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i think the topic of retirement needs to be respected.Is it just me? I feel ML was a bit emotional in the interview. I feel he truly enjoy table tennis and tried to avoid the topic of retirement 😭 😭
Indeed. Two major visible improvements for LSD is forehand loop and short game. It's so rare to see a young player with awesome power has such a good receive push.LSD showing what many of the younger Chinese players are missing these days, a short game that troubles even ML. ML manages to change up his receives and claw back a set though, now it's a best of 5.
For sure. When the match goes he distance, age is the enemy for an old player. Quite some unforced errors in game 5 and 6 for ML, a clear sign his energy and focus level were down.Not sure why Ma Long dropped in intensity so much in the last 2 games. Fatigue??!
It shows ML owns most hearts in the audience. My heart is with the goat as well.Lol at the relatively quiet crowd after LSD won.
It's sad to hear the goat say that.This may actually be his last international tournament or we may still see him at WTT Finals
Maybe it's a cultural thing, but in the west unless you know someone personally, it's very rude to tell someone to retire which involves their livelihood.i think the topic of retirement needs to be respected.
it is probably too commonly uses among chinese table tennis fans (like zeio here retiring the whole jnt womens team and he thinks it is so normal-which is, in China....) but in the western world, it is not as commonly talked about.
you don't see people asking timo boll every time he looses on how long he will stay on, or when he will retire
ML has already paved the way that, one can stay on and dominate.
He may not be champion, but he is still top in the world, without doubt.
if he is fit and has the energy, he can play for another year then see, then player for another year then see.
people needs to stop asking question about retirement.
I also feels Ma Long is at a stage that he is enjoying table tennis and doesn't carry that pressure from CNT like in his younger days.
CNT has changed a lot, and ML has helped paved the bridging of the traditions
I think it is rude tooMaybe it's a cultural thing, but in the west unless you know someone personally, it's very rude to tell someone to retire which involves their livelihood.
I feel for the Chinese people that have had to deal with age discrimination as being part of the culture:
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i think the topic of retirement needs to be respected.
it is probably too commonly uses among chinese table tennis fans (like zeio here retiring the whole jnt womens team and he thinks it is so normal-which is, in China....) but in the western world, it is not as commonly talked about.
you don't see people asking timo boll every time he looses on how long he will stay on, or when he will retire
ML has already paved the way that, one can stay on and dominate.
He may not be champion, but he is still top in the world, without doubt.
if he is fit and has the energy, he can play for another year then see, then player for another year then see.
people needs to stop asking question about retirement.
I also feels Ma Long is at a stage that he is enjoying table tennis and doesn't carry that pressure from CNT like in his younger days.
CNT has changed a lot, and ML has helped paved the bridging of the traditions
Now this is getting personal.I think it is rude too
zeio is calling for people to retire, because he feels those players are horrible people.
Ma Long is a hero.... so that logic is out of the equation.
More respect needs to be given and I hope he does get it.
It should be, allow him to dictate his own terms, just like Timo Boll and Chuang Chih Yuan
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