Is Ma Long the Best Ever?

China's Olympic Singles Gold Medalist successfully defend his World Singles title for the third time

The debate of "Who is the Best Ever?" received more fuel as "The Dragon," "The Dictator," and a Grand Slam (Olympic, World and World Cup) winner won his third straight men's singles crown in Budapest this past weekend.

How does Ma Long do it? What is his secret weapon? What equipment does he use? We will attempt to answer these questions and show Ma's run for his three-peat over an amazing field at the World Championships.

The ITTF has created their first international video campaign called, "Inside My Mind." Their first choice was Ma Long and here is his story.

https://youtu.be/OKighE5ZZ9I

The path to this year's singles championship started with Serbian's Aleksandar Karakasevic in the round of 128. Old-timers will remember Kara's major upset of defending Olympic and World Champion Liu Guoliang at the 1997 World Championships in Manchester. Ma took nothing for granted and eliminated the

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