Xu Xin vs Fan Zhendong | 2019 ITTF German Open Highlights (Final)

Review all the highlights from the Xu Xin vs Fan Zhendong at the 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open.
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[@kyawhsuthway4272]

I would say while Ma long is the one who brings glory to the Chinese team, Xu xin is the great protector, securing titles, medals and prizes for all-Chinese showdowns in singles, doubles and mixed doubles, at the same time, preserving and innovating the penhold style. Utmost respect to you , Xuperman. I just hope he gets one major title (OG 2020) in his career. He has done so much for the team...

[@pingpangfan6136]

can't agree any more

[@invoke1972]

So true so true

[@lcsd_7]

The protector securing titles are you kidding? Don't you remember his losses in Rio and Budapest? If you did, you would stop dreaming about seeing him at the olympics in singles next year.

[@awfan1642]

@@lcsd_7 You are living in the past my friend.

[@lcsd_7]

@@awfan1642 And you are delusional/don't understand how chinese team chooses their players. XX since his loss against Mizutani has burned all his chances of getting a singles spot for Tokyo. And the Budapest loss against Gauzy didn't help his case. If not you, CNT cares, a lot, about these big matches. That's why ML didn't play singles in London 2012 and ZJK had a spot for Rio 2016. They don't care if XX can win pro tours, he doesn't perform in big events (and he doesn't even win so many pro tours). But people like to live in their own dream world. It's satisfying until the wake up call...

[@johnlyjoseph]

What a beautiful match! Table Tennis at its best. FZD has finally returned to his best form. Both players played some exceptional shots. Xu Xin is also in great touch this year! Well done

[@benthekeeshond545]

Without a doubt, Fan is the better player when he is at his best. At his peak, the only player that can counter with Fan is the Great Ma Long.

[@abstractexchange5057]

Xu Xin decided to make risky backhand strokes at last sets, and he made a lot of backhand errors in last sets. China is famous in often copying known techniques in various fields . But in table tennis, the penholder reversed side backhand style is really very own creative chinese invention with the brightest representative now, Xu Xin. It is interesting to see how this rarely chinese invention style compete with traditional world shakehand style.

[@benthekeeshond545]

@@abstractexchange5057 Wang Hao is the better representation of the penhold backhand. Xu Xin is good but I have to say he is not quite as good as Ma Lin and Wang Hao.

[@jvp9703]

It seems to me this guy is the only good TT commentator, glad to have someone who knows his stuff around.

[@dantexpress2593]

he's called adam bobrow. sub to his youtube channel called 'adam bobrow'

[@wonghow]

Adam Bobrow talks to much. Is not a class. Spectators don't need to hear about techniques or his opinions. Commentator speaks about a great rally or special moments.

[@pandawin1]

@@wonghow his fan driven rise in popularity as a commentator points to the contrary

[@lechatvenere]

@@wonghow I prefer someone who talks about what he knows with passion, than some robots saying just "great shot" or "great rally" during 1 hour...

[@luismepu]

I still can't believe that the average youtuber has a better image quality than the ITTF, it seems to be getting worst even

[@magichsu]

ittf gets less and less sponsors, don't be surprised about the video quality as ittf is an amateur organization indeed.

[@DevChow]

Magic X Spending 1-2 thousand USD is not much at all especially when they can get a camera sponsor to show off the company's capture rate and get the camera for free

[@MrJinsilverx]

Their uploader is stupid. They cant pay a good one.

[@DevChow]

Jake White For a standard one, yes. However for a Televised-Production camera rig, it can run way higher. Take Project Red for example

[@nunojorge1832]

Fan zhengdong won 30k for the first place so certainly money is not the problem

[@nighter7074]

make it simple ITTF, hire ME to record the matches with my ANDROID PHONE to give something closer to acceptable for the viewers

[@Al-ImprovEd2022]

At this point I think we’d be happy with a kid and a phone unless that’s what they’re using.

[@llllllllllIlllllllIlllll]

Great effort from both sides. I respect XX for all his burdens he took during this open.

[@warage927]

@Chang honestly speaking, FZD return to 2017 form, and FZD always beat XX In 2017.

[@你瞎]

@@warage927 But now Xu Xin also plays better than he was in 2017.( personal view)

[@saleem2991]

@@warage927 Xu Xin beat FZD 4-1 in Swedish Open 2017

[@BaSO4-007]

I really hoped XX could win. But FZD again proves his capability amid the doubts of many.

[@jatingarg4201]

Where are the people who were saying fzd was addicted to online gaming. Shame on them creating rumors about a great player when he is in his bad phase. What a simple and kind player he is, winning a gold after 343 days in a world tour and no over the top celebration.

[@invoke1972]

Xuperman and Xiaopang! Whatta final! And the best part was Adam Bobrow's commentary! You are a gift to this sport, Adam!

[@fungkam7501]

Even tho xx looks tired, he still managed to put up a great fight against the energetic FZD. Unlike his previous matches against FZD, where he usually was dominated to little chance. Congrats XX

[@highlightscentral435]

Finally, Fan Zhendong! Way to return to his old dominant form. Hope his resurgence continues leading up to Tokyo 2020. Congratulations!

[@timmyaz7112]

Fan Zhendong played very patiently with the short ball and deep push to XuXin back hand corner , then counter attack XuXin weak back hand flip .

[@倔强的风]

correct

[@liminggong2557]

exactly. He found the weakness of Xu xin.

[@stargaming1146]

Fan Z. F Won. This is because of the fact that he is ranked no. 1 in the international table tennis

[@LongTimeTTFan]

Congratulations to FZD on your 1st world tour title in 2019! Xu Xin played MORE matches (Singles, Doubles and XD) than any other player, male or female in both German Open and the Swedish Open last week. He is exhausted.

[@yunlu1000]

Xu xin lost, because he is exhausted. He won, then he is xuperman. You see, fan played Laing jing kun 4:3, he should be more exhausted in the final. No more excuses for xu xin’ lose.

[@KapeeshPC]

@@yunlu1000 I agree. People should stop with the excuses. Xu Xin is my favorite player, but he was outplayed by Fan.

[@pshrest1]

Such a looser mindset! He lost because he couldn't win!!! There is no excuse!

[@kwjong7829]

You should see more matches between them..fan is brilliant..fan use different play style which mess up xu xin forehand..

[@romanbass7126]

Prem Shrestha same thing. FZD lost most of opening game this year ...becuz he cannot win previously. this is his first win this year

[@fan5188]

What a fascinating game! The best of 2019 so far. It is great to watch two of my favorite players play. FZD is finally back!

[@transdata3035]

one of the best final. So satisfying to both great players playing each other and the respect for one another, great sportsmanship. Congrats to both.

[@bluecatsss]

2:14 6:23 7:21 7:53 8:16 10:08 10:59 11:12 12:19

[@a01090576555]

FREE HONG KONG😄

[@gonthestoneageboy2707]

Expected welcome though

[@benshif]

Fan's first world tour win of the year! Finally, well deserved!

[@thenewguy7527]

finally FZD got out of his slump

[@benthekeeshond545]

We have to wait and see. If you can notice that Fan is very good but not the same player he once was. We can never guess when ITTF will think of something to fuc....kup players like Mr. Fan.

[@zorro7572]

12:31 Look at FZD!

[@AbrahamSilaban]

Ladies and Gentlemen Fan Zhen Dong is Back!

[@倔强的风]

he is on the way

[@rmonet-ff4jt]

Abraham Silaban pemerhati tenis meja 😱

[@parkm310]

but no reverse pendulums... :(

[@andreybrattsev6267]

Congrats to FZD, Huge respect to Xu for fantastic moment we've enjoyed!

[@timmyaz7112]

Whomever coached Fan Zhendong to victories in two games against Wang Chuqin and Xu Xin was brilliant. Fan relentlessly attacked the middle of the table that handcuffed Wang to play his power shot . Fan also patiently played short balls mixed with deep push to the corner, then attacked Xu Xin weak backhand flip.

[@yosanfotografi]

Welcome back fzd

[@Nico-9138]

I must say I stopped following Table Tennis for the last 3 months, when Xu Xin looked tired... So how the hell can this guy perform once again ? He is an absolute monster, what a come back !

[@richardhuang5907]

This is the FZD we want to see! Keep it up!

[@benthekeeshond545]

Richard, Sadly, I think this Fan Zhen Dong is roughly 70-80 % of what he was at his peak.

[@Huba191]

My hero is back. Good Job FZD

[@dankur5867]

Xuxin don't screaming and not ambition to preserve their friendship

[@habibihabibi2565]

FZD has all the good manners and attitude... Nicee...

[@animaysh]

Holy $hit! I can see the ball! XU XIN 7:20 ! Then 8:18 wow. This is FZD at his finest. Liu Guoliang apparently told him he needs to be a mental champion again. I can see it here.

[@shaharyarahmed9759]

Missing Ma Long&his legendary forehand a lot.........

[@peacefulmind1409]

Shaharyar Ahmed He will come back very soon.

[@jafethcastillomorris3341]

@@peacefulmind1409 I hope you're right

[@shaharyarahmed9759]

@@peacefulmind1409 I hope so.......

[@Spikezzzzzzzz]

where is ma long ?

[@alakosab]

What happened with Ma Long?

[@spaceinvader384]

Short pushes just over the net shows how much superb ball control they have. Just patiently waiting for a chance to kill. A lot of other players will play a long way away from the table exchanging loop drives but ball control is actually the basis of the game. XuXin lost on the relatively inferior RPB but since then he improved it so much and won 3 titles after. God bless the cloud walker. Love them both.

[@Dan50900]

Fan it's your time hereafter. Well deserved title. He s more exhausted than Xu Xin but he had shown his supreme mental strength 👍 Xu deserves high respect.

[@konfuzon4270]

Great match! Very high level this one. Not the first time the monster Xu Xin get beaten but this time he's playing at his best (at least 4 first games). Fan is doing an incredible job, consistency of forehand precision is top notch, yet when Xu is truing to corner him into backhand he's awsomely steady too. Fan is really serious top contender; Anyway thanks for sharing!

[@СергейВертолётов-ю5х]

Очень Хороший финал, не без ошибок и нерв, но временами очень красивые розыгрыши.наверное таким и должен быть финал. РЕСПЕКТ ОБОИМ

[@fan5188]

FZD shows harimoto a good example of how to properly shout loud. Hope harimoto can learn from FZD😁

[@倔强的风]

最高对拉水平，最高控短水平，最高前三板水平，最高正手强攻水平，太精彩，太精彩了，东京慢慢迎进，可能这就是未来东京奥运男单决赛的较量，congratulations!

[@jamesblunt3886]

My boy returns back！🥳🥳😭

[@clairew5067]

Feel sorry for ITTF, the 2 greatest players in the world deserves a much better resolution.

[@Sherlock-Homeless]

The "Man of Steel" is back to take on XUperman, "The Man of Feel" :D

[@kaptenpingpong6089]

Hahaha good interpretation...

[@PatrickChoi]

The "Man of Steel" is one of Zhang Jike's nicknames

[@rikkunnotdzn]

bro, for the ones who thinks xu xin is undefeatable, you are wrong, he also loses sometimes, yeah this year was a great year for him not gonna lie. but the top player always changes, last year fzd was a machine, he literally was winning everything, and he just got a bad moment at his career, what happens to everybody. so stop making excuses for xu xin that he was tired or something like this, fzd has a big capacity to win every championship, including xu xin!

[@whatever-wn1nk]

These are the 2 best players in the world for now, but Fan is still better. He really looks above everyone.

[@runnerbaba]

ITTF we need 1080p Videos with 60fps please!

[@Raphael-jo1rp]

Definitely not surprised. I think XX only won once vs FZD in the last two years or so... Just the regular result as always.

[@WuFei0707]

Well played by both players, but I feel like XX was less focused on the last set, maybe exhausted. FZD finally back to his best state, mentally and physically.

[@ピンポン-g9w]

Both players are high level. Thank you nice game！

[@turtleboy091]

ITTF is obviously pushing for their website to be used as their main viewing platform. While I don't think this is the best move everyone saying they are using bad cameras are pretty ignorant. They obviously want you to go to their website to watch the matches in high quality so you get custom ads. It's not that hard to comprehend. Their website kinda sucks but the quality of the videos are great.

[@khairulbashar6977]

What short of dilemma it is!! 🤔 I want Fan Zhendong to win. But don’t want Xu Xin to lose either... 😐

[@Ragameiste]

This is the bizzaro alternative to 'I want my cake and eat it too'

[@wonghow]

Fan Zhendong deserve to win. He is much improved and has learnt from matches against Xu Xin and Ma Long and many losses this year.

[@asianzach_brawlstars9772]

I’m so confused

[@dattannguyen4093]

FZD changed his tactic, he didn't always do chiquita anymore, he did much backspin serves instead of reversed pendulum serves. Instead, he dropped shot and sliced the ball with much backspin into XX's backhand, XX then stroked a topspin into FZD's wide forehand, FZD covered it very well.

[@yogenderdagar9336]

Super happy for FAN.

[@iwatchtube5299]

Both are great players .i think FZD played smart by attaking xu xin BH 2 & 3 ball with short and half short slow push. XU XIN is a master of attaking spinny balls ,Short & long chops ,top spin and saide spin. He convert the power of the in coming spinny ball to a super powerful attack. FZD is some what stronger attacking slow ball so he take first control of the rally ( nuterlly becuse he is a BH player, and BH is easier to flip). FZD set the rally so he will attack XU XIN BH with he's FH. Congratulations to FZD 恭喜 范张东

[@mateusrealestate]

Ittf needs 1080p 60fps

[@eladyehuda8827]

Fan Zendong seems to have recovered. More aggressive, more determined and of course more effective

[@ところ-w9d]

7:20 12:20 このバックドライブ好きすぎる ほんと許昕バックハンド上手くなった

[@TheKarstrasse]

Brilliant game by FZD. Xu seems to be using a fairly different equipment

[@fenggan9923]

樊振东离其巅峰状态还有不少差距，正反手进攻质量和稳定性都很一般，而且是在对手没有给你多大压力的情况下。不过，从提升士气上来说，这个冠军实在太重要了。

[@spencerho6368]

許昕狀況不好，跟平常很不一樣，這是在讓球嗎？ 而樊振東前幾場比賽打得很好，實力看來是恢復了，但這場比賽，狀態不好，應該是壓力太大了。

[@leviackerman3308]

@@spencerho6368 这就是两人正常状态下的场面。以前就这个样子。让球的情况国家队以前有，现在早就不可能了。许昕这半年冲击东京单打的决心非常大。

[@spencerho6368]

@@leviackerman3308 我看他打梁靖崑跟Timo Boll那二場比賽，都是威風凜凜！除了許昕這半年來出盡風頭以外，最近王楚欽跟梁靖崑也非常強。東京奧運這塊獎牌落誰家，實在很難講！

[@leviackerman3308]

@@spencerho6368 谈奖牌之前先得谈哪两位能够去成东京的单打。就目前来看，我个人认为，如果樊振东能够保持现在这样的状态到明年，以及马龙不出现新的伤病以及严重的状态下滑，依然是马龙和樊振东去单打的希望最大。

[@WUHANWANGPENG]

@@leviackerman3308 我倒不这样看，从张继科的教训来看，太早成名不是好事。 不如再把樊振东往后藏一藏，有利于樊的长期发展。

[@pingpangfan6136]

Congratulations to fzd, xx is really tired, he plays too many matches every day, if he is not exhausted, he could play more patiently and more precisely, have a good rest xx, you are super man and iron man.

[@konfuzon4270]

I disagree on that one. I've seen Xu Xin in the condition you say, and eventually got a few avoidable defeats because of that, but in this match he looks very tight. Just Fan Zhendong getting raising his confidence through the match, with impressive precision skill. Last game XX seemed a bit off admitedly.

[@pingpangfan6136]

@@konfuzon4270 I am sorry you are wrong, this morning, xx has posted a message in his Weibo, a Chinese social media. He said he has to improve his physical condition, he can't tolerate he is exhaust after playing a series games. By the way, He won't participate the last open of this year.

[@konfuzon4270]

@@pingpangfan6136 Dam it sucks. Hope he'll get back to full form quick. Didn't he just become a father earlier this year? This can be exhausting mentally. Anyway, tired or not he's still a monster!

[@lcsd_7]

@@pingpangfan6136 XX finding excuses on social medias really? How brave lol. He never had a champion's heart anyway like ML ZJK or FZD have.

[@christianwu1309]

@@lcsd_7 Yea expect fzd didn't play xd and lost md. Xx sitting with 2 gold doubles and finalist in singles can't remember a time fzd played all the way to finals for 3 events can you?

[@HarryWizard]

tf? in the FZD inteview they had crisp 1080p content to show? but on the highlights upload 720p is the best they can do for the final? this must be a joke stg

[@MrAlexpinheiro1977]

Today XU XIN the best in the world👏👍😁

[@shaiultrainstinctashalemn.6815]

Good game Xu Xin I love you that you played so quickly.

[@GTyellowjacket_aoe]

how did xx pull up so many amazing back hand far from table

[@NoOffensePies]

Xiao Pang really proved hinself. Xu's missing many shots just slightly into the net, proving Fan's quality. A tight match.

[@dmitriylysov4682]

Shooting from above just destroyed the beauty of table tennis. The operator is rated 1 out of 10. So still not to humiliate the audience... Съемка сверху просто уничтожила красоту настольного тенниса. Оператору оценка 1 из 10. Так еще не унижали зрителей...

[@varuncbv6692]

Soft touches did the trick for FZD.He didn't let cloud walker fly and controlled his aggressive game.Though boring for spectator good result for FZD.Congratulations fzd

[@bioinformaticsonline5988]

Based on recent results I think other players did not improve much, but Fan zhendong and Harimoto have stopped improving themselves. Look how struggling Fan was when playing against Xuxin recently. Xu xin is usually a non-aggressive and not very competitive player. Dominant players like Fan used to beat Xu xin quite comfortably. In this match Fan did stop using banana flick blindly and used more drop shot return instead. But at time he showed frustration because things did not work out well for him, and went back to the bad old habits.

[@honest_noise]

Very smart of FZD to transition to a short touch game for certain points. The smarter player in this specific match for sure.

[@kwjong7829]

Agree with you, this is the comment I want to see, unlike others said FZD win because xx is tired..

[@yuwei2284]

Why the video quality is so poor? And it's very uncomfortable to see the ball clear.

[@patela21]

It doesn’t matter if Fan is addicted to video games, he is still game when it comes to table tennis.

[@leviackerman3308]

I have heard that rumor too from Chinese forums.I Highly doubt the credibility though as Liu Guo Liang once said during a team meeting session that Fan has the strongest ambition for his career in table tennis than any other young players in the national team.

[@abstractexchange5057]

Xu Xin decided to make risky backhand strokes at last sets, and he made a lot of backhand errors in last sets. China is famous in often copying known techniques in various fields . But in table tennis, the penholder reversed side backhand style is really very own creative chinese invention with the brightest representative now, Xu Xin. It is interesting to see how this rarely chinese invention style compete with traditional world shakehand style.

[@名字はい]

There needs to be more coverage of the foreground and the area around the playing arena. Also include the officials and the space around them. You could use a more panoramic view of the sports complex. The lighting needs to be dimmed and adjusted for more shadows. Unless these measures are taken, the players and the ball will still be visible to those watching the video.

[@pshrest1]

Adam is a huge fan of Xu Xin. However, he should keep the commentary more neutral than biased towards Xu Xin all the time! Fan is back and Xu Xin was no match at this caliber!

[@severintala1714]

Thanks for that comment. It's the same way he does when Harimoto and ito play. Annoying he should fuckin be neutral or change job

[@NOBBnobNOB]

0:28ストップの回転量えぐい

[@monog8402]

My Favourite players 1.Ma long 2.Xu Xin 3.Timo boll 4.Fan Zhendong

[@GC-qw5em]

Zhang jike?

[@monog8402]

i also miss him but where is him now

[@ovidiugoioane9861]

Nice match 👍1st FZD was god mode in this Final

[@sachinkumarbhoi1672]

Very good match. FAN is becoming strategical...

[@mia_who]

I was there😂amazing

[@plam1765]

恭喜范振東再奪冠軍!

[@travelator3035]

FZD no longer sucks as a player.

[@sandipdesai7881]

Please uplode these highlights at high frames per second..

[@billalphonso79]

still u cant see clearly the ball

[@imricdirmizli234]

Tebrikler fan zedong Tek geçerim bu dalda seni.(Turkey) Congratulations fan zedong I'm the only one on this branch. 恭喜范泽东 我是这个分支上唯一的一个。

[@陈屺]

Fan zhen dong 😄

[@imricdirmizli234]

@@陈屺 fan zhen donk 😊

[@raga4ka]

Fan Zhendong is finnally back. I guess new ball, mental pressure and exhaustion took a toll on him. He looked like he lost weight as well as speed and power, but now he looks to be inform although I can't say if he will be as dominant as his past self, but this from is still good enough to become number 1.

[@tsc7589]

I love FZD so much

[@귤귤-t5l]

*FZD loses* : man he's going downhill *FZD wins* : his opponent was not in top form You guys hate FZD that much, huh

[@ilkiya8028]

lol this happens when xuxin wins against malong too.

[@귤귤-t5l]

@@ilkiya8028 I guess there's a table tennis hierarchy that people refer to so they can't accept losses of some players

[@ilkiya8028]

@@귤귤-t5l it's happens in every field , when people believing something gonna happens and really hope its gonna happen , but reality tell you different things , then it's hard to accept that. I believe xu xin lost because his backhand not steady and perfect enough against someone like malong and fzd , so he still have to use his forehand right ? The problem his body isnt what he have back in his golden age . Just watch xx vs vladimir samsonov back in his early career , he practicaly almost didnt use his bachkand but still managed to keep the game on . With that being said fzd simply outclasses xuxin

[@귤귤-t5l]

@@ilkiya8028 good to know, thanks

[@ilkiya8028]

@@귤귤-t5l you are welcome its my opinion though

[@namhuggies498]

I Love FZDong ❤️🏓

[@fungkam7501]

I am sure if only XX had won the third set, which he had a great chance, the result would not have been the same.

[@DKPOWA]

Xu Xin´s BH is getting nicer

[@pham1020]

This is the FZD we know.

[@coooolibri]

you can notice how FZD make most of his point on xu xins backhand side. he always tries to avoid forehand side of xu xin. FZD knows its his weaker hand.

[@liuxin8688]

The last year num#1 Fan zhenDong seemly come back~~~~~

[@hyunwoojin2]

Wow wonderful skills. I think Chinese people love and good at playing table tennis!!

[@whatscreenname]

Right when you think that ITTF is starting to put out better quality vids 😒

[@mojtabaghafoory8474]

Fan zhendong is very strong player and won against xu xin several times. Dont say he won because xu xin tired

[@siukeungwan6127]

XX played causally!

[@hdtDivemaster]

I can't wait for ITTF to get a decent camera. Really disrespectful to both athletes and fans to broadcast all of their hard work in this garbage quality. Random amateur KZbinrs could do better than this.

[@shenzhenpingpong]

The two best players while Ma Long is gone.

[@marlonm.agamezatimocarbo-c1830]

Maybe its just me, but its seems that XX was not hungry of winning against FZD...not as he plays with foreigners.

[@Entisen25]

It's like Xu Xin just give up from the 3rd set

[@zijianlu111]

突然发现樊振东很少用反手直接拧来接发球了，80%的球都是靠搓球摆短来控制了，也增加了不少正反手搓球劈长的使用率，感觉前三板的打法上有了质的飞跃哎！

[@juanguerraestevez]

¡Congratulations! Great match.

[@stephsako9711]

4:14 synchro 😂😂😂