I think something happened at the beginning of the set when apolonia was waiting for his towel and had discussion with the referee. But I never suspect he can win it. He was loosing 4:8 and then took 7 points in a row.
I also have this problem. But it depends on what your problem is. For instance when you practise topspins FH and BH always from one place (like pro's warmup before match play), then you will find not easy to repeat it in game play, because you can get the ball in many different places. And the...
Most of cases good idea is to serve to Fh side to the guys like this. That guy is not slim and fit enough to play fast game, so Even if he attacks with Fh topspin it should not bo hard to block it and See him diving for the ball. Here is another example...
I think they know each other very well, that is why we mostly saw strategy game instead of long rallies. Ma long chose to step back from the table and try to block XX killer strikes instead of counter them.
Good match fukuhara agains mu zi. But I do not know what is the job of referee, each point mu zi was taking time going circles. But finally it was japanese coach took red card. I understand that chinese has to win everything but come on !
I would just add that practising regular stroke like FH topspin is very common and for me not usefull. When you stand in one place and you get the ball in same spin into exact place it is very easy. You can repeat 20 tospins - so what! While playing game is different, first you need to focus on...