I've never seen Ma Lin get attacked that much before. Kreanga really pushed him with his backhand and deserved more. Ma Lin's reaction right after the game winning point showed his relief...

As a former professional Table Tennis player, I must say never seen Ma Lin who was in his prime during 2004 and easily dominate Men's Table tennis back then, look so bad against any non-chinese table tennis player. Kreanga had Ma Lin literally against the ropes in the 2nd and Last set. However, Kreanga made a few mental errors during key situations. Ma Lin adapted to his play-style and found his weak spot and start exploiting it. Kreanga, Also failed to finishing to complete some easy points that didn't require a full strength shot. At the end, the strongest mental TT player will likely wins. Kudos to Kreanga's Amazing game play.Kudos to Ma Lin insane skill level.

Kreanga deserved the win based on gameplay and technique but Ma Lin won due to mental fortitude.

kreanga backhand is simply awesome what a power to play with backhand :)

this video from 2004 is way better than any video from WTT in 2024.
And oh my god that backhand from Kreanga! godly!

Brutal backhand from kreanga.. It's tremendous.. Ma long like kreanga backhand bit currently

Never saw Ma Lin make so many unforced errors.

But Kreanga makes too many unforeseen errors himself. He had this match. He needs a touch game. He goes for the power game every time and makes mistakes.

Kreanga and Ma Lin actually have a very similar mindset, both don't know how to deal with a leading position and always give their opponent chance to come back. Kreanga kept dominant the first half of each set and then got reversed by Ma Lin, kind of reminds me the epic come back by Wang Liqin in 2007 WTTC MSF. Feel bad for him even though Ma Lin is my favorite.😢

Kalinikos Kreanga was an AMAZING player. Beat the shit out of Ma Lin (I know he didn't win, but...) – what a strong player. Wow!

4:39 that point sounded amazing..

Kreanga's backhand made him win a lot of points, but also made him lose a lot of points.

One of the most OUTSTANDING matches

Please ITTF makes this table tennis come back to us

A very entertaining match, and kreanga has the most powerful backhand in the history of table tennis.
Thanks for uploading.

wow so good demo of backhand

That backhand to deuce the second set at 10 all. Hot damn! Something to aspire to.

Kreanga was the best greek table tennis player will ever be unlucky game there for him

Killer back hand to Creanga 🇷🇴🏓👍!

Ma Lin was 24 but he appearance 52

Very entertaining and high-level game to watch.
Kreanga deserved to win