WTTC: Ma Long-Ma Lin

And he's back here for the World's. Ma Lin together, and therefore has not so much trouble with service and return as many other players have with Ma Lin. But nevertheless, we will see. There, you see there, he's open, and Ma Lin is not safe. Turning around to his backhand forward. And then after, it's really all advantage of Ma Lin. Ma Lin is having a good form. You see there? Switched the racket there. Playing with the right foot at the forehand. Usually playing with the backhand. A little bit of a risk just to get a little bit more pace. And very early to follow the form of Ma Lin. On the backhand there, Ma Lin, 6-3. See in between. Ma Lin just short board. The way he's coming above the table, you see with this flick. Directly using a very aggressive way of flipping. Almost block, albeit a late block. Different material on the backhand than on the forehand. Good one. Five game points to Ma Long. In the previous quarterfinal, Mizutani was quite poor. Wonderful shot. Good one. Experience and ability to adapt to change. Hoping he comes on the diagonal. The core is preparation. You have to fight with all your might. Now the Olympics is here. Just a short period of time. Ma Lin's shot just now was very beautiful. There is a statistic in table tennis world. They lost to foreigners. Good. There he goes. It's called Ma Lin. After a little bit hesitating of Ma Long. After this little bit softer block of Ma Lin. And again flicking to Ma Lin's backhand. That's a little bit weak point of Ma Lin. As one more time to compare Ma Lin and Wang Hao. I think Wang Hao would be ready for coming stronger with backhand after. Doesn't have to turn around. And Ma Lin really has to turn around in order to put some pressure on Ma Long. That was this point. Little bit the edge at the end. Strong Ma Long. Kept inside this. Coming to the backhand. And finish the ball with deep forehand. Really strong. Keeping the balance of the body very good. Nine points each. Little bit too long. Anyway. Back we go. Nine points each. There he goes. As we would say Ma Long. Ten to nine. Nice. Let's see what Ma Lin would do. It's a big threat to foreign athletes. But. And in so long we can see that even what he does with Wang Hao also gives very good stepping in the ball with his full body. See how much he would be stepping in front. This three point strategy for Ma Lin. And this backhand backhand. It's not that easy to win. Really nice to get the short end of this game. But it's a very very long way for him now to go. But then again not the regular side. Find the regular side. There it is. Finally he's got to take a few chances. So much to say about him. This is exactly what happens from time to time with quite some players. Also the top players. Even what happens from time to time after being swizzled up to have a little bit of loss of concentration. Six. Strong topspin from Ma Long. A lot of time for tactical reasons. This is so much more to the forehand. To the point. First backhand topspin. The ball falls open. He comes in. Through the ball. Better game than he has in the previous three. In this fourth game. Beautiful. He's been interviewing for more than ten years. When asked who he hoped would be better than Zhang Jike. Look now. The other way around. Ma Long was doing this. The table dominates in the rally. Steps in here. The third side. Ma Long needs to try to like open the racket from the ball and he's flying up high. Ma Long can see he's trying. Ma Long makes the first thing around the backhand side. Then he has one point down. Second serve. And waiting for the ball down the line now. Marlin. Second serve. As Marlin gets in with the first strong topspin. There it is. But he's committed himself far wide down the backhand. What a topspin. And that's an error. There it goes. But the block of Marlin is also not that easy. Aiya. Cut it. Good. I'm going to continue to introduce the third match of the top four in China. It's the match between Zhang Jike and Wang Liqin. See you in a bit.