I couldn't say it any better. He's all of the above and more.

That you say is true

Back at 2017, there wasn't a single match where Adam didn't mention this in full. Fast forward to 6 years later, he isn't the captain anymore (cmiiw the new one is FZD), he isn't the dictator he used to be, but he is still the GOAT and a fierce firebreathing dragon.

​@@taiwoidowu2854namnam

Ma Long had a good workout. He's a great athlete. In fact, he let Felix win the 4th set, rather than Felix snatching the victory. Felix himself scored 8 out of 9 goals in the 4th set.

Felix comes with a sense of belief, and he has recently won 2 out of 5 last time. Also he plays fast, and gives the feeling of disrespect towards the GOAT, whether intentional or not. Bottom line, when the fans of the GOAT see there idle being challenged, they will scream louder when someone like Felix comes along and threatens seriously the order of things. Make no mistake, he has every intention of disrupting the order of things in table tennis. 2 losses to the GOAT is not going to change that. What Im concerned about is his mental preparedness when the lights are off. He is already showing he can handle it when the lights are on.

What 'hate' are you talking about? Your a over reacting touchy-feely liberal.

'Disrespect'? In what way? Explain precisely how here is disrespect.

@@walterpoelzing9412 he has every intention but can he beat them is the grand question? I don't see him doing it before his 20s.

@@hillsideonly He can do it in 20s for sure He can still improve himself Like Lin

I think WCQ and FZD have a even better record against non chinese players.

Ма Лонг хорошо потренировался. Он великий спортсмен. На самом деле он дал Феликсу выиграть 4 сет, а не Феликс вырвал победу. Сам Феликс в 4 сете забил себе 8 мячей из 9.

​@@tiboralvant6092incorrect. they lost a lot of non chinese.

Mais ça va vite se terminer qu'il en profite ....Félix a simplement 17ans.......

​@@gragbogdan5084yes he let Félix win the 4th set but he didn't give a game to Otcharov... Perhaps Otcharov should have asked beforehand ?

🐱 Félix le rois des gaulois

Merci 🙏

Nah bro

Well said. Can I post this comment on twitter?

I think you're a bit oversimplifying the problems ma long poses to his opponents. For example, he is 35 but I find him to have better reflexes than 99% of his opponents and I include Felix on that list. Compare the speed of racket, the reflexes and the power of both Felix 's FH and ML's FH and you would really wonder who was the 17 years old between the two

Sure I don’t mind. Would I be credited for the comment? Or how does it work?

That's why. Ma Long is a man with a kind heart. Give him a one wining game to avoid humiliation.Merci bocu

​@@moreless2690tu as un problème avec Félix Lebrun ou avec les français ?

@@moreless2690dont cry 😭french hater

If Felix beat Ma Long here, he would have a higher chance beating Lin Yun Ju because he beat Lin 3-0 last time :)

@@coike7209 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Ма Лонг хорошо потренировался. Он великий спортсмен. На самом деле он дал Феликсу выиграть 4 сет, а не Феликс вырвал победу. Сам Феликс в 4 сете забил себе 8 мячей из 9.

TABLE TENNIS world..'ping pong' is for casual dufus garage players.

What? You thought Lebrun was going to win? That was a very poor prediction considering he has never beaten Ma long so far.

@@thehiddentruth22 he is really Good considering he has only 16 years old, Like, obviously he is not at the level of the goat but in the future he can be.

@@huskysitogamer5233 I never said he wasn't good. But he's still not Ma Long good. Let's see if he can win three world titles and two Olympic gold medals in his career.

​@@thehiddentruth22classic ma long fan

If Felix beat Ma Long here, he would have a higher chance beating Lin Yun Ju because he beat Lin 3-0 last time :)

In Pai makes really the difference here, the French is panting at powerful topspin balls while the dragon is simply spitting fire from the whole body. Felix cannot beat the dragon, especially in rallies, unless he reaches that level of In Pai. Thank you coach EmRatThich for the valuable lessons you offer us

@@AthanassiosHatzis yes, you are right

I love your musics, especially Vivaldi, and so suprising to see you in table tennis matchs 😂

Makes no sense to say those things "do not automatically grow when one gets older", ofc it's not guaranteed, but of course you tend to work on those things throughout your carreer. You gave one of the rare example that was better at 16. Tell me which player in the current top ten that had their peak at 16 ? Answer: none.

The only 16 argument presumes that Felix has yet to peak physically. Meaning his body is yet to get to its strongest point. He's yet to hit harder and move his fastest

Do you even watch table tennis? Mima Ito and Hirano Miu are good examples to the front. Truls also didn’t play as well as he first came out. My argument is it’s much harder for one to improve especially if you became famous at the age of 16. Why? Because people start studying your game closely, and if you don’t reach the next level, you play worse when you got older.

Whatever. Ma is just gifted. It's called skills.

Felix is 17 actually

Ма Лонг хорошо потренировался. Он великий спортсмен. На самом деле он дал Феликсу выиграть 4 сет, а не Феликс вырвал победу. Сам Феликс в 4 сете забил себе 8 мячей из 9.

@@gragbogdan5084 I not versed in Russian n English translation is not available at this point by google. Cant get to ur point dear friend.

​@@lalitmohan9911Ma Long had a good workout. He's a great athlete. In fact, he let Felix win the 4th set, rather than Felix snatching the victory. Felix himself scored 8 out of 9 goals in the 4th set.

Talking about respect while commenting from your couch... He's not "barking" but encouraging himself. Good he's not waiting for encouragements from Internet trolls...

@@iansmirna5183 He does it each time the other one stands and get ready to serve and LOUD! He never does it before getting ready to serve himself. He toned it down after 2 set and suddenly it wasen't disrespectful. You need to learn what "to troll someone" means if you consider my comment as troll.

Olha uma menina que gosta de ping pong/tênis de mesa :D

Ма Лонг хорошо потренировался. Он великий спортсмен. На самом деле он дал Феликсу выиграть 4 сет, а не Феликс вырвал победу. Сам Феликс в 4 сете забил себе 8 мячей из 9.

Enough with this ugly language

保持不了 快速度攻擊及移動下已輸給今屆冠軍林盷儒

不至于不至于。。。比赛就是比赛，现在中国队已经没有当年的让一球的潜规则了

​@@rockyshi9609correct he didnt give a game to Otcharov

Good point. You see his FH from 2 years ago, you will notice how much his FH has improved. But that's the area he needs to work on. When his FH is as strong, he will really shine.

Xu shin did him before...

What do you mean? Xu Xin is one of the few players to be able to absolutely sweep Ma Long on a good day, he destroyed Ma Long in one match and they ended up having a full exibition point "around the world" since Ma knew there was no chance that he could win! I believe Felix has the ability to reach that level as well, but he is going to need to add a lot more variation to his game, mainly in the forehand. His backhand is amazing, the sidespin flicks and counters he can get are out of this world. But his forehand needs work, and I'm sure he and his coach know it. right now his playstyle looks similar to harimoto and Lin Yunju, with a powerful blocking and countering backhand with a strong flick, but a more passive forehand in the open ralley. Lin has made his forehand MUCH better, and it shows seeing as he has won the Frankfurt tournament. Harimoto just refuses to change, depite being stuck at number 4 for so long, and Felix just lacks experience, I know that he will continue to improve.

And Fan Zhendong still need to take his revenge on Alexis Lebrun :)

Lessons?..They are both only 17 and 19. They will win big matches in time as Ma & Fan fade into the sunset. Robert at 68.

@@bobmalack481so no other Chinese star will rise? Like wcq

@@greatzto I never said that or even implied that. The POINT is the Lebrun brothers are young at 17 & 19 and are likely to get better in time to beat top players and win big matches.

Current? Nah, Ma long can be considered as the best of atleast one of the best of all time.

Ma long

He will win against Ma Long when Ma long will be 36/37 and no longer among the best chinese players. But the problème is he will still get regularly destroyed by the best Chinese players around

There's a comment about that just above. It should lose him the point, but this set wasn't disputed enough to try to discuss this.

I don't think Wang Hao's backhand was more decisive than his forehand... But Felix's definitely is. A grip change may be required... Fingers spread along back of bat will improve forehand GREATLY...

@@shanelawson5072 You cannot change grip so late in your career, Felix has played 14 years with penhold, changing grip would be as difficult as starting to play long pips...

The next Wang Hao, NOT Xiu Xin who was a predominately forehand RVP player.

@@Wole58I don’t think he meant changing to shake hand. I think he meant changing the grip..

@@Wole58 Yes, I meant ADJUSTING his penhold grip... Not changing to shakehand.

Ма Лонг хорошо потренировался. Он великий спортсмен. На самом деле он дал Феликсу выиграть 4 сет, а не Феликс вырвал победу. Сам Феликс в 4 сете забил себе 8 мячей из 9.

J en doute ...il est moins complet que son frère...Felix est limité et le restera avec cette prise porte plume et bcp moins puissant...il n a pas de gros coups comme son frère ....

son frère à 23 ans @@jean-francoisjennequin4909

На самом деле нет. МА лонгу уже немного осталось до завершения карьеры, и вряд ли уже у него получится снова быть номером 1 в мире, хоть и 3 место он пока держит уверенно.

Ptdr genre ça aurait changé le match 😂Justement c'est parce que ça change rien que personne a contesté

Cry baby...

@@Tartarik51rien à voir. Fair play ou pas. Ma ne l’est pas. Point.

@@danielpierre3161 C'est sûrement grâce à ses ruses et pas à son talent qu'il a gagné tous les championnats, ouais.