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But what a beast Kim is against defense. Till now Shiono has no chance to get into the game whatsoever..
Men's Singles quarter-final results:
Ma Long vs Zhang Jike 4:3 (8:11, 3:11, 12:10, 11:8, 11:6, 9:11, 11:5)
Kim Minseok vs Masato Shiono 4:3 (11:6, 11:5, 11:8, 3:11, 4:11, 7:11, 11:6)
Xu Xin vs Abdel-Kader Salifou 4:0 (11:8, 11:6, 11:8, 12:10)
Wang Hao vs Fan Zhendong 1:4 (9:11, 12:10, 5:11, 3:11, 9:11)
Zhang Jike lost to Ma Long
Another fantastic comeback by Masato Shiono from being down 3:0 but unfortunately he lost the 7th set.
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Ma Long has just arrived!
another ML vs XX encounter and my guts are saying another ML coz if i'm not mistaken ML only lose 2 matches against XX in 2009 and 2013...
another ML vs XX encounter and my guts are saying another ML coz if i'm not mistaken ML only lose 2 matches against XX in 2009 and 2013...
http://ratingscentral.com/MatchList.php?PlayerID=13551&PlayerName=xu%2C+xin
More than that, but you are correct that the record is heavily skewed in favor of Ma Long (29-7). Still, current form matters a lot in comparing two players of very similar level. In the semi-final, at least, Xu Xin was on fire...I can't see Ma Long winning this easily.