Tag: Ma Long
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Ma Long and Sun Yingsha crowned champions at WTT Macao
November 29, 2020: Ma Long and Sun Yingsha showed their star quality as they won the respective men’s and women’s titles at WTT Macao on Sunday 29 November 2020. In two all-Chinese finals, Ma Long, the no.3 seed, overcame Wang Chuqin, no.7 seed (11-5, 11-9, 11-4, 11-5, 10-11, 11-8) as Sun Yingsha, no.2 seed, defeated…
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Olympic Champions Ma & Ding Shocked Out of Asian Table Tennis Championships
Wuxi, Apr 15, 2017: Reigning World & Rio 2016 Olympic Champions DING Ning & MA Long were both shocked out of the Seamaster 2017 ITTF-Asian Championships in Wuxi yesterday 14 April 2017. MA, who has been dominating the international table tennis scene since he won the 2015 World Championships, fell in the hands of Korea…
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Ma Long is the Liebherr 2015 Men’s World Cup Champion
Halmstad, Sweden, Oct 18, 2015: World Champion MA Long is now the 2015 Men’s World Cup champion after a devastating performance at the Liebherr 2015 ITTF Men’s World Cup that concluded today in Halmstad, Sweden. In a highly anticipated final, world number one MA accounted for 18 year old compatriot FAN Zhendong 4-0 (11-7, 11-6,…
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Ma Long Edges Closer to History at the ITTF China Open
Dujiangyan, Chengdu, Aug 9, 2015: 2015 World Champion, MA Long, has taken one more step closer to creating history by winning his 20th ITTF World Tour title today at the GAC Group 2015 ITTF World Tour China Open. MA edged closer to the legendary Vladimir SAMSONOV’s record of 26 ITTF World Tour titles, with an…
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Ma Long is the 2015 Men’s World Table Tennis Champion!
Suzhou, May 3, 2015: The 53rd World Championships concluded at the Suzhou International Expo Centre tonight, with the remaining two titles, Men’s Singles and Women’s Doubles World titles being decided. World number one MA Long (CHN) became the Men’s World Champion for the first time, in front of the capacity crowd in Suzhou. With this…
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Ma Long & Timo Boll to Team up at 2015 World Table Tennis Championships
Lausanne, Feb 26, 2015: China’s MA Long and Germany’s Timo BOLL have announced that they will be playing doubles together at the Qoros 2015 World Table Tennis Championships to be held in Suzhou, China from 26 April to 3 May 2015. MA and BOLL are the first high profile mixed association doubles pair to be…
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Ma Long Wins 18th World Tour Title in Kuwait
Kuwait, Feb 16, 2015: MA Long (CHN) has won his 18th World Tour title, at the same event he won his first ever World Tour title eight years ago, at the GAC Group 2015 World Tour Kuwait Open. The world number two’s victory made him the first ever player to win two Kuwait Opens, as…
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MA Long Closes in on World Tour Record
Chengdu, China, June 8, 2014: World Tour Record, MA Long (CHN) has moved closer to becoming the most successful ever ITTF World Tour player by clinching gold at the GAC Group 2014 World Tour Super Series China Open which concluded on 8 June 2014 in Chengdu, China. The world number two defeated the world number…
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MA Long & DING Ning Qualify
Lausanne, Mar 25, 2014: Qualify, MA Long (CHN) and DING Ning (CHN) have won the respective Men’s and Women’s titles at the GAC Honda 2014 Asian Cup, concluded in the city of Wuhan on Saturday, 22 March 2014. The GAC Honda 2014 Asian Cup is the Asian continental qualification for the Men’s and Women’s ITTF…
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Table Tennis on Burj Al Arab’s Famous Helipad
Jan 21, 2014: World number one table tennis players Ma Long and Liu Shiwen joined an elite list of world number one sport stars, including Roger Federer, Andre Agassi, Novak Djokovic, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, by participating in the first ever table tennis face-off on the Burj Al Arab helipad. Located 212 meters above…