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I was on the edge of my seat literally. I really thought Ma Long was going to take this worlds. He looked so tense from the start, it is confusing. He does so well throughout the year but at the real big tournaments he struggles. If Ma Long played Wang Hao in the China Super League or a World Tour he would play on such a different level... the saga continues...
I think one of the reasons Ma Longs weak nerves is Liu Guoliangs not trusting him.In every interview he talks almost negative about Ma Long. Same thing goes for Kong Linghui about Lui Shiwen.(Sorry for bad english)
Very good point, the commentators mentioned this in the semi final match. That Ma Long feels like he has to prove something to the coaches. This actually happened to me a few years ago, ok so the level is a light-year of difference but I felt I had to prove to my coach all the time. My head was always ruined when I was playing and I started to over analysis hitting a term psychologists use 'paralysis by analysis . There are quite a few contributing factors to Ma Long's poor performance one of the biggest ones would be his past experiences with Wang Hao at the majors.