Best attacker vs best defender in table tennis

It's crazy how much spin JSH generates and how much speed he takes off those Ma Long smashes. Ma Long rips a shot as hard as humanly possible, and it comes back looking like it's in slow motion. Nutty.

Table tennis is one of those sports, where when you compare how the elite pros play and how regular people play, it doesn't even look like the same sport

“This is what happens when an unstoppable force, meets an immovable mountain. “

Me, 5 minutes in: "these are the highlights, right?" Checks the score Me: "oh..."

One of the greatest, if not the greatest, match in table tennis. The level of skill to play those rallies and at those speeds and distances/angles was simply breath-taking let alone the incredible huge spin generated throughout. All sports have their opposites eg in boxing it's the fighter v the boxer, in snooker the potter v the safety player, etc and this is table tennis's battle of the styles. Such a pity someone had to lose but that's competition. Ironic that the Korean guy was more effective when he started to attack (best form of defence as the saying goes). Reminds me when the roles reversed and Sugar Ray turned into the fighter and hunted down Tommy Hearns to win by TKO back in '81.

The " defender " has incredible REACTION !!! I played this fun game , it's not easy to defend powerful( crazy )shots made by MA LONG... It's an amazing show of talented players

Joo was like a snake at times, so flexible in the way his body could contort and absorb some of the pace. Also so versatile in placement and spins, very few balls were returned the same way. Add to that his ability to suddenly turn defense into offense if the opportunity presented itself, very capable topspin drives and mid distance topspin rallies.

That forehand at 4:22 was just insane. One of the fastest shots I’ve seen.

It’s interesting how different their playing styles were. Their almost like they were complimentary to each other, with the Korean extending the rallies and the Chinese maintaining the pressure.

The male commentator is Wang Liqin who is the former No.1 forehand in the world.

Joo Sae-Hyuk is one of my favorite players. Possibly the best defence player ever the world has seen. Among the TT players, who revel at hitting top spin forehand and back hand at breath taking speeds, here is a guy who revels in lifting everything back to the table with unmistakable resilience and that deadly chop. I like him partially because I played like him (during college 3 decades ago) chopping everything and eventually winning. Hats off to this world class defence player.

unbelivable forehand consistency of Ma long

The most spectacular table tennis match I've ever seen! Stellar performance for both of them.

Jus twanted to say, I dont play table tennis but the video editor did a really good job by cutting only the points and nessecairly replays. Good job

Ma Long’s consistency is too good it’s scary.

Its seems the attacker has thr advantage. The shots were easily planned and completely open to what and where he wanted the ball to go. A balanced playstyle is probably best, but heavy offense will beat heavy defense.

this is what we call A MATCH

I find it really cool that Ma Long's offense turned out to be a great weakness. Because he wasn't able to predict the shift when JSH does to his own offense, he stayed close to the table constantly to prepare for the next defensive return, but sometimes the ball would come back offensively, and he wasn't prepared for it at all.

What a great contest between 2 brilliant players!!! Thanks!

Ma long: Finally, a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary!