GOAT alway GOAT! 🏆

All the Chinese players at 35: Retired
Ma Long at 35: Wins the World Cup

This is why he’s the GOAT!

What's amazing about him is that even at the age of 35, his playing style hasn't stopped evolving. In each scene, you can see Waldner's block, Niwa Koki's chop block, Kreanga's backhand, Ryu Seung-min's footwork, Fan Zhendong's Chiquita, and even Jhang Yining's forward attack & defence. He presents the history of table tennis like a panorama. He is table tennis itself.

Old camera angle —> Old Ma Long

I saw it life it was really exciting to see Ma Long's Comeback 🐐🐐🐐

People who like this camera angle than WTT's 👇🏻

Ma Long please keep playing, you are still the best

I predicted 4 1 lgy and had to turn off phone when it was 3 0 and felt confident in my prediction.. holy shit ma long shows why he is the goat! How the fuck can any1 win a match v a player such as lgy while having a bad day and looking fightless.. im speechless. Ma long i take my hat off for you today.. that was some goddamn goat stuff

This is one of the most crazy comeback I've ever seen for sure. This World Cup title is so important for ML because he is now has a good chance of getting selected for the Olympics and there is hope for a Triple Grand Slam on the line which has never been done by any player ever.

The shift to the backhand serve was clutch here. Also, ML's backhand loops in the last 3 points were insane.

This will go down as Ma Long’s best tournament performance of his career. His performance had been on a decline and looked like he was on his way out of the top. But he sweeps Wang on the SF on his unbeatable form and later Lin Gaoyuan being 0-3 down to win it all. China has a lot to consider on who they want to send for the Olympics. THE GOAT.

China should let Ma Long compete in Olympic singles and get a chance for Triple Grand Slam and defend his title (he now has 3 world championships, 3WC, and 2 olympic golds). From this tournament you can see that even though he may not be the strongest or fastest player anymore he is the most adaptive and strategic player. Also, I believe he's the oldest WC winner now

I'm speechless 😮
This is exactly why we call him REAL TABLE TENISS LEGEND!

Ma Long knows all the masters. Xu Xin style: 6:06, Kreanga: 6:11 Waldner: 6:16.

What a legend. Ma Long is beyond any other player in history. At 35 he basically re-invented his playing style in this world cup to beat the new generations and he prevailed. Unbelievable

After 0-3 down I said to myself "There's no way he can win this". Couple of minutes later he proved I was wrong. This is incredible at his age to be able to win a major tournament, where all the best player's showed up. Hands down Ma Long ❤

ML was suffering from heavy top spin shots from Lin in the beginning and kept hitting it out of the table, but started adapting from the 3rd game by using slap shots rather than top spin smashes so that Lin hit it outside while trying to generate that top spin. And that tactic started working from the 4th game. It is ridiculous if you think that Ma Long was down 3-0 and 5-1 in the 4th game and then proceeded to win that game along with the other 3 to bag the trophy. Truly, the Dragon, the Dictator, the greatest of all time. No debate.

And then, on this day, the world understood that the king of kings is still the best. And his name is Ma Long.

Here is the thing that so many of the "new generation" players lack: effortlessness.

When the whole world is playing harder, faster, stronger, Ma Long is relaxed and composed -- not rushing or forcing a shot. Just being patient and waiting for the right moment.

This is tai chi. This is "wu wei" (无为).

Can't imagine how much of mental strength Ma Long has to give a tough fight even after losing 3 games in a row!