German Open 2016

Dan said:

Great posts throughout the competition guys I've enjoyed them. So heres Ma Long's results

Last 32: Ma Long vs Jonathan Groth 4-0 (11-2,11-6,11-7,11-3)

Last 16: Ma Long vs Koki Niwa 4-0 (11-7,11-3,11-1,11-7)

Last 08: Ma Long vs Kaii Yoshida 4-0 (11-7,11-7,11-4,12-10)

Last 04: Ma Long vs Zhang Jike 4-0 (11-7,11-4,11-7,11-7)

Last 02: Ma Long vs Vladimir Samsonov 4-1 (11-7,11-6,11-4,10-12,11-5)

Impressive! Congratulations Ma Long!

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Chen Chen said:

Well done malong!

zhangjike's lower back problem is really tricky and very difficult to deal with. If he can't recover from that, 2016 is still the malong year.

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Dan said:

Agreed, Zhang Jike posted on his facebook page that his back was no good. I hope it recovers as I love the close battles between Ma Long and Zhang Jike. A Rio Olympic final of Ma Long and Zhang Jike (if they both qualify) would be exciting with both players playing at their very best!

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Tinykin said:

I'm proud to say that because of my deep and vast knowledge of table tennis, I was one of the 6 people that gave Samsonov a chance in this tournament. And see, he made the semis, beaten only by a rampant ML.
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Actually, I lie. I picked him because of sentimentality Happy to see him in the semis.

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TableTennisDaily said:

This smile....

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