UAE Open: Wang Hao-Ma Long

[decoyla]

YouTube should have a SLowmotion setting. there were so many amazing shots that are very hard to see in detail... YouTube time to get of your arse and start coding

[uddaside]

Ha wang is back! his form dipped after operation

[MrPartypooper]

classic, pen holder vs handshake.

[twentysixxxsc]

was it just me or at 2:58 did Hao score and they gave it to long? lol

[vangeo1923]

euro guys get bitchslapped playing against these guys.

[EdMajinLee199999]

for anyone who believes that the chinese play at such a higher level than Europeans don't seem to understand that the two styles are completely different and are barely even comparable at the highest level. It all comes down to the skill of the players in implementing a gameplan.

[Cheunges]

ma long is getting slower .

[goldenstyx]

5:54 damn

[WallE2512]

As I have seen for more than one year, this is the first time for Wang Hao to beat Ma long. Wang Hao tried hard to come back at German Open last year, but he still lost to Ma Long at that time. Today, he must feel so good.

[kitmo123456789]

0:17-0:18 CRAB FOOTWORK!

[glans32]

Hao's backhand was back!!!

[BasSIsTK1]

what rubber and racket does Ma Long use?

[gammatnt]

how much were they selling the  tickets? the seats were only half filled.

[wip3outxpander]

GJ WANG HAO !!!!

[mudrnudl]

wang hao strarted to play good in the end (when he realised that another game woudlnt be good for him) - smart placement and lot of power -> best weapons against quick players like ma long

if ma lasted this last game he wuould surely win

[nitroteddy01]

If i were to face Wang Hao's rpb ...

I wouldn't know whether I should shit myself or jizz in my pants

[Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh]

The beast? Are you guying watching too much of Kung Fu Hustle?

[mrmr1964]

QUITE SIMPLY these guys play at a higher level than the rest. Great match. Thanks TTC.

[miscforum]

did xu xin compete in the uae open?

[davidtomasnilsson]

@miscforum Xu Xin lost to Ma Long.

[tyoungos]

Realistically, both Ma Long and Wang Hao perform at such a high level which is simply unattainable to any European player today. Well, what European players can do are in awe of Ma and Wang. #LOL

[taubaibai]

@tyoungos btw: #1 in the world ranking is an european player ;)

[TheDouglasification]

@taubaibai dude, everyone knows that the ittf rankings are total crap. The only reason Timo Boll is number 1 is because China boycotted last years pro tour.

[sak0815]

@TheDouglasification Boll can defeat every single chinese player on any given day. It's not only a lucky coincidence he's no. 1. He actually IS pretty good!

[TheDouglasification]

@sak0815 Actually, it's very lucky he's number 1. He's a very good player, but no, he doesn't deserve to be number 1. If you read my comment, China boycotted last year's pro tour, so their ranking points went down. And no, he can't beat every single chinese player on any given day. Just saying that shows that you are a Boll fan through and through (nothing wrong with that) but you have to look at it objectively. Xu Xin 4-0'ed him on the recent Qatar open, man. And it's not like he played bad.

[sak0815]

@TheDouglasification I'm not a Boll fan, i like Michael Maze more. Why did i watch some videos of events in 2010 where Timo defeated chinese players? Very mysterious. He belongs where he is, believe me.

[TheDouglasification]

@sak0815 Haha. I see you're from Germany. I'm not denying that Boll is and awesome player. I'll give you some stats on the past 4 years of Boll's career against the top Chinese (Found on the ittfranking website). And of course they can be defeated.  (WIN%)

Boll vs Chen Qi: 1-3 (33%)

Boll vs Ma Lin: 2-7 (28.6%)

Boll vs Ma Long: 2-7 (28.6%)

Boll vs Wang Hao: 1-6 (16.7%)

Boll vs Wang Liqin: 0-3 (0%)

Boll vs Xu Xin: 0-3 (0%)

Boll vs Zhang Jike 0-1 (0%)

True story.

[perniciousnc]

@TheDouglasification boll vs xuxin 0-4 , vs zhangjike 1-1 i think they hvn't updated the qatar open ones

[TheDouglasification]

@perniciousnc True, true. Thanks for pointing that out

[TheDouglasification]

@sak0815 I'm not a Boll hater, but those stats firmly show that while he does defeat them sometimes, he cannot do it on "any given day" to take the top place as number 1. He is still a fantastic player. I don't really like his forehand lol. Looks too chickenwing-ish. His backhand and sportsmanship is just plain awesome.

[Galimah]

@tyoungos Just you wait for 10 too 15 years, i´ll bet we will see a non chinese world champion by then

[gsofficial]

wang hao is looking like his old self, ma long is getting back into form but he's not quite there yet

[Matrixponnoob]

Insane points, best I´ve seen in months :P

More power and fighting spirit in this one :P

[perniciousnc]

3:05 tat backhand has insane power lol

didn't expect ma long to slip on fifth n sixth game, couldn't keep up with the unforced errors. he could do better.

i think these two are the two players for chinese olympic single 2012

[ttc537dp]

Great quality, thanks

[utahjai]

These ittf matches has becoming China's internal pre-qualifying rounds for the coming Olympic games in England.

in my opinion Ma long, Wang ho, and XuXin will be the choosen 3. We just have to wait and see.

[scylla24]

@utahjai Yeah but unfortunately, as further measures to stop Chinese table tennis domination, the ITTF have ruled that each country can now only enter in 2 players, instead of three.

[utahjai]

@scylla24 Really!, if China still winning then allow one? still winning then allow no body? Doesn't make sense to me.

[scylla24]

@utahjai well the ITTF has a long history of changing the rules to make it harder for China to dominate. They changed the size of the ball, deemed hidden serves illegal, took away speed glue, and changed the game from 21 points to 11. So its not surprising that they are changing it so that only 2 Chinese can compete instead of three. Especially given the fact that in Beijing, China won gold, silver, bronze, for both men and women, and both teams won gold also

[iandemagi]

@scylla24

China by the world ranking deserves more spots-b only giving 2 or 3 players the world does get to see someone like Hou Yingchao-what a crock of shit!

[drogiakabest]

@utahjai

yeah but what about the wttc this year ?!

[Vaydayer]

王皓， 我们爱你

[ttCrawsaive]

God thank you to give us some high quality match from every tournament!

[clmdss]

great win. well deserved. comprehensive victory against the beast.

[WianekJumper]

2:59 what a flip _O_

[max095]

After this victory by Wang Hao, he becomes officially world number 1...

[IseeYouNewb]

@max095 really? =( that sucks

[mehdi4992HD]

Ma Long =(

[Bossiiiii]

great match! and great comments... no spoilers

[MrMagatoo]

great match!

choke alert

[MrVize5]

great match!!!