Master Ping-Pong

a bit of fun
ping pong players always do this on the last point just for a bit of fun as there is already a clear winner.

ps:THIS IS NOT FAKE

its a nice game..but playing is more fun then watching it..

It's for real guys... stop being immature. I'm Chinese, all throughout the point the commentator is saying: this is their way of just having fun, pleasing the crowd and finishing off the point. The commentator is saying : "something something gei ni ren shu... " which is talking about the guy basically admitting defeat so they play the last point just for formalities sake and to please the crowd.

Blue Shirt: Ma Lin #2 World Ranking
Red Shirt: Wang Liqin #1 World Ranking

what really amazed me is how they still followed the rules even though they were on the opposite side of which they were supposed to be and bounced it on the right side

srry if somebody thinks this is pointless...

But they were not really competing with each other. From the Chinese comment in the video, the result has been nailed down, so the players just do it to amuse the audience. Take it easy. Why should the blue give his opponent chances to reach the ball in the real match? If he wanna win he could just give a near-net ball.

People, it's obvious this is not a serious match - they switched ends of the table during the point for God's sake! They're just trying to entertain the crowd with their superlative skills. By the way, the players are not Japanese, they're Chinese. The guy in red is Wang Liqin, world #1, and Ma Lin, world #4 is in blue.

It's the Final match for Pro Tour tournament. The red shirt (Wang Liqin) is leading 3 sets by none (3-0) and it is the final set where the point is 10-3 (if i'm not mistaken). This is what it is meant by clear winner. This is what a professional player do in a situation like that. the crowd paid their tickets, if the final game is not challenging, then it's a waste. Something like this will at least make it worth.

chinese table tennis players r like robots

side of the world...he could have just tapped it instead of beaming it right to him so no they are not serious

F**k you all guys

Boy that takes a lot of skill. It looks to easy for them? I think they should have 3-4 snakes on the ground they need to dodge to make it harder for them...
Good job guys that good skill..

ping pong is not really a sport, its more of a boardgame. its kinda ripped off of monopoly but u can also tell that there is sum majong derived rules, and because of this dynamic duo between monopoly and majong, ping pong is neither a boardgame nor a messed up card game, but a sport. there has been much controversy over this, but i for one believe ping pong is more of a messed up card game. and no, it has nothing to do with tennis and doesn't have any similarities, that rumor was spread by a jealous mongolian guy (right after the mongolian dynasty ended in china) hoo knew he could never make a game as cool as ping pong. a week after spreading this rumor he killed himself because he chased an orange ping pong ball all day long only to realize it was a monopoly property called Baltic.

is ranking world number one

aren't they brothers? i know there was a match that started like this, when 2 brothers were competing against each other

but not 20 in a row...

It helps your opponent when you hit the ball to him every time...Round eye too competitive

I'm A Chinese boy, they are the best 2 players all over the world~~~

but u cant understand it...

its south asian fair..

2 players can take the point easily but he take the fairy game for this point....

i am a tt player myself n many of my friends n i can do stuff like this but as these are pros this is very ezy for them.use saying its fake well ya wrong i c dis stuff a lot!!!

I would just keep "accidently" winning the point. But of course that would never happen in america because all sportsmanship is dead.

i think they are clear show offs and that was a BIG JOKE!

wats PING PANG

coooooooool

I am Chinese, so I know what they are doing. This is a real game, but not a serious one. It's like a club friendly match in football (soccer).This kind of games are always entertaining in the Ping Pang world. And the two players are both world champion.

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got skills

I watched it LIVE on tv..... this is freestyle of ping-pong

really cool show off. that was fun to watch

That S**t was real. Absolutely phenomenal.

table tennis is awesome, so fast and crazy at that level.

if it was tournament and points counted, you'd see the the "smasher" leaving his feet from slamming the ball

At the end, winner was crying. It must be real.

i really feel a little sad that there are not mang people know the game

great game!i think i'ts real!:D

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Why would this be fake? Is it so difficult? Answer is no btw.

its real ping-pong championship but one of the game alrdy lost the game. the one game ball we saw was put on by the 2 players just for the crow. i can understand chinese so i know what they are saying in the background.

what a concentration :!

Yall sayin "it's not a fake" "stop being immature cuz its real" "they're kiddin"... of course they are kidding, everyone can see that... they allways do this...

These guys are the masters ping pong! Friggin hilarious!!

ping pong is sick, these guys are awsome...mad props

it is for sure real and i my self saw live one not exactly like this but almost with the same kind of play , Cina is great in this sport

hey can anyone tell me if i can download these videos somehow?

these are the 2 top table tennis players right now, they are both chinease ranked 1 and 2

This was a real point until the guy outside of the barrier made an illegal shot because his paddle struck the ball while it was past his side of the net, as you can hear by the whistle being blown like crazy to end the point. They played out the end of the point just for the fans. And to those of you who think its staged because the guy inside of the barrier could have just made like a drop shot or not hit it directly at the other player, you are completely wrong. It is almost impossible to hit the ball anywhere other than right back at that player because of how much spin is placed on the ball when coming from that far away from the table...

You can surely tell this is a real point but they played it on for the crowd. The guy in the blue could have easily won the point when the guy in htte red hopped the border. If you watch he could have just hit it to the left. And when they switch sides that is perfectly legal, except they wouldn't have kept hitting it to each other after hitting the correct side. Even though it is still pretty cool.

Yeah,amazing skills but if they are faking......

They're playing?

Yup this is an exhibition Match. But as one of the guys mentioned below that they changed ends is totally incorrect. This was a perfectly leagal relly. They changed ends but thoughout the match they kept on landing the ball only on one side of table same side of the table. I would say amazing display of concentration and table tennis skills.

Get a grip you guys. Good fun, but do you REALLY need to ask if it's for real??

The guy in blue was challeneged by how the red guy went to a far side from the table. If has had (easily) won the guy the audiance won't like an easy win, the guy in blue won't even as he was challenenged

They do this from time to time. In truth, you're sometimes forced to stay far back when defending, but this was exaggerated. The guy in blue could have won this play (i don't remember what it's called), but he decided to help make it fun. He probably already lost the game.

Although it's truly a brilliant way to play, and all legal within the rules of the game, the red guy had already won. If only all table-tennis games were like this though, eh?

That is amazing

It's obvious that the two guys were having fun and it shows.

per conversation from the TV station reporter;
the game was over, and players decided to switch side for fun.

cool that, but was it a serious game or staged?

Is it OK to switch sides like that?

ping pong players always do this on the last point just for a bit of fun as there is already a clear winner.

Was this an actual game in competition? It looks more staged for entertainment.

wtf?

the guy should simply put the ball on the other corner and the crazy one would not reack it

this is simply a performance...
not a match
a performance... i play this game...

could play table tennis but maybe taekwondo

...surely that's against the rules?

That was great ive seen that a couple of times, this is real all of you nonbelievers

this isn't real game

Boring

its all a part of japanese vs american sportsmanship, to japanese a victory is worthless in sports/games if won by sneaky tactics... this is seen commonly in go where players will point out possible moves for their opponent as opposed to how most americans play chess or checkers.. .trying to distract their opponent away and beating them sneakly.. .relating to the video...it would be a poor sport if the player had just ignored his oponents great skill in returning the ball by making him pay for his move.. .instead he is making him return antoher... testing just how good the other player is... wanting to prove that his shot will inevitably be better