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2010 Qatar Open: Feb 17 -Feb 21 (DOHA) |
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Jonan
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I watched very closely. It's not easy for Ma Long to lose to anyone. Ma Long was sick and his game was off due to such and Wang Liqin got two edge shots at the end of close games that he would have otherwise lost and he ended up winning because of those. |
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I can't agree with you.His world ranking number 1 doesn't make him unbeaten.Wang Liqin was in perfect shape and Ma Long was at his usual level.Liqin was simply better.I didn't put this rally to video but in second set Wang was leading 11-10 and Ma long made edge shot what more he did it again in next rally and eventually won this set. |
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YES, WLQ, THE GREEK GOD OF TABLE TENNIS!!! |
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Good job Wang Liqin! Drought is over, now he needs to continue this into the next tournaments.
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Jonan
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I don't think Ma Long was at his peak form, even if Wang Liqin was I think Ma Long still could've beaten him even with bad luck. I really think having to play against Joo right before Wang Liqin messed him up a bit, first game he hit a ton of forehands into the net and was slow and off balance. That could also have been caused by his apparent sickness. So if he won 1 game due to an edge and he lost 2, it would have come down to a 7th game. And Ma Long IS better, past 15 times he beat Wang Liqin 14 of them, and the one time he lost he played Wang Liqin 3 times that day in a super league match. There are few records on a stretch as near perfect as that with any matchup of any two players. Not saying that Wang Liqin didn't play well, or isn't good in any way, Ma Long's relative floundering may very well have come from clever placement and spin alterations by Wang, he seemed to use a lot of strategy against Ma Long, lots of clever placements, variating his forehand and backhand spins. I still think Ma Long is the better player and should have won if there were no edge shots/sickness/Chinese team politics involved. |
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bbkon
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I m sure wlq couldnt play at that age(21) like ma long
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TBS9x
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Oh come on, if he's really that sick then he wouldn't have beaten all other players, dont tell me the sickness only strikes him in the last match. Besides, while he's being '' sick '', his loops are still crazy and for a top quality athlete, a cold shouldn't be that big of a problem, Waldner used to play and win when he had a 39 degrees fever...
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ROFL Ma Long sweared during his match against WLQ!
Look at 7:45 in ttcountenance's video! he says "wa cao" which is basically the f-word |
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thats wonderful that you have all these excuses but the fact is he lost, no need for 3 paragraphs
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Why don't we all accept the fact that WLQ despite his age was able to outperform Ma Long for one match?
Doesn't matter whether Ma Long was sick or tired or not, everyone has excuses. Here are the facts. Ma Long almost always beats WLQ. Ma Long is currently better than WLQ. WLQ beat Ma Long. I'm proud of WLQ! He played a spectacular game! As for Ma Long, yes he could've played better, too bad he didn't/couldn't. |
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bbkon
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he played with fever when he lost in 1987
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The Wang Liquin-Ma Long match was really interesting for me because the following two reasons:
- Wang Liquin had real problems with his mental game starting from 2006 and a peaked at the Olympics. Now I think he solved his problems and will be again a tough opponent for everyone (Ma Long/Xu Xin/Zang Jike included). Does anybody noted that when he made and error he really was upset and looked behind him almost falling? Now he is more calm and I think he his enjoying his game more. - Wang Liquin found a style that cause great problem to both Ma Long and Zang Jikes. I think that the main cause is the combination in speed and spin of his loops and the smart use of backhand. I think that for both Ma Long and Zang Jikes there where huge problems to counter-loop the Wang Liquin loops because they are not as spinny has the Ma-Long and Xu-Xin ones but are fast and low arched causing Ma Long to have to hit them from a lower point or in any case from a different point than their sweet-spot. Wang Liquin tried to avoid to have Ma Long counter looping on his forehand loop and used in a very effective way his "last moment" down the line backhand, Ma Long is very fast and managed to play most of them but not with great power and with less balance allowing Wang Liquin to move him around. I think the the Wang Liquin career will be longer than expected because he can compete in speed and power with the younger and now he has a key and the confidence to defeat even the stronger players. In any case, for me, seeing Ma Long and Xu Xin looping around in the last Trial was really inspirational :-) |
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nice post stefanoa.
written with the heart it is always good.
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+1 Anybody? I can't believe Wang Hao lost to Ryu... again. |
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I am Wang Liqin supporter. Hope he can continue to win Kuwait Open etc and even one more world single championship next year. If he won, maybe he can go on to win England Olympic too :)
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Im surprised no one picked up on a superb performance in the womens
singles by Daniela Dodean, beating Feng Tianwei (WR6) Kim Kyung Ah
(WR9) and Tie Yana (WR14) on way to the semis. All Fantastic results.
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Thank you ejmaster, I really like both |
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will upload finals/semis soon... unless MU starts wigging out again...
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JimT
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Unfortunately - as always - itTV recorded only some matches. Ryu vs Wang Hao was not among them. |
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I'm Wang Liqin supporter too. I want to wait for Wang Liqin for more win before I can say that Wang Liqin is back to his game. We'll see how it goes in the Kuwait Open. Wang Hao is really not up to his game. I think it is partly that he's spoiled, his behavior after being No. 1 really shows that he did not have the humble of the great athlete and now being overweight really tells us more about him. Hopefully, after being beaten and going down the World ranking will make him more mature and solve his problem to be back to his game again. Xu Xin could feel very sad right now and he's still young enough to learn from his mistake (whatever it is) to become No. 1. He could be emotionally tired after the Team trial but if he's not up for this tournament, he probably should rest to compete in Kuwait Open but I guess he's still young and has a lot of eager after beating a lot of well-known players. Anyway, it's just my observation and opinions, I think I would behave like Wang Hao or Xu Xin if I could be as 1/100 as good as they are :) FireHorse |
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a for Daniela Dodean
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Regarding Wang Liqin win this time, he probably has the luck on his side such as Xu Xin was out of the game too early, Xu Xin could be more threat to WLQ than Ma Long. Ma Long could be sick or had an off day as we think (I tend to agree that Ma Long has an off day by judging at his warm-up with Wang Liqin). After beating Ma Long and Xu Xin was out of the picture, I don't think anyone was strong enough for Wang Liqin.
Regarding the game between Wang Liqin and Ma Long, I think Wang Liqin was better on that day, even though he got more nets or edges than Ma Long but his serve returns were better than Ma Long. Ma Long had some pop-up but Wang Liqin was solid in serve returns. Consistency was another factor, Ma Long tried to rip some winners and it costs him some points. Wang Liqin's backhand was so solid, and his forehand was still dangerous. He's truly a great player. I do feel bad for Ma Long though. But Ma Long is still young and has a lot of time to prove that he's one of the best. FireHorse |
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So what if Long was not up to his peak?? what if he has a cold?? he should have withdrawn if he was afraid to compete. WLQ won it and let's stop trying to stop talking about the things that weren't facts. The fact is for this match up WLQ played really well..
If we want to talk about theory, I have a new conspiracy theory that the Chinese was concern the world will be bored if Wang Liqin kept sweeping all the championship, so at the end of 2006, they told him to relax a bit, play around, EJ'ing around - and gave the others a chance.. This supposedly last for 2 years until 2008, but WLQ got a little carried away and won the 2007 WTTC so they double his jail time to 2010. This year finally Liu Guoliang told him that he can be himself again that's why he played so good.. |
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I like that FireHorse |
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wang liqin the best among the best!!!
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