Timo Boll vs Xu Xin | 2019 ITTF China Open Highlights (1/4)

Review all the highlights from the Timo Boll vs Xu Xin Ito the Seamaster 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum, China Open.
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[@Eduardo-ko2mw]

This is Xu Xin we've all been waiting to see. His backhand has improved a lot.

[@denzel7089]

IMHO His backhand hasn't improved a lot, it seems that he just started to use it much often.

[@awfan1642]

@@denzel7089 It has indeed improved and the fact that he is using it more often is a sign of that.

[@firefist4547]

@@darklooter9892 Boll lmao not ball

[@shanelawson5072]

I've heard people saying many times over past few years that his backhand improved a lot.... After watching this & especially his previous match against Mizutani, it seems that it's finally true❗

[@spaceinvader384]

@@dickn.ormous1064 Yes, just coz ML knows him TOO well, lol. XX is now coached by Chen Qi instead of LGL. Surprise to see how Chen can unleash the best out of him. XX is now #1, well deserved after cloud walking these years. Doesn't matter he wins or not, we still adore and enjoy his superb skills around the court. Awesome talent, amazing athlete.

[@andresrossi9]

"timo boll leading in service error right now"😂

[@bauernkind8595]

Two table tennis gentlemen celebrating her lovely sport. Enjoy!

[@huakunguo2999]

No shouting. I just love it

[@shivamraina5506]

U used *her* r u serious

[@revox6728]

Jóias

[@srik24]

When such legends are playing, you should watch and enjoy the sport👏👏👏

[@arm8636]

@Höher wertiger ahahaha

[@qudghwns61]

Timo performed quite well but made too many minor mistakes....anyhow Timo did Timo providing absolutely spectacular scenes. Thank you, Timo!

[@syediqbalahmed7863]

your timo got thrashed nice n proper... 4-0, pathetic

[@x0cx102]

@@syediqbalahmed7863 Yep exactly, all these timo fanboys are hilarious

[@spaceinvader384]

We don't hear so many Ohs and Ahs from commentators and spectators in other world-class matches. That shows how people are enjoying/adoring the skills of these superb players. Simply awesome, respectable and adorable.

[@l.franfort6340]

xu xin got a backhand now

[@furqanulhaq7250]

It really pains me to see timo loose this way. He really seems to be in pain and somewhat lost his never giving up attitude in this match. But we have seen such comments on him many times but time and time again he comes back and proves us wrong. I hope he continues to play for as long as he can. Because he is truely a sportsman and inspiration for many tt fans. He is like the face of table tennis.

[@Vincent44483]

its ok, timo actually still doing a great job, but the opponent is xuxin, so u know how the result would be

[@furqanulhaq7250]

If timo would have met xu in his prime. Result would have been different. Watch timo vs xu xin 2011 china vs world.

[@thenewguy7527]

@WARRIOR FIGHTER PAHLAWAN false. Timo has the best h2h record vs ML out of all non-Chinese players. Ma Long 9-6 Timo Boll Ma Long 30-27 Wang Hao

[@x0cx102]

European guy is the face of table tennis? you are a joke.

[@x0cx102]

Nah, timo's coming to an end now. He can compete but never play well on the biggest stages.

[@spaceinvader384]

4 -0 but they are still respectful of each other. Excellent sportsmanship. Love them both.

[@shezie125]

Something was off with Timo this match, didn't play like himself

[@gab5012]

he's getting old, his legs can't move as fast and he reaction time is much slower.

[@Shinpoke030]

This is the complete form of Xu Xin, next rival Ma Long, can’t imagine how hard he practiced his backhand though. PS: Timo doesn’t seem to be in good condition, this game went out of my expectation..

[@petrusincraian198]

Two tt legend. Excellent game. Thanks for uploading.

[@SaffireAnimation]

Amazing match. Some shots were so good that I wish they get uploaded on KZbin in slow motion.

[@jediruni]

rpb improvement for xu xin. glad to see the cloud walker/showman is back on his feet again. as for timo, i hope he’s doing okay. i know he’s getting older, and he’ll retire soon. miss seeing all the legends leave. but new legends will soon take their place. love them both :)💓

[@movakalin5333]

Congratulations to both, Xu Xin was the better player today. And penholder grip is still competitive!

[@shanelawson5072]

Penhold should be superior... bat is more in line with palm of hand... no wrist bending is required on forehand & more wrist action can be incorporated into shots. Only drawback is fingers on blade on RPB.

[@rianpanji2514]

owwhhhhhhh i'm falling in love in xu xin's RPB too beautiful why he always play in wonderful ways the cloudwalker

[@PranavDraws]

Both of my favourite players playing together! 👌 Xu xin was on fire though! Well played Timo Boll!

[@spaceinvader384]

Commentator said it right at the end "RESPECTED". Regardless of the winner, it's so pleasant to watch such a highly skillful and wonderful match. True sportsmanship.

[@juanpabloamaya5051]

ONE OF THE BEST RALLYS THAT I'VE SEEN!!! O M G!!! UNVELIEBLE

[@ez_really6223]

Xu xin vs Ma long final, looks like incredible, 2 chinese machines

[@shenzhenpingpong]

Xu Xin willing to use his reverse penhold backhand and winning points with it against Boll! This is what Xu Xin should've been years ago. Awesome.

[@macrofunction]

I think the difference between this game and Boll's match against Yu Ziyang is that Xu Xin is far less temperamental and has that incredible forehand.

[@user-wy2rh5fd2b]

许昕这球打的无懈可击，，既有硬刚，也有技巧，看昕爷打球就是一种享受！

[@user-fm3pu5ce8e]

I love the style of Xu Xin, so I use CS blade. Xu Xin 's forehand is so strong, but now his backhand also improved. I guess I need to learn how to use backhand instead of traditional counter block.

[@user-xx2kc5mg9x]

练练直板横打是有必要的，一起加油吧

[@spaceinvader384]

This commentator is tops. Nice voice with thorough TT knowledge. No one else can do the same.

[@mattiabosco4739]

0:56 and 2:56 xu xin lost two services! Incredible 😱

[@x0cx102]

timo lost three! :P

[@chuanshan5318]

It's tropical man, too much humidity if you were there playing

[@mattiabosco4739]

Chuan Shan for this reason they have lost many service?

[@user-td1ne4ox2b]

5:29 holy shit the speed of that backhand

[@kwt8874]

we can see that XuXin is now more oftenly using his backhand now, great performance by both players, Timo would do better without those mistakes

[@manafal-zadjali4304]

xu xin's backhand was on holidays and came back :)

[@jerry6366]

Timo playing style is just like relaxing now

[@llllllllllIlllllllIlllll]

See now XX got his backhand stable, he's lethal, even to Ma Long I guess. Remember back in 2014 how XX was beating everyone. XX still got his already-best forehand, and now semi-WangHao-RPB. He can go to at least finals with this form.

[@lalremruatatochhawng7525]

Like these two player the most.

[@wonghow]

Timo Boll amazing for his age to reach quarter finals !

[@elwachinmanda]

yo XX where did you buy that backhand mate? i need one too for my locals.

[@philcawser]

Spinmeister Timo really does not like playing ultra-spinny Xu Xin. Cannot find an answer to his style (but then, neither can most others!)

[@philcawser]

@00 00 Fair enough. Though, I meant more generally across their playing history, as I have never seen Timo get near him anyway, even though Timo has beaten, or pushed hard, most of the other top Chinese.

[@david0ade]

@@philcawser Timo has beaten Xu Xin before but was many years ago

[@matthewhaverly3108]

@@philcawser he's beaten Xu Xin before and been close check kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIGWYZqMh9eJbpI and kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaa2n6ONiKuWiNk

[@jojihue5777]

This China Open is on fire

[@Chas10691]

XuXins surprised timo with his consistant reverse Backhand. Never seenso much quality backhandshots in interntational tournaments from XX

[@muhammadsohaibimran1402]

Check out wang hao's backhand. His was even better.

[@Chas10691]

@@muhammadsohaibimran1402 I meant from XX

[@edwardshowden5511]

It's maybe because torunament is in China, he puts max effort:-) not always he is that focused

[@muhammadsohaibimran1402]

@@Chas10691 my bad

[@hai1060]

Timo vs xuxin.. too much MAGICS

[@2601YTITTI]

Considering the length of the video, the thumbnail already revealed the outcome :/

[@x0cx102]

coming back to see timo boll get thrashed by xu xin is a joy

[@ucnhtmenow1]

I love watching Jesus play, it helps me get a better idea on the exact movements of the bat and I try to imitate it

[@Beeray11]

I've never seen the rpm counter before that's so damn awesome!

[@sameersingh3282]

STAMINA FULL AND STRONG FULL GAME........... BOTH PARTICIPANTS IS ENERGY FULL TECHNICAL FULL, PRACTICE FULL AND POWERFUL.................. IN THIS SITUATION, WINER IS WONDERFUL........

[@user-jy2sz1jr9p]

cloud walker vs sleep walker - boll seems hampered in his movement.

[@dylfanone]

4:28 was SICK!

[@kishokrajkumar8141]

The only penholder in top 4 for a long time aftet ma lin

[@johnli317]

0:31 Timo's cheer for winning a point 'Aza' is so cute.

[@The3lkku]

Would be nice if Xu Xin won this year.

[@travelator3035]

Where the hell was this Xu Xin for the last five years?

[@justinmarcot920]

He played in China

[@edwardshowden5511]

what do you mean? He played in all major tournaments

[@travelator3035]

piotr monn He was never this dominant in Singles in a very long time.

[@edwardshowden5511]

@@travelator3035 Qatar Open XuXin MaLong semifinal German Open 2018 XuXin MaLong final World Championships 2017 XuXin MaLong semifinal and many more He has been on top for many years. Only MaLong is better

[@adrians3267]

@@edwardshowden5511 fan zhendong has stopped him many times on the world tour from 2015 or something

[@gensebirosics8520]

Year 2019 where is the 60fps option ?

[@dimitarkoutsarov8480]

Timo Boll totally outclassed and destroyed

[@user-wx1kz3mu9k]

许昕这几局状态不错

[@ActuarialPost]

That was a brutal match

[@shanelawson5072]

This upgraded game... & more aggressive & consistent RPB by Xu Xin must be a reaction to his disappointing performance at recent World Championships...⁉️ He's obviously decided he's got to step up & improve these shots & aspects of this style keeping him down or he will fade out of CNT... I did see a video where Liu Guaoliang addressed National team & said Xu Xin's style is 'out-dated' so I assume that cut deep... but that video was back a year or two. I assumed Liu Guoliang meant long range spin looping is less effective these days with new plastic ball... Some adjustment was obviously required from Xu Xin.

[@tabletennistimes8693]

If Xu Xin could be more consistant, he would have been a top 5 player all time 🙄

[@johnyeo897]

He is world no 3 now. Last month still world no. 2. What he needs is to avoid his colleagues before final then he has the chance to bring championship title back home. Facing Lin Gao Yuan tomorrow, which he have quite a little chance.

[@adrians3267]

@@johnyeo897 he meant top 5 players of all time, along with those who have retired i think.

[@tabletennistimes8693]

@@adrians3267 Yeah i meant of all time. :)

[@edwardshowden5511]

@@johnyeo897 He is top5 Ma Long Zhang Jike Xu Xin Wang Hao Ma Lin maybe

[@youhyunnam9426]

@@edwardshowden5511 don't know about that. In terms of achievements wang liqin, liu guoliang, kong linghui and j.o. waldner all outclass xu xin and are similar to wang hao and ma lin

[@s.wiesbadener]

Boll is like a pupil meeting his master.

[@marounnohra5114]

It seems like Timoboll play for the first time against XuXin

[@josephasghar]

A bit one-sided, but very enjoyable.

[@chimyshark]

Damx Timo what happened?!? Beating Gaoyuan but ending up on match point against Xu Xin every game?!?

[@transdata3035]

Total domination by Xu Xin. Timo seemed flat-footed.

[@paylevanpaylevanyan8623]

Supur game... super Timo

[@haku_8989]

許昕強すぎ

[@jijojoe8409]

加油 我支持許昕

[@willan954]

I want to see Timo won his last gold medal in any competition more than Platinum level before retiring.

[@thenewguy7527]

He got it today, doubles champion

[@willan954]

@@thenewguy7527 Yeah~ I watched the highlight. And I mean I wanna his single gold

[@warage927]

At least Timo win against Ma long In double。

[@ddouglasmotta]

Ambos jogam bem, Timo errou muito, foi uma socada.

[@dyegomarcio]

Vdd. Timo não costuma errar tanto, como nesse jogo.

[@riemikes]

DHS blow out butterfly.

[@tk1ngatk1nga]

riemikes, yep, yet butterfly releases rubbers and prices them even higher than the current batch of over priced rubbers. They now have a “hard” version, so they knew the cheaper priced Chinese rubbers had it right all along. Shame on them.

[@dmitrikonnov922]

@@dickn.ormous1064 which sponge are you using? What about boosters? I really think, Timo hasn't coped well with his new rubbers at least until now.

[@suar99x29]

0:34 just unpredictable turn

[@sukhamjotsingh3447]

Insane rally at 4:32

[@user-sq2zj4qi1b]

xu xin、ゴジに負けてもうダメかと思ってたけど、しっかり調子上げてくるあたり流石だわ。

[@nepaligamerockerz5327]

Always rally point is brought by timo

[@IgorShokhin]

Timo Boll слева очень много мячей пропустил.

[@BollForte94]

4:33 Boys and girls

[@pingponghd1212]

Timo thời đỉnh cao gặp xu xin còn ko ăn đc nói gì bjo già quá rồi chạy sao nổi. Thôi trách mình đen boll ạ

[@evanzeng9828]

史上最强昕爷！

[@rimreq299]

Timo prevailed in long rallies

[@thenewguy7527]

Timo had too many errors!

[@warage927]

That's just because XX's spin ball, and Timo can't read the ball.

[@delgernasannymtseren7947]

Timo thinks to be a player who is getting older and slowing down. its okey, we love timo boll

[@znmas935]

What the hell is happening to timo ball. Yesterday he was too energetic against Yu Ziyang with some very hard-hitting and here he has nothing at all.. Xu xin now back to his prime backend spinning.

[@tehnoobestworld]

He’s old

[@rogernguyen1273]

@@tehnoobestworld Too much effort in the doubles !

[@znmas935]

@@tehnoobestworld no doubt. I love timo ball but he never defeated the Xu Xin i think. If you have already watched the match between Fan Zhendong n Ma Long then you know Timo has no chance against these top chinese players.

[@znmas935]

@@rogernguyen1273 yep it was epic that how they defeated the world # 1 team with 3-0.

[@tehnoobestworld]

Roger Nguyen that’s what I mean when you get to that age it’s hard to exert yourself at your max for multiple days tournaments are about endurance the part of your game that suffers most as you agae

[@Markooooni]

5170???? Its over 9000😃😃😃

[@haoyuwu216]

domination!

[@parishmitagogoi2312]

well played xu xin

[@ngong11]

Timo had so many unforced errors

[@tk1ngatk1nga]

Timo is using the new butterfly Dignics rubbers, I have not seen him make so many mistakes in recent high pressure matches, hmm.

[@samuelpardana]

he's making mistakes because he's getting old, you can see from the forehand rallies that whenever he's given more time to breathe he plays fine, but in the situations where you need high reaction and explosion, he's getting too slow

[@tk1ngatk1nga]

Samuel Pardana, just general flicks and short top spins, most are missing the table, almost like his setup is off, funny thing is I find that Xu Xin also looses more points in rallies, he steps away from table giving himself lots of time to lob and chase down balls, but in rallies I see him loose more these days, but he seems to be on form for this Open.

[@grizzay4097]

Timo Boll is old now, that's what's holding him back.

[@rezailham81]

come on xu xin... be winner here

[@yipengguo2732]

0:57 I am on the same level with Xu Xin!

[@johnli317]

波尔性格很好，几个球都配合许昕表演

[@Galimah]

what a feat for the asian guy to beat the legend Timo Boll

[@trevorgrindz5556]

Daaaamn That Xu guy is fast.

[@nvcsadingman]

he's CLOUD WALKER

[@pourveegupta2783]

Mobile ringing at 5:21

[@brazilianentertainmentsystem]

1:07 didn't know this was valid

[@thenewguy7527]

it hit the edge. put on x0.25 speed and you'll see that the ball jumped upwards and not sideways which means it hit the edge.

[@Vxneji]

Timo boll is the best dont at me

[@DonaldCoC]

So no Corona comment?

[@phantn]

Many people are crazy and not open minded. Why trying to compare Xu Xin and J.O.Waldner? They are at different time, different technology (for rubbers, etc), different training knowledge, different diets, different environments, different opponents, etc.

[@patela21]

All the penhold EJ’s must be wondering about XuXin’s backhand rubber at the moment

[@0oDeenio0]

Is Adam Burbow the commentator? Lol

[@pingpongclub5551]

ohhhhh thats gonna hurt sorry timo boll

[@sketudiant8354]

For xu xin 🫡 For Timo❤❤❤❤❤

[@dipparangga9187]

Xu xin, God of spin.

[@ma-pp4hi]

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