Liu was a relentless attacking beast. Absolutely marvelous to watch with his speed, footwork, placement and smashing attacks (short pips don't generate lots spin and the ball travels faster and straighter = more speed)
It doesn't take much footwork to smash near the table.He didn't even pivot that much as his chop block was very awkward to due to the pimples.His final against Ma Lin was great because he got into rallies .
Liu Guoliang is the true GOAT! 10 time world champion with 8 of them consecutively from 1987 to 2022. 8 time Olympic champion, 2 Copa del Rey, 7 Wimbledon and 69 time AVN performer of the year!
@@TheBobbymcdindeed, those were the reasons listed for the changes, but choppers and penhold players suffered greatly because of the changes, and it's widely acknowledged that the changes were at least partially an attempt to break Chinese dominance of the sport.(didn't exactly work)
He is a Beast with short pips and close to the table relentless attacks. Once you get him going with his attacks it is almost impossible to stop him. Waldner is probably one of the few that can counter his speed with ball placements.
This is a common myth: Stellan Bengsston told me that a Romanian player (whose name escapes me) showed up to a tournament in the 80s with RPB, destroyed, was heavily studied by the Chinese, and then didn’t have much of a career after that. Liu was just the first professional Chinese player to add it to his toolbox. Not that it’s not a huge feat! But not “invented.”
Waldner and Liu 95 world has the 2 best points, 1 the paralel service that Liu puts back and attack. 2 Waldner play half long service and liu topsins it squatting
You know how good you are when ITTF had to change the rules just to make you less competitive.. LGL a Legendary career cut short by ITTF at the age of just 26 years old..
@@BrunoNeureiterITTF replaced the 38mm ball with the 40 mm balls which made the game slower and took a bit of the spins away. Then they changed the rules of service. Liu was known to rely heavily on his service to set up his game. He became less competitive because of the changes made, and decided to retire. Btw, he was the olympic champion at just 20 years old.
His ball contact iscso early that even his fellow Chinese players like ma lin and wang liqin have to position themselves far from the table because they're already out of position at the start of the rally.
21 points is insane when you think about it. AND BEST OF 5...holy cardio
' ... holy cardio ... ' 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤣🤣
If a belive, it was best out of three back then.
@@123456789055332 BO5 for singles and BO3 for team match
It wasn't that bad. Because rallies were shorter due to 38mm ball in the past. I remember playing for 7 hrs straight as a teenager...
Waldner got a taste of his own serve😂😂 4:02
For sure 😂😂😂
Bro got a taste of his own medicine
Hahah, just discovered those 2 and watching them play against each other was kind of stressful 😂
Waldner destroyed him in the 2000 Olympics using long serves.
Liu was a beast at his prime . Almost unstoppable
I’m glad that the game evolved. I love modern table tennis.
Essas homenagens são maravilhosas e merecidas. Parabéns ao Liu por tudo o que fez pelo esporte👏👏👏👏
Liu was a relentless attacking beast. Absolutely marvelous to watch with his speed, footwork, placement and smashing attacks (short pips don't generate lots spin and the ball travels faster and straighter = more speed)
It doesn't take much footwork to smash near the table.He didn't even pivot that much as his chop block was very awkward to due to the pimples.His final against Ma Lin was great because he got into rallies .
How fast is the pace ! truly great !❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Liu has too many very creative and unpredictable serves and shots.
Liu Guoliang is the true GOAT! 10 time world champion with 8 of them consecutively from 1987 to 2022. 8 time Olympic champion, 2 Copa del Rey, 7 Wimbledon and 69 time AVN performer of the year!
4:09 - check out which side of Liu's racket is used in this "ace" serve
Very nice player ! 🎉
1:55 shakehand :)
Legend
the pace is even faster than the current wtt’s top players !
Because of speed glue and a different ball
@@lkahd3456 did they slow the game down so the cameras could catch it and how did the players feel about it
@@TheBobbymcdindeed, those were the reasons listed for the changes, but choppers and penhold players suffered greatly because of the changes, and it's widely acknowledged that the changes were at least partially an attempt to break Chinese dominance of the sport.(didn't exactly work)
@@explodingsteak4268 thanks that was an education and no it didnt exactly work
Because the ball is smaller (38 mm) back then.
Increíble la trayectoria de Liu lo ha ganado todo como jugador entrenador y dirigente unos de los mejores en la historia
He is a Beast with short pips and close to the table relentless attacks. Once you get him going with his attacks it is almost impossible to stop him. Waldner is probably one of the few that can counter his speed with ball placements.
reverse side serve
Also, the inventor of the RPH that made Ma Lin, Wang Hoa, and Xu Xin so good.
This is a common myth: Stellan Bengsston told me that a Romanian player (whose name escapes me) showed up to a tournament in the 80s with RPB, destroyed, was heavily studied by the Chinese, and then didn’t have much of a career after that.
Liu was just the first professional Chinese player to add it to his toolbox. Not that it’s not a huge feat! But not “invented.”
The only thing that invented was serving with the backside of the blade.
@@alexanderdickens2517actually Liu was not first Chinese to use rpb but another short pimple legend--Jiang jialiang
I really like this series
When some of the videos of LGL are actually higher quality than WTT videos nowadays...
great backhand
basically ancient pingpong gods fighting scenes
Pls make more of these
Nice video 👍👍👏👏
Waldner and Liu 95 world has the 2 best points, 1 the paralel service that Liu puts back and attack. 2 Waldner play half long service and liu topsins it squatting
You know how good you are when ITTF had to change the rules just to make you less competitive.. LGL a Legendary career cut short by ITTF at the age of just 26 years old..
Why?
@@BrunoNeureiterITTF replaced the 38mm ball with the 40 mm balls which made the game slower and took a bit of the spins away. Then they changed the rules of service. Liu was known to rely heavily on his service to set up his game. He became less competitive because of the changes made, and decided to retire. Btw, he was the olympic champion at just 20 years old.
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i hope we all agree points getting better with the new rules in early 2000
His ball contact iscso early that even his fellow Chinese players like ma lin and wang liqin have to position themselves far from the table because they're already out of position at the start of the rally.
Where are the top shots? Pretty mediocre for a top 20 list. Very unusual top shots video.
What a stupid comment
Esse saque no minuto 4:10, não seria ilegal?
Liu Guoliang got too into table tennis his head started to look ling a ping pong ball
Head coach china team
look at the crowd...the players now are getting followers like the beatles
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he wasnt short pips
those are good shots but not top 20s