Ma Long vs Bojan Tokic

For those ML fans out there that are just like me, I'm sure you thought it'd be breeze for ML to get into the quarter-semi finals.  

I absolutely love ML, i think he has the best technical skill and also I think he's going to win this year's WTTC singles crown.

Unfortunately, i might not live to see ML play anymore because i feel like im dying of heart attack like symptoms after watching this match:

or the youtube shortened version: 

WHO IN THE WORLD IS THIS BOJAN TOKIC GUY.  HE PLAYS LIKE HES TOP 5 IN THE WORLD and although many of you may think that this match was close because ML played poorly, He actually played AMAZING. 

A MUST WATCH MATCH.

Tell me what you think about the videos

for blade and rubbers, im not sure.  he has VERY good backhand

 

Thanks for posting the match in entirity, I was wondering if anyone has the full match between Ma Long and Tokic that is available for download?

ma long was hesitating early in the match during his shots because the ball didn't rebound as quickly or as far to the baseline as expected. he missed some and was caught off guard for others.

towards the end of the match, he became used to it.

if you watch ma long vs kenta matsudaira - same thing. he has trouble vs kenta's light but spinny shots.

tokic's slower blade also allowed him to control ma long's attacks better much like kenta using thinner t05 rubbers.

ma long plays best vs ppl with hard topspin loops. among chinese players, they tend to do that.

if tokic vs timo boll, i'm sure timo would dominate him in a match as that style of play is more prevalent in european play.

Look at that rally at the end of the 2nd game, his shots were all spin and no power, all landing short on Tokic's side of the table.

"Eat butt!"

Tokic just didn't have the consistency of his play to beat Ma Long, cooled down after the 3rd game and made just a bit too many unforced errors. Ma Long regrouped and stepped up the pace after the 3rd game. Ma Long, on the other hand was clearly not thinking properly when he went through the game. Too little variation in his serve and serve returns, which he's certainly capable of. He just serves pendulum to the middle-FH side of the table, which allowed Tokic to receive his serves with ease. And his FH push is way too predictable for Tokic, too little short game and wide-angle shots. Zhang Jike and Ma Lin is better than Ma Long in this respect....

now i think ma long has a shot in winning the championship coz he got over such a big obstacle. he's gonna be unstoppable! on the other hand, wang hao seems to play a bit less aggressive game and stays on the safe/strategic side. it'll be interesting to see how wang hao plays against ma long now. i wonder how wang hao would respond to ma long's fighting in a game...