--- LONG LIVE MA LONG!!!!! as quoted by our TTD member (Mwit_Psychoror) in the chat stream ---
What an opening match in the men's singles quarter finals at the Hungarian Open World Tour 2012. Ma Long and Chen Qi produced a spectacular show for the table tennis fans across the globe! In superb fashion World number 1 Ma Long defeated Chen Qi by 4 games to 3 with scores: 8-11,10-12,11-6,5-11,11-7,11-5,12-10
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Chen Qi opened the game with incredible determination and sheer focus! Many fans in our chat stream were impressed with Chen Qi's improved backhand topspin! Chen raced into a 3 set to 1 lead and it looked all set that the World's number 1 table tennis player was out of the Hungarian Open. However, Ma Long managed to gain his form point by point. Ma made use of exploiting Chen Qi's wide forehand. This enforced left hander Chen to defend which as a result lost his momentum and rhythm in the match.
Ma Long bought the game back into the seventh set! The World number 1 took a 5-3 lead and changed ends. Ma made full use of his serves to produce a strong third ball which opened the rally to his advantage. As the set progressed Ma Long led 10-6 with 4 match points. However, Chen managed to produced two incredible backhand flicks and forehands to level the score line at 10-10. Both players were very focused. Both players had one serve each at deuce. What more could the crowd ask for!
Ma Long served a short topspin ball to Chen's middle. Chen misread the serve and Ma executed his famous forehand winner! Chen Qi was now 11-10 down. The World number 12 served short, Ma long touched the ball short, and Chen Qi flicked the ball long!
Ma Long defeated Chen Qi in an epic thriller of a match! Ma Long will now play Xu Xin in the Semi Final of the Hungarian Open 2012! The match will commence at 11am GMT on 21/1/2012
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