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Well this was unexpected. Surely Timo deserves credit, but would this have happened with LGL in the corner?
Congratulations to Timo but Ma Long did not look like he was in form. I heard he is still suffering from injury.
you missed all the fun beforeI tuned in right at the moment when it was 3-3 and 10-10 and it took me a good 5 seconds to realize what was happening and to yell at my brother to come and watch it. Go Timo!!!
Take that back, Timo has done itI don’t think so. At some level, it’s highly important for Ma Long to win.
He is untouchable while on top, but I don’t think the loss of face China was perceived to suffer when Dima took the China Open title in an all-foreign final after the CNT top 3 forfeited has been forgotten. The one thing between punishment and stay of execution is to stay top dog.
That’s pressure there, especially with his birthday serving to remind that he’s getting to be old for a CNT #1. You may well call these pressures strong motivation.
So I think we will see a highly focused and razorsharp dragon in action today. Should Timo overcome, that would be quite a feat — and maybe also the onset of Ma Long’s retirement, probably followed promptly by a quick and sharp fall from grace.
He deserves better, much better, but history doesn’t quite smell like roses in these matters.
My wild prediction - All german final. Dima lifts the cup. Beginning of the end of chinese domination.