long win .. i think their skill are same level congrats for xu xin , xu perman, cloudwalker, the showman

[@gabrielweissenbach4048]

Congratulation to Xu Xin. Impressive performance. And I feel sad for Ma Long. Hopefully he was just in a bad shape. It would be so disapointing if this is the beginning of his retirement. Table tennis will never see a comparable player again.

[@bryanwells4063]

I dont know... Right now it is looking like Wang Chuqin is quite comparable to Ma Long, Fan Zhendong is a completely different beast but Wang seems to really follow the form of Ma Long but also has the cabability of an incredible backhand and chiquita! But Fan is still my favorite behind Xu Xin.

[@MyDistortedWorld]

Still!... An amazing performance by some of the best players in the game. Another level!

[@tabletennis1237]

MA LONG, you will be in our hearts forever.

[@trividyatomo7936]

Awesome play from Xu Xin...

[@user-io4ls9nb8f]

Excellent work

[@diverguild828]

It is always a pleasure to watch Xu Xin VS Ma Long . And 2019-2020 is the highest peak performance of Xu Xin after 2014

[@its_summer68]

8:58 playing “Another one Bites Dust”, so ironically fitting for ML right now. Sadly

[@glossary90]

3:07 behind the back shot , 5:43 around the net shot, 8:20 snake shots, Xu Xin was on fire, Ma Long outplayed. This tournament made the selection spicy for the 2 single spots for the Olympics.

[@xTTfreakx]

@@gracjantadeusz8108 Ma Long, if not injured, is guaranteed his spot in singles as the reigning Olympic champion. The CNT is conservative in this regard, they sent ZJK to Rio in 2016 even if Fan Zhendong already delivered better results than him. The second spot will either be Xu Xin or Fan Zhendong. I'd love Xu Xin being chosen but I think they will go with FZD because XX lost to a foreigner (Simon Gauzy) at the last major tournament (WTTC 2019).

[@xTTfreakx]

@@rusty935 That's right but I don't think German Open counts as much as WTTC.

[@jkhao6082]

许昕 on fire. 反手强大。修成正果。为他开心。

[@h12o68]

Xuxin and Adam love to show off their killer moves Around the net shot, behind the back shot and snake shot Cant imagine if they play doubles together👍

[@eshizhamsuev]

Not sure Adam can comparing this high level with XX

[@h12o68]

@@eshizhamsuev That's true

[@h12o68]

They are not the same level but just attract more people to love table tennis😊

[@wyncent1991]

no one is going to talk about 1:19? what an incredible rally, their reach is so outstanding!

[@MyDistortedWorld]

Xu Xin was generating incredible spin! Pen hold played to perfection.

[@Hesselaer]

I really hope that Xu Xin can got to the Olympics and win gold, that way ZJK, ML and XX will all have won gold.

[@Sam-rs2ty]

Me too

[@MrChDennys]

Wellcome back on the tip of the top, Xuperman!

[@patela21]

Sad to see Malong struggling now a days. Hope he recovers soon.

[@rexmwh]

This match is worth to see twice.

[@oliverh1033]

3:13 that behind the back shot was amazing 😧

[@paquitopaco4449]

6:02 ,9:06,10:14,10:30,10:35 ma long rarely used backhanded serve ......as you can see what kind of toughness he was facing in this game

[@leremygan]

You know Ma Long gave up whenever he started using backhand serve.

[@mhz2201]

It is true

[@maxpan1222]

Not really. He used it in world championships final.

[@onelife2342]

What's wrong with backhand serve?

[@air_preep]

Binh Bui Nothing wrong with backhand serve, just that it has a little more side spin and less back spin than a forehand serve. Usually these advanced players can easily detect this.

[@nicoslater8750]

No, he changes his serve strategy, thats all.

[@sir6694]

WoW! Vote! ☑︎"Xu Xin" for Olympic Mens Singles🥇Mens Doubles🥇Mixed Doubles🥇 3:07💥5:42 🏓🔛🔥 4-0 vs Zhao Zihao, 4-0 vs Lin Gaoyuan, 4-0 vs Ma Long!

[@FBR2169]

Damn I just realized. XX was on fire!

[@Sam-rs2ty]

I also want to see that he can have a chance to win the title of Olympic men singal

[@user-sp2up4xn7c]

Yeah, Xuperman should get the titles of World Cup and Olympic to elevate his status in ping pong realm

[@yayansmartfren2835]

Harimoto will win olympic tokyo,he is the house.

[@user-sp2up4xn7c]

Very little probability if he doesn’t use all his strengths on his racket

[@cheinhome]

許昕能把馬龍打疼到這個地步，已經有奧運男單金牌的實力了。

[@Wonderboy_99]

8:39 ma long tried 'kenta matsudaira'

[@varuncbv6692]

Xx with his RPB now into picture is literally unplayable.Congratulations XX

[@vioseven3799]

3:13 are you kidding me Xu Xin?

[@Muncles]

Next time, set a timestamp 2 or 3 seconds before its happening.👍

[@DKH83]

Not possible. It is CGI.

[@grustache4569]

donkeykonghero it is very possible, explain how it isn’t

[@restzhu6948]

Excellent xuxin congratulations I love your pingping style..from Korea

[@busyshah]

What a genius artist at work

[@Abdulbasit-alshafi3i]

Game full of highlights 👌

[@user-yq6uz3uh4l]

great game !!

[@davidandriantsilavo1161]

We all know how excited Adam is commentating this match 🙃

[@AttaullahShah]

Ma Long had his time like a king, now the time has blessed XX and FZ

[@chaochxn1293]

非常精彩的比赛，恭喜许昕，心疼马龙输在心态上，就算是身体出现怎样的状况都不可以有这样明显的表现，毕竟这场比赛是跟自己的队友打的，希望早日调整好自己的心态，别忘了你是世界最受欢迎和关注的中国优秀运动员，马龙加油！祝你身体健康

[@cj8481]

Xu Xin - what an epic athlete! Well deserved, congratulations!

[@pham1020]

Xu Xin is the real combination of Ma Lin and Wang Hao. I think Xu Xin as of now is the most complete penholder I've seen. Though, I still think Ma Long in his best form is the most complete table tennis player ever.

[@drlj]

i think xx deserves a seat for playing single in 2020 olympics, even in the end he cannot get the gold medal, who cares!

[@epic1053]

Xu xin deserves it but I don't belive he will get a shot hes only a year younger than ma, the CNT will send Ma due to past achivements and fan will be sent as the second player. I don't belive CNT would send 2 players who will soon drop in ability. CNT is always investing in its future. Only way xu xin goes is if ma long loses a couple of times to non chinese players , however no foriegn player can deal with ma long's playstyle.

[@kareemmohamed5121]

I think MA long and xu com surely will play in Olympics,and if I was one of the CBT I won't be sure of what fan will do in the Olympics because of his history against the European players.

[@epic1053]

@@kareemmohamed5121 Xu Xin lost to lost to jun mizutani during 2016 team event in the olmpics Xu Xin was meant to be in his prime at the time, CNT is far harsher in losing during big tournaments such as this compared to pro tours. Fan recently stepped up when Ma long lost during the recent world cup and beat harimoto in the final who had defeated Ma long. Fan's condition has been good in general for a long time, he's the only player to have never lost to timo boll, he recently lost to Dima and this will go against him but Fan is the future of CNT, having someone with Olympic singles experience is a big advantage for future Olympics(for nerves of the entire team)Whereas Xu xin is fast reaching retirement age. Fan's condition would have to drop alot for him to lose his olympic ticket, if he takes a couple more losses to foreign players it could happen but I don't think he will. I do believe that Xu xin would have the lowest chance of losing to a foreign player, but other factors are considered. Ma long's condition would have to drop ALOT for him to lose his ticket, zhang jike(due to past achievements) was selected for 2016 olympics despite his condition at the time being unstable compared to other top CNT members.

[@dattannguyen4093]

We dont care for the gold medal but CNT do and they really do. IMO, Ma Long & Fan Zhendong will be selected for singles

[@drlj]

@@dattannguyen4093 maybe... But i can tell you that common Chinese people are not that focusing on the medals like before... especially the younger gen. Probably, we have had too many in the past few Olympics. In fact the most popular athletes are the ones who didn't get medals but enjoyed the game: for example, Yuanhui Fu. Agree that TT is really a big ideal for this country as the national game. Just hoping that over the years of changes, future players like XX can get their opportunity not only for getting the medals but more importantly showing the whole world the arts of the game.

[@SpectralMultiplexing]

PLEASE! What do we need to do to get all Videos in 1080p60?

[@ivanvikingBass]

Absolute DOMINATION

[@longmarch2668]

Living God of penholder, Xu Xin deserves a seat at the Olympics!

[@artaz899]

Ma Long has very high standards for play and he demands a lot from himself. When there is so many stupid mistakes I can totally understand his anger yet he play against a friend and should be happy , more positive attitude , when you play with less tension and a bit more joy you can achieve more flexability and wont be affected mentally by casual unforced error or opponent luck .

[@dukchhudenlepcha8737]

Both idol respect. Played well long ma. Dont loose hope there's lot to come ma dragon

[@hopfen33]

Great match from Xu Xin !

[@nealtran6844]

i wish XX will get gold in the Olympic.

[@jeremiahdee6697]

Awesome play. Winning motivates, losing demoralises. That’s what happened to Ma Long after losing the first two sets. Xu Xin really need to proof his worth on the global stage. And this come back was massive.

[@chongchonghe3748]

All the Xu Xin games on youtube are narrated by this guy. He looooves Xu Xin!

[@AGT0M]

I had to scroll back to 3:10 and watch at x.75 speed to grasp the magic. Thanks for sharing!

[@lumenl7511]

When I was watching live, I wanna cry for ma long. I want he can win but actually he can't. he can't do his best but he still keep playing on court,here I give the most respect to my Dragon

[@ducarraro4907]

incredible!

[@pradiptobiswas87]

such video quality in 2020.. that too on official ittf channel..

[@keli4775]

7:10 This is the typical way of Liu Guoliang you can find a video of Liu Guoliang teaching Xu Xin on youtube early. recently Xu Xin has used many Liu Guoliang's techniques, such as serving

[@shinobi898]

melhor do mundo subesiste!!!👏👏👏👏

[@krzysztofszajberski7949]

Brawo Xu Xin - świetna wręcz niesamowita gra 💪👊👍 Życzę Tobie powrotu do takiej formy jaką tu miałeś💪🏓

[@TseriesAbhi]

I like both..

[@mohammadisa9728]

Even though you’ve lost ma long, I’ll be still standing by your side. To me you are still the greatest table tennis player. For xu xin, he is going to become olympic gold medal winner.

[@G_Silent]

This looks intense

[@zupdrake3944]

Behind the back on a game point!! Sweet

[@alphagames3391]

Xu Xin=Full Entertainment😍..I Love him 💗

[@drmontorsi7498]

OUTSTANDING XU XIN. Ma Long showing us that tt is a mental game!

[@tabletennis1237]

Legends like a MA LONG never die.

[@junontakeo9705]

There's one day when you cannot do anything to fixed your shot, just named it Unlucky day...

[@abstractexchange5057]

Ma Long really did his best, but Xu Xin is unstopable. After 2nd game, Ma Long felt the Xu Xin supremacy ! The frustrating behaves of Ma Long are not the reason of losing ! Xu Xin outperforms in all most top spin rallies from no short distances. If in the past time, Ma Long can gained weakness of Xu Xin backhand, then now Xu Xin backhand is no longer weakness. Xu Xin is now the most possible table tennis player, who can realize new level of world tabe tennis techniques. He should be nolazy to run and RUN IN LOWER POSES, even though running in low pose requires more physical strength. He should be no lazy to actively move to noclosed distances to play his notorious topspins instead of counters in any balanced rallies. Maybe, Xu Xin is a milestone example to know whether chinese very specific invention of penholder style should continue.

[@SrikrishnaMurali]

I disagree, that first game was 🔥🔥 and showed us all as to how both of them are true titans of the game. Ma Long has come back 0-3 down to win 4-3 before in Pro matches. It was just not his day because he was frustrated he wasn't getting points and wasn't able to analyse the situation. Xu Xin was able to find out his weakness and knew he won the game before he actually won it

[@abstractexchange5057]

@@SrikrishnaMurali fist game was insane, but Xu Xin won first game by very beautiful strokes with high techniques. Xu Xin shows higher techniques, he clearly dominated in 2nd game. in the 1st and 2nd games, Ma Long still did not frustrate, Ma Long really played his best in 2 first games, but Xu Xin outperforms. You can see that Ma Long could not withstand in topspin rallies against Xu Xin, so Ma Long is often forced to do simple counters. Besides, Xu Xin improves his backhand, and Ma Long is no longer better in backhand against Xu Xin. Xu Xin sometimes loses by the most reason that Xu Xin was fall into short distances with only counter playing. But when Xu Xin is nolazy to move to noshort distances, then he dominates with his topspin from both forehand and backhand. He win Lin Gaoyoun 4-0 in the semi-final too. Ma Long strokes are very straight ! Ma Long can make very devastating topspin, but ONLY WITH HIGH BALLS. So Ma Long topspin is straight high speed. We say that high balls are easy cases. The more difficult cases are low balls. In these difficult cases with low balls, Xu Xin outperforms by his topspin. Of course, Xu Xin can make fast topspin in cases of high balls too.

[@danfeng6703]

@Sinvisible MOS That explains why Ma was so frustrated. That is like you have tried your best but still cannot find a way

[@zeleony05]

@@abstractexchange5057 While I'm a penholder myself and while it is true that Malong struggles with XXs spin variation most of the times and this may or may not have been the reason for the loss. Because Ma long has shown in his past his ability and control of the ball in different situations. The main reason for this loss is mainly being out of position and that is due to his left knee injury. You can see most of his points just leaning in his right feet and trying to avoid leaning in his left feet at all. He wasn't doing much counter looping, he was just trying to counter with blocks, spins and counter drives. Him "not trying" hard is definitely a sign that he already reached his physical limits. Also flatter trajectory doesn't mean the ball is less spinnier as spin increases the speed of the ball as well. If you play table tennis you know that you control the trajectory of the ball to control the effectiveness of ball landing, timing and positioning.

[@thor10001]

First time watching professional table tennis but this Xu guy is so sick

[@Tenckor]

The was the strangest but best tabletennis match I have ever seen. So many unbelievable and superb balls

[@alexisseron]

Xu xin!! Is a God! Congratulations!!! For this amazing show!!

[@rasheedelakhlaqsiz4753]

XX, FZD and ML should be all in for Tokyo

[@Igor_prophoto]

Да, Сю машина ! Ма пытался зубами в первом сете держаться за стол, если бы мог заполучить китайского алхимика приклеил бы Сю к столу) Но, сегодня Сю просто невозможно удержать в короткой и средней игре только за счет опыта и тактики !!! Сегодня на Змею Сю нужен был только Тигр Ма Линь, Дракон сегодня был повержен. Невероятное шоу от двух Мастеров !

[@backinblackbackinblack3736]

Какое шоу? Какая машина?Уставший и наевшийся Ма Лонг играл одной рукой.

[@Igor_prophoto]

@@backinblackbackinblack3736 простите, обычно он играет двумя ? Или у вас проблемы со зрением ? Вы не смотрели как он играл до финала включительно ?

[@backinblackbackinblack3736]

@@Igor_prophoto обычно он играет с ногами. Для всех кто занимается настольным теннисом понятно,что я имел ввиду. Но вы то,комментатор-теоретик...

[@Igor_prophoto]

@@backinblackbackinblack3736 обычно, китайцы играют бедрами, а ноги включаются благодаря именно этому моменту импульса, отсюда игра на fh липучками очень эффективная, как у Ма так и у Сю. Вопрос Игры Ма в этой игре мог быть в двух аспектах. Первый - скрытая травма. Второй - Сю переломил запланированную тактическую игру Ма ещё в первом сете, но в рейтинге он ничего не терял, отдав игру Сю становился номером 1, Фан терял очки, Ма это было выгодно тактически, это один из вариантов. Насчёт диванного теоретика все просто, если вы считаете себя большим практиком - не вопрос. Даю адреса, приезжайте с радостью сыграю с Вами дружескую партию. Правда играю пером правой. И немного левой, традиционным форматом

[@feldom2]

BRAVO! MA LONG просто болею!