Ma Long Lost Again :(

[scylla24]

The form of ML chg lots from WTTC when he play at Final. Or is it he purposely lost it, so that when come Olympics, others teams will take it easy? Just my own conspiracy.
If not, then as all you guys said, his mental strength are not strong enought to handle the pressure.

haha, hmm I doubt its the first reason.... People are going to play hard against a Chinese player regardless. Especially one thats ranked number one. And even more so, when its at the olympics.

As for mental toughness, a lot of people state that Ma Long doesn't have mental toughness, but I don't really think thats that big of a factor. This wasn't even a big tournament anyway. It was just a typical pro tour tournament, which Ma Long has won tons of.

 

[Michal_Z]

As for mental toughness, a lot of people state that Ma Long doesn't have mental toughness, but I don't really think thats that big of a factor. This wasn't even a big tournament anyway. It was just a typical pro tour tournament, which Ma Long has won tons of.

Agree..
Wait for china open in few days

 

[Bollforte94]

Everyone is speaking about pressure? but Ma Long had no pressure at all!!! He knows that he will play in the team event .... if pressure is the reason for that he has to lose every pro tour 'cause of the pressure. I think he is just frustrated that he will not play in the singles competition and I can understand this! Or he felt in love or he just play bad at the moment. There could be so many reasons .... I know what he is able to do and I believe in him

(I hope that the decision that he is not allowed to play in the singles competition will not destroy his whole career. But I think he will recover)