The other guy just didn't miss simple as that. He played above his level and this was his time. Ma Long has proved how good he is for many years. One loss and everyone says he's rubbish!? No one wins every match. Get real.
Not just one loss. Recently Ma Long had more losses than his past matches. He is just slower than Qihao. Qihao has great ability and he is giving away the 6th game
Yes. Either 1. To try to hide him for upcoming tournaments from the japanese/european concurrents..or 2. To protect ma longs legacy...you canclearly hear the commentators only shout*chua lea!* always when ma long wins a point...pretty biased somehow..
Ma Long was phenomenal in mid distance but now days this is forbidden territory for him because this knee and new style of play right on the bounce . It's very hard to do full stroke forehand near the table and when the ball is deep it is even harder to counter with big swing . Ma Long can push trough this with good form and momentum but he can't dominate just because the ball came so fast after his first powerful full stroke that it's very likely he hit edge , miss the ball or it is waaay wide in his forehand , staying near table make this CONSTANCY hard . In order to dominate without physical strain he needs to change his game again and this take time and different opponent style matches it is very hard to dominate when your body isn't 100% . He doesn't have great backhand flip or supper fast backhand sudden change on the straight and is forced to use full stroke forehand that isn't always winner and put him in difficult situation . If his forehand was 10% more powerful he could easy win against everyone with this game and movement .
Ma Long is allowed to lose a match lol. You don't think the new guard(LJK, ZQH FZD) are hungry? They know who they're up against, they play the best they can.
@@honest_noise I still can't believe or understand how Fan lost to Liang at the 2019 WTTC. Liang is visibly not as good as Fan but this is TT. Fan is now the best player in the world. Hopefully, Fan can keep this up and win the Olympic single Gold and 2021 WTTC single.
Ma Long is playing better than 2 months before . His form is coming back but he gives power to his disappointment of some bad luck or great yet part luck shots from his opponents and therefore he loses some concentration and gives some easy points next and release the tension that he could build for his opponent. I see his passion to play and he is pushing and his game points in the right direction just do not be frustrated trough the match It only hurt you and your game . If he plays at this hard competition two, three months and is healthy he will rise up his touch ,balance , movement , power and mental toughness . Here Fan is at 100% , Xu Xin plays really good and Ma Long just needs some more competition play to hit his peak performance after absence do to injury . Zike's game was way off and needed not just good form but change of technique and timing , this is time consuming and is harder than just to get in form . Ma Long also needs to adjust but not because his game is weak , he need to change in order to preserve his body better and play for as long as possible with less risk of injury as possible therefore I expect great things from him :)
Have never seen this many unforced errors by ML. He is still recovering and around 50%. After Fan was in bad shape in first half of 2019 and came back with a boom in the second half, i hope the same for ML. If he is at 100% there is nobody being nearly as good as him. He is just pure power, timing and adaption.
At the moment, ML's lateral movement is limited. Whether at 31 he can recover the speed and flexibility after a critical surgery, remains to be seen. He's got nothing left to prove to anyone but himself.
Ma Long lost his backhand, this is why he loses more matches than before. His backhand is underperforming, less powerful, he can't dominate the game by distributing the ball with his backhand because puts less pressure. So in this this match he tried to use pivot for more power with his forehand but consequently he has to do more moving effort and he isn't in the shape of his life. When he reuse his backhand at different moment of the match, he wasn't in confidence so he made mistakes and Zhou Qihao played it right. His defeat makes sense even if it was really close, Zhou Qihao played really well, he seemed to be confident and focused in this match. I hope that Ma Long regains his level of the past even if he has won everything in his career.
That, and hey; his change of pace at the backhand is no longer effective... He needs to bring the full power opening, instead of this speed variation... FZD can read it easily, Xu Xin, etc; now also the kids??? Dayum... It seems like he's feasting from Ma Long's backhand dude... Makes me anxious just waiting when he's gonna change the pace and the kid is gonna smash it into his face..
ZQH has a great snap BH. But his FH needs more consistency under pressure. It looks like ML is a just a half step slow. He doesn't have the spring like he used to. Must be the bum knee.
The difference in skill between the best on the CNT and the worst isn't even that great, so any injuries or lack of adjustments on the stronger player's part could easily turn what some viewers view as an easy win into an upset. If the underdog is playing the game of their life too, anything can really happen. Remember, the only reason the lesser-known CNT players are ranked so low by the ITTF is because they don't get the chance to compete internationally as much.
Nothing is forever. The young Chinese players have caught up and surpassed Ma Long, just as Ma Long surpassed Wang Liqin, Ma Lin, Wanghao. That is the cycle.
Ma Long’s speed is very evident in recent plays. His forehand dominance is no longer viable unless he makes drastic changes to his backhand side. His bread and butter of positioning forehand dominant on the backhand court is getting abused by the younger generation.
Yo y’all seeing where Ma Long is standing to receive them serves? Homie all the way in the corner so he can use his FH more. But why doesn’t the opponent just serve a fast one down the line?
Peace! Iesu aini amen. God Bless:D P.s. John 14:6 'n Acts 16:31 because He's the only Way to Heaven indeed. Hallelujah! Maranatha in Jesus Christ name 'n in His Holy blood amen!
@@adnangulener9740 japonlarda şimdiye kadar bir kadinlarda "Mima ito", çine karşi iyidi, birde bu yeni gelen tomakazu onun dişinda diyerleri hep kaybedip durdu çinlere karşi, bunun tek sebebi şu: çinler çok farkli antraman yapiyor, hiç farkettinmi bilmiyorum hareketleri daha uzun, topu daha çok aşşagidan çekiyor, kullandiklari lastik çok daha sert, ve çok eminim Tuning var bunlarda. Almanlar ve diyerleri kollarini topu çekerken yaridan çekiyor, tamm inmiyor, ondan zaten bu çinlerin ömrü uzun olmuyor... Malin, Whang hao, birtane daha vardi unuttum adini dünya şampiyonu, bunlar piyasada yok artik boll hala var, en basit örnek! Zaten bir milyar insan var düşünsene hep yeni bir şampiyon çikariyorlar🤣
I think Long's forehand caused bigger problem because of the right knee issue. Not his backhand. His back hand is still in the same level of his old time, which is not used as his dominant killing shot. Unfortunately he has to use backhand more nowadays. Nobody knows when the knee injure can be fully recovered. Maybe never. Sad but face it. New generation needs to pop up.
ZHQ: I know how to beat my colleague in the home tournament ML: You will never meet me at the international tournament....cause other players will beat you before that happened
not exactly only beat by Chinese player. Ma Long has lost to Harimoto and Lin Yun in a single tournament. Ma Long has lost in other matches. He is just older and you cannot expect same performance as when he was young.
@@wonghow I don't believe 30 is old, it's probably his kneee injury that handicaps him. Timo at 38 can still give players like fan zhendong a real fight so...
bruce lee said you have to adapt to the opponent and only waldner could do this against 5 generations of the best chinese and european players, as ali the legend boxer said, now bow all you suckers
ha the goat lol, too old now 30 year old lol waldner still kicking arse at nearly 50, stop making excuses you ma long pretty boys, there will only be one legend so shut up now,ha i knew his time would come robots soon get tired.
A lot of biased messages around. Reality tells a different story. First we are talking about Marvellous 12 tournament, not a random ITTF tournament. Second, ML is 30 yo. Third, he has done poorly for more than a year. The stats speak by itself. People should realize that by now and just enjoy the last year(s)of the champ because he's not gonna last forever...
thanks for pointing that out. that's what i think too. he can afford to retire now. he has done everything. he and coaches should let it go. he needs some rest. we must be grateful for what he achieved. he's the King.
@@TheMthuber yeah, but there is still a difference between two of them. Ma was world champion '15; '17 and '19 (3 times in a row). He can still play, but not on that TOP level.
@@xray8110 Of course he can still play at the top level jesus christ... can people just calm down and not always say "ma long is bad no he better retire" everytime he loses a match... u all said that last year as well and then he came back and won 3 events in a row including wc
@@mortuc1 we ll see, but I dont think so. I think that he reached top (was on top many years) and now his form, speed, motivation...everything goes down, what is totally normal to me. 3 times world champion, not same desire for playing, if you understand me
The chinese national tournament are tougher than international ones for the chinese 😂
Hey, Zhou is very powerful, amazing BH, very fast and crazy spin, confidence, give him credit. I love his style of game.
The other guy just didn't miss simple as that. He played above his level and this was his time. Ma Long has proved how good he is for many years. One loss and everyone says he's rubbish!? No one wins every match. Get real.
The thing is that Ml just can't move properly anymore. It is quite visible. Otherwise he would still own.
Not just one loss. Recently Ma Long had more losses than his past matches. He is just slower than Qihao. Qihao has great ability and he is giving away the 6th game
@ i feel like some people really want to see legends decline. I remember they were demanding Boll retire in 2015
These people haven't played any sports in their life otherwise they would understand every sportsperson will have such a phase in their career
This is not a one-time wonder. Don’t forget that Qihao beat Ma Long in last year’s marvelous 12 as well. More than just luck.
Win or Defeat, Ma Long is still the dictator. Zhou however, made the match challenging enough for him. All the best for both players.
thank you my indian broddah
phaniraj,
Ma Long is no more the fierce dragon he once was. He has nothing to prove after winning 3 straight WTTC singles.
I feel some people down playing how good Zhou Qihao is
Facts
I agree
he act like zhang jike. he is new generation zhang jike
Yes. Either 1. To try to hide him for upcoming tournaments from the japanese/european concurrents..or 2. To protect ma longs legacy...you canclearly hear the commentators only shout*chua lea!* always when ma long wins a point...pretty biased somehow..
Factos
I think serve returns are going to reach a whole new level soon.
Zhou qihao.my new favourite player.i like his playing style. Hopefully he will have brighter success in his career soon.
This is insane, the new generation is dominating the old by taking control over the match with super fast paced games to fit their modern playstyle
MaLong’s still number one. He have come back!
Great match! Beating Ma Long isn't easy at all.
Ma Long was phenomenal in mid distance but now days this is forbidden territory for him because this knee and new style of play right on the bounce . It's very hard to do full stroke forehand near the table and when the ball is deep it is even harder to counter with big swing . Ma Long can push trough this with good form and momentum but he can't dominate just because the ball came so fast after his first powerful full stroke that it's very likely he hit edge , miss the ball or it is waaay wide in his forehand , staying near table make this CONSTANCY hard . In order to dominate without physical strain he needs to change his game again and this take time and different opponent style matches it is very hard to dominate when your body isn't 100% . He doesn't have great backhand flip or supper fast backhand sudden change on the straight and is forced to use full stroke forehand that isn't always winner and put him in difficult situation . If his forehand was 10% more powerful he could easy win against everyone with this game and movement .
Ma Long is allowed to lose a match lol. You don't think the new guard(LJK, ZQH FZD) are hungry? They know who they're up against, they play the best they can.
Calling FZD the new guard is silly
Nisarg Bhatt hes been around for a while sure but he’s 22. He’s going to be around a lot longer.
@@honest_noise
I still can't believe or understand how Fan lost to Liang at the 2019 WTTC. Liang is visibly not as good as Fan but this is TT. Fan is now the best player in the world. Hopefully, Fan can keep this up and win the Olympic single Gold and 2021 WTTC single.
The rallies get faster and faster. Where is this gonna end? The shot frequency is insane!
Ma Long is playing better than 2 months before . His form is coming back but he gives power to his disappointment of some bad luck or great yet part luck shots from his opponents and therefore he loses some concentration and gives some easy points next and release the tension that he could build for his opponent. I see his passion to play and he is pushing and his game points in the right direction just do not be frustrated trough the match It only hurt you and your game . If he plays at this hard competition two, three months and is healthy he will rise up his touch ,balance , movement , power and mental toughness . Here Fan is at 100% , Xu Xin plays really good and Ma Long just needs some more competition play to hit his peak performance after absence do to injury . Zike's game was way off and needed not just good form but change of technique and timing , this is time consuming and is harder than just to get in form . Ma Long also needs to adjust but not because his game is weak , he need to change in order to preserve his body better and play for as long as possible with less risk of injury as possible therefore I expect great things from him :)
wow Zhou's backhand is incredibly strong
Proud of you dude i pray you are injury free.
New Zhang JiKe in da house!
Have never seen this many unforced errors by ML. He is still recovering and around 50%. After Fan was in bad shape in first half of 2019 and came back with a boom in the second half, i hope the same for ML.
If he is at 100% there is nobody being nearly as good as him. He is just pure power, timing and adaption.
At the moment, ML's lateral movement is limited. Whether at 31 he can recover the speed and flexibility after a critical surgery, remains to be seen. He's got nothing left to prove to anyone but himself.
does anybody know a link to the mainpage of the tournament? would like to see the table with all matches/players... thanks
The RUclips channel, Live China, has all games live.
RUclips channel named Live China
RUclips channel Live China
@@fallwood111 谢谢！
@@fallwood111 thank you, I didn´t mean videos. The mainpage of the event where I could look at the table/matrix which shows all games/players.
The beginning of the end of Ma Long
Ma Long lost his backhand, this is why he loses more matches than before.
His backhand is underperforming, less powerful, he can't dominate the game by distributing the ball with his backhand because puts less pressure. So in this this match he tried to use pivot for more power with his forehand but consequently he has to do more moving effort and he isn't in the shape of his life. When he reuse his backhand at different moment of the match, he wasn't in confidence so he made mistakes and Zhou Qihao played it right. His defeat makes sense even if it was really close, Zhou Qihao played really well, he seemed to be confident and focused in this match.
I hope that Ma Long regains his level of the past even if he has won everything in his career.
yep, his BH is a huge limiting factor right now. and even when he pivots, there is no quality on the FHs.
Pro tactics against Ma are easy today: expose him on the wide forehand, because his knee prevents a quick recovery there. What a shame ...
That, and hey; his change of pace at the backhand is no longer effective... He needs to bring the full power opening, instead of this speed variation... FZD can read it easily, Xu Xin, etc; now also the kids??? Dayum... It seems like he's feasting from Ma Long's backhand dude... Makes me anxious just waiting when he's gonna change the pace and the kid is gonna smash it into his face..
Ma Long's style is the same but much slower and more passive than his past, that results in his style being less effective.
ZQH has a great snap BH. But his FH needs more consistency under pressure. It looks like ML is a just a half step slow. He doesn't have the spring like he used to. Must be the bum knee.
Ma just came apart in the last 3 games with unforced mistakes, shows his body and mind are not in the same place.
zhou qi hao acts like zhang jike!
The difference in skill between the best on the CNT and the worst isn't even that great, so any injuries or lack of adjustments on the stronger player's part could easily turn what some viewers view as an easy win into an upset. If the underdog is playing the game of their life too, anything can really happen. Remember, the only reason the lesser-known CNT players are ranked so low by the ITTF is because they don't get the chance to compete internationally as much.
Anyone knows what kind of shoes Zhou wears?
Ma Long the best 👍
When was Ma Long's injury? Was it during a match, or during training?
Победить Ма Лонга многого стоит!
Very sad to see Ma Long is getting old and slow now ! You have done a good job in your TT life, though.
Nothing is forever. The young Chinese players have caught up and surpassed Ma Long, just as Ma Long surpassed Wang Liqin, Ma Lin, Wanghao. That is the cycle.
@@wonghow Totally agree with you. Nobody can fight against nature. I am so sad !
Ma Long’s speed is very evident in recent plays. His forehand dominance is no longer viable unless he makes drastic changes to his backhand side. His bread and butter of positioning forehand dominant on the backhand court is getting abused by the younger generation.
Needless to say Zhou Qihao played extremely well; the upcoming generation knows they have to play at their best level to garner any wins.
Zhou play style looks exactly like zhang zike
Yo y’all seeing where Ma Long is standing to receive them serves? Homie all the way in the corner so he can use his FH more. But why doesn’t the opponent just serve a fast one down the line?
If ma changes tactics and stop playing fast v fast against younger opponents he will be king again.
昕爷有机会去奥运会了，呵呵呵呵
Ma Long needs to rethink how to play with his age and the player is as fast as he is.
Caralho, q partida!
Peace! Iesu aini amen. God Bless:D P.s. John 14:6 'n Acts 16:31 because He's the only Way to Heaven indeed. Hallelujah! Maranatha in Jesus Christ name 'n in His Holy blood amen!
Rubber and blade at perfect
It will make win easy
これはなんの大会名乗る
Ma Long şu servisi değiştir artık ! backhand leri terse atmalısın ! anla artık !
Sanirsam zamani geçti gibi! Ama çinlerde hiç sorun değil, bir gittiği gibi bir diyeri geliyor, almanyada yaşiyorum bir boll var🤣
@@deniz5661 japonlarda
@@adnangulener9740 japonlarda şimdiye kadar bir kadinlarda "Mima ito", çine karşi iyidi, birde bu yeni gelen tomakazu onun dişinda diyerleri hep kaybedip durdu çinlere karşi, bunun tek sebebi şu: çinler çok farkli antraman yapiyor, hiç farkettinmi bilmiyorum hareketleri daha uzun, topu daha çok aşşagidan çekiyor, kullandiklari lastik çok daha sert, ve çok eminim Tuning var bunlarda. Almanlar ve diyerleri kollarini topu çekerken yaridan çekiyor, tamm inmiyor, ondan zaten bu çinlerin ömrü uzun olmuyor... Malin, Whang hao, birtane daha vardi unuttum adini dünya şampiyonu, bunlar piyasada yok artik boll hala var, en basit örnek! Zaten bir milyar insan var düşünsene hep yeni bir şampiyon çikariyorlar🤣
@@deniz5661 Tomokazı Harimoto , bi Xu Xin i yenemedi ancak bundan sonra 1.liğe doğru
gidiyor ne de olsa yarı Çinli :)
Я за Ма Long
i think ma long is gonna be world 1 again very soon
amen
1:40 6:02 good
I think Long's forehand caused bigger problem because of the right knee issue. Not his backhand. His back hand is still in the same level of his old time, which is not used as his dominant killing shot. Unfortunately he has to use backhand more nowadays. Nobody knows when the knee injure can be fully recovered. Maybe never. Sad but face it. New generation needs to pop up.
malong is fighter
0:55えぐ
🏓👍
Болел за Ма Лонга, но соперник был лучше!!!!
长江后浪推前浪！
马龙发球缺乏变化。好多球员都掌握逆侧旋发球
ZHQ: I know how to beat my colleague in the home tournament
ML: You will never meet me at the international tournament....cause other players will beat you before that happened
I hope i can be alive until the time ML retires and became a coach himself, could he helps someone in next generation to be like him or similar?
廉颇老矣！中国队青黄不接鱼龙混杂，膏药队说不定在主场真的能有突破呢！要是这次还不行，大不了完了以后再把规矩改改，。。。
Он просто взял и выиграл Ма Лонга
Ma Long Luze!!! WTF???
Apparently Ma long is going downhill, i don't see his speed and power in this match.
He's injured, he can't play like 3 years ago for example. It affected him big, can't keep up apparently.
Where else do you go when you were at the top? Such a non-comment
what ever they say, Ma Long can only beat by chinese player
not exactly only beat by Chinese player. Ma Long has lost to Harimoto and Lin Yun in a single tournament. Ma Long has lost in other matches. He is just older and you cannot expect same performance as when he was young.
@@wonghow yes u are right.. But he is the best because he hold no1 for a very long time compared to others
@@wonghow Harimoto and Lin Yun Ju also "chinese", hehehe sorry to say that
@@wonghow I don't believe 30 is old, it's probably his kneee injury that handicaps him. Timo at 38 can still give players like fan zhendong a real fight so...
Nah ¿ a real fight lmao FZD beat him no sweat
bruce lee said you have to adapt to the opponent and only waldner could do this against 5 generations of the best chinese and european players, as ali the legend boxer said, now bow all you suckers
張本の方がつえぇ
ha the goat lol, too old now 30 year old lol waldner still kicking arse at nearly 50, stop making excuses you ma long pretty boys, there will only be one legend so shut up now,ha i knew his time would come robots soon get tired.
ils sont nuls , je joue mieux
A lot of biased messages around. Reality tells a different story. First we are talking about Marvellous 12 tournament, not a random ITTF tournament. Second, ML is 30 yo. Third, he has done poorly for more than a year. The stats speak by itself. People should realize that by now and just enjoy the last year(s)of the champ because he's not gonna last forever...
thanks for pointing that out. that's what i think too. he can afford to retire now. he has done everything. he and coaches should let it go. he needs some rest. we must be grateful for what he achieved. he's the King.
Ma long playing so lazy
Go retire Ma...younger generations are comming...
well look at Timo. Its still possible to play with higher age
@@TheMthuber yeah, but there is still a difference between two of them.
Ma was world champion '15; '17 and '19 (3 times in a row). He can still play, but not on that TOP level.
Martin Huber Timo is a legend
@@xray8110 Of course he can still play at the top level jesus christ... can people just calm down and not always say "ma long is bad no he better retire" everytime he loses a match... u all said that last year as well and then he came back and won 3 events in a row including wc
@@mortuc1 we ll see, but I dont think so. I think that he reached top (was on top many years) and now his form, speed, motivation...everything goes down, what is totally normal to me. 3 times world champion, not same desire for playing, if you understand me
Ma Long is just to arrogant
yes he does get arrogant sometimes. He won 12 year old Harimoto. He thought he could beat Harimoto again when Harimoto turned 14years old.
@@wonghow What?