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It's not just this match. Father time is catching up to ML. His playing in God mode is becoming more streaky. ML's last career goal is winning a 2nd Olympics Men's Singles gold. A less important goal for him is to win his 4th consecutive WTTC Singles title. Both events are in 2021 if covid-19 doesn't interfere.LoL People thinking that Ma Long should change is set up just because he loose 4-3 in a final. Let me tell you something, Ma Long today was not even at his top. I think he recover only 90% of his form
A few players can now stop him from his 4th WTTC title. For Olympics, it's only FZD when both are playing relatively well or Harimoto in top form and ML on an off day. This assumes ML and FZD will play in Olympics singles.
Trying a viscaria now will let him know if he can adjust and maintain his variation game effectively along with more power that is needed with the 40+ ball. He has settled with H3 on his BH. No need for any rubber changes.
And most importantly on TT forums, the solution to any problem is equipment change ????.