World Cup 2024

[Robin0910]

Might as well go for the triple grand slam

 

[NextLevel]

The Legend of Lin the Choker has been written into stone with this one.

 

[Robin0910]

Oh My God, he won the World Cup at the age of 35.

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

that was unbelievable, what a win

 

[gordonluvsu]

Lin ChokeYuan strikes again.

Although most credit belongs to Ma Long, Lin also did his part.

 

[turbozed]

Damn I'd feel more happy for ML right now if I didn't feel so bad for LGY. Guy already had a reputation that he was doing a great job of putting behind. Getting reversed swept by ML in a BO7 can happen to anyone, but people will be hard on LGY and it's gonna be rough for him.

 

[Robin0910]

Well, we did get a better final I suppose

 

[Robin0910]

It’s incredible that Ma Long’s backhand serve saved him which he uses so rarely

 

[shmek]

3rd Grand Slam incoming?

Ma Long is doing the unthinkable

No, he'll get suspended for a couple of years for throwing the racket at the end

 

[dingyibvs]

Well, we did get a better final I suppose

What appeared to be a beat down became a legendary match adding to the lore of the indisputable GOAT.

 

[Robin0910]

Man, I can’t believe they are not asking about his comeback from 3-0…!! Hope we get a post match interview

 

[tackyfh]

Ma Long once again shows his tactical sensitivity, yesterday Wang CQ got the reverse pendulum, today Lin got the backhand serve, which is the same damn type of sidespin lmao.

 

[blahness]

LGY played stupid during the 4th set and after that. It was pretty simple, do a slow spinny chiquita and then play the rallies out, put more spin to ensure consistency. No way Ma Long is stronger in the topspin rally - there was no reason to attempt so many of those loopkills which were only blocked back with interest and then also resulted in like 1001 mistakes. Sometimes this is all just dumb suicidal plays....

 

[longle]

LGY played stupid during the 4th set and after that. It was pretty simple, do a slow spinny chiquita and then play the rallies out, put more spin to ensure consistency. No way Ma Long is stronger in the topspin rally - there was no reason to attempt so many of those loopkills which were only blocked back with interest and then also resulted in like 1001 mistakes. Sometimes this is all just dumb suicidal plays....

Ma Long got into LGY's head.. what a master

 

[kindof99]

Ma Long once again shows his tactical sensitivity, yesterday Wang CQ got the reverse pendulum, today Lin got the backhand serve, which is the same damn type of sidespin lmao.

LGY returned the reverse pendulum very well

 

[IB66]

A great game by Ma Long, did Lin choke?? Personally I don’t think so, when you see Ma Long start to serve BH you know he is struggling, he had to change something. ML’s BH serve changed the dynamics of the points and his confidence rose.
Lin could have changed his serve or another part of the point strategy but didn’t, he just kept plugging away, in the end it was his inability to adapt that lost him the match, this isn’t choking, it’s match awareness.

2 great finals to watch, very enjoyable!!

 

[blahness]

Ma Long got into LGY's head.. what a master

Yes, those BH serves were a trap. They look so simple - even I was reading the spin on them easily. But they are all placed in hard to attack trajectories and placements. LGY tried to directly chiquita kill those "disrespectful simple serves" and ended up making 1001 mistakes on them because he was chiquitaing way too flat with no safety (obviously because there are always subtle differences and the trajectory is a bit too low). Somehow for a pro player he doesn't know how to slow down, adjust and play with more spin and consistency until he gets his rhythm back. He's like the amateur guy who pisses away all points trying to attack low percentage balls wtf...

When faced with weird shit you can always do a slow spinny chiquita to enter the topspin rally. No need to take unnecessary risks at all!

 

[Robin0910]

Btw didn’t World Cup use to have bronze medal matches? What happened to those?

 

[NextLevel]

A great game by Ma Long, did Lin choke?? Personally I don’t think so, when you see Ma Long start to serve BH you know he is struggling, he had to change something. ML’s BH serve changed the dynamics of the points and his confidence rose.
Lin could have changed his serve or another part of the point strategy but didn’t, he just kept plugging away, in the end it was his inability to adapt that lost him the match, this isn’t choking, it’s match awareness.

2 great finals to watch, very enjoyable!!

Inability to adapt is part of choking, but there were some loss of form dynamics in play. There were quite a few forehands in that match that Ma Long hit without his lower body.

 

[zeio]

Btw didn’t World Cup use to have bronze medal matches? What happened to those?

No clues without the prospectus.

The bronze column for 2024 is empty as of this writing but the award ceremony shows we have double bronze medalists. (Ok, it's been updated just now to show the bronze medalists.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_Tennis_World_Cup#ITTF_World_Cup