Xu Xin vs Patrick Franziska | 2019 ITTF Australian Open Highlights (1/2) 

PLEASE, can every match be this good and the crowd be this hype? This was the best possible advertisement for our sport

Xu xin has a strong heart! This match was really exciting.

Franziska...congratulations! You showed to everyone you are a top level player!

Xu Xin’s mental game and experience won him the match.

You know you played some serious counters if even xu xin doesn't even react. Such a great match 👏👏

This match is the best in this year !

This was a semi-final game that I felt like it's a final

Patrick won 65 points while Xu Xin won 62. What a match, good play for both players

Xu Xin has a mentality of entertaining that gave him such incredible comeback.

FRAZISKA playing sooooo excellent. The backhand is a new lethal style of him. Best of all games during tournament. Congrats XX.

Franziska had an outstanding tournament. When the match was on the line, the XUperstar kept calm and just had something extra to move ahead. Credit to both players.

amazing game ....Xu Xin tried his best with strong heart!!! i am proud of u as a Chinese

Best match in years for me, what a thriller

70% of the world is covered by water The rest is covered by xu xin.. Amazing game by both and props to franziska for a world class performance

This is just unbelievable. Great performances by both players.

Wahnsinns-Spiel von beiden. Mach weiter so Patrick. Tolle Leistung.

Best match I’ve seen in a loooong time and there’s been some good ones

Went to Geelong arena to witness the unbelievable coming back of Xu Xin, what an epic game!!

This is one of the craziest game of both of them. Really enjoyable!!

What a beautiful match. Franziska you have earned lots of fans today including me.

This mat Left me sitting on the edge of my seat biting my fingernails. And when XX won that match, I jumped up in relief. Crazy match and patrick played extremely well and his win over fzd was probably not a fluke

Perfect camera angle, amazing match, beautiful sport!! Both men played great wow!!

Xu Xin , again you prove that you are the best after Patrick hit the edge of the table ,you still come back to win. Strong mental game is priceless. All your fans found tears in their eyes.

Craziest match I've ever seen, just incredible!

Best Performance of Franziskas career. Really well played!

Really an exciting match. Good to see them battling it up until game 7. It's also nice to see Xu Xin congratulating Patrick with such class. Well done both.

One of the best matches of the year so far 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Just witnessed this in Geelong Arena...unbelievable Xu Xin... but Patrick is alone in the match without coach sitting behind nor whole crowd of FANS...what a tough guy

That was the best match of the whole autralian open,

My lord. This was glorious, thank you for showing me the match of the year. I so wish i could go to one of these events live and watch the masters at work. Xu xing is so good at everything, i have to rewatch like six times just to watch the subtle movements and understand the spin.

best match of the tournament. Both of them played so well.Supported both of them,xuxin a bit more.just Wow

I was there. My heart stoped multiple times.

真是一場扣人心弦的傑出比賽，我也是為許昕加油的，他總是能夠在最重要的時刻定義自己

No wonder Fzd had so much trouble with this guy

Xu Xin is absolutely an outstanding player!

Xu Xin has never suffered so much FH counterattack blast in a single match. Franziska shows a textbook on how to deal with the most intimidating topspin in the world, and he is the most progressive player in 2019.

wow.. one of the best matches i have ever seen!

真是精彩的球賽，佩服許昕在驚險中的魄力，希望他能延續良好狀態。8:46在不利的局面下會求變突破，就是為甚麼我喜歡看許昕打球。

Congratulations, such a great match. Table tennis is in a very good moment having players like them.

THIS IS INSANE!! LEGENDARY LEVEL MATCH BOTH ARE PHENOMENAL

This was a perfect example of consistent power of will, mental strength and discipline combined with fairness and great sportsmanship on both sides! This is when both players truly love and enjoy the game and don’t have to regret anything after it regardless of the result! Congratulations to both players!!!

シュシンさすが。 シュシンにはこれから東京五輪、世界卓球でビッグタイトルを達成してほしい。 フランチスカもめっちゃ強かった。 久々に卓球の試合に熱中したわ。

Best angle at 1:34 . Pls ittf more of that

This is the most breath taking match of the year. Everyone would have wanted to watch it in live.

One of the best matches I've seen in a long time!

one of the best matches i've watched on the channel. It was so exciting and intense

One of the best matches I have seen in a long time. True competitors.

给许昕点赞。这么大的心理压力下，只有许昕，也就是许昕。加油。

The 2020 Olympic Gold Medal Winner: Xu~ Xin~~the Cloud Walker, now becoming a truly Storm Fighter!!!

Xu Xin, you are brilliant ! You made us tense and nervous when falling behind. You made us jump up to cheer for victory

Best match I've seen for a while!

Came expecting just another Xu Xin match. Left with incredible admiration for Patrick Franziska. What a match!

amazing match, fantastic tournament. beaten FZD, mister falk and very close against XX! forced the number one in the world into the decider, having a matchpoint. im very proud the be a part of Franziskas team!!

incredible match! Xu xin won because of his experience & mental toughness. Franziska couldn't hold his nerve at the very last moment. But a great tournament for franziska definitely. He needs to continue hard working to challenge the top Chinese on regular basis. May be next time he will win. Who knows!

It was crazy match !!! Xu xin almost lose, but his mental is diamond! His tactics were so unbelievable!!

Franziska didn't win the game, but won everyone's heart ♥️

I was fighting and yelling for Xu Xin and his game. It was a long long match but he made it thru. THE CLOUD WALKER + ENTERTAINER!!!! ALL THE WAY!

Wow... this is the most exciting match of this open tournament !! For me, this is ths first time to waycj Xuxin expressed sooo much satisfaction after a match. His mentality was so impressive for me, that even if he had been in such dangerous match point, he attacked with his full power without any hesitation. You deserve a victory. Strong mentality, great skills. The handshaking and encouraging scene after a match is so touching .

This match is one of the best table tennis matches in the modern table tennis history. It's an epic masterpiece, i don't remember how many times i watched it...

5 minutes of play even after 6 sets... man I knew I was in for some good stuff. But this was like a final match tbh. Both players displayed top notch level of skills. My stomach was upset earlier but now I am feeling better thanks to this game

Brand new to table tennis but I really like Xu’s serve. Thanks for uploading this.

Looking back from 2021, this is still the best game I've watched since 2019. Both players brought out the best in each other.

Caraca mano, quase venceu o melhor do mundo. Só por isso já se pode se considerar um dos melhores( ou melhor, ele é). Bater de frente assim não é pra qualquer um.

They were equally amazing ! Thanks for the great match ! We are extremely proud of you, Franziska ! (a European commenter)

Insane Match. Congrats to both for an amazing performance:)

I just skipped to the last minute of the video, and my bpm went from 70 to 125, but I decided to watch it, what a relief...

True sportsmen find their way onto the top respect for both xu and Patrick🤝✊🙏

👏👏👏nothing else to say both just insane, great match!!!

I will always be grateful to Patrick Franziska for showing me that a great future for European table tennis is possible (again).

12:40 Very smart play by Franziska (the slower shot)

The best match of 2019!

Xu Xin is the man. Despite all the technical disadvantages he’s been put through, he’s persevered and come back strong and still!

One of the greatest matches in recent history. Franziska played out of his mind

Amazing match! IMHO Xu Xin the most spectacular player at the moment.

Beast performence from both players.

Absolutely BRILLIANT match. This is why I love this sport.

omg what a match. beyond any words.

This was definitely the match of the year so far 🔥🔥🔥

Patrick is awesome, Xu Xin is the best, great match! Best game of the year!

Xu Xin is doing it!!!!!!! Congrats!!!!! Also Patrick did incredible as well what a match!

Never before in a game Xu Xin so often looked surprised and astonished . Great Job Patrick. Someday you can or will be the Number One.

Wish we could hear the commentator more after some of the crucial rallies. He's the best TT knowledgeable person I've heard on RU-vid.

Super match. Respect for both players.

Wow! Great for Patrick F. Career. Definitely agree that the match came down to a mental psychological game towards the end. Xu Xin, stayed composed and still managed to give the crowd what they expected to see! Both players gave an amazing match to be proud of.

What a great comeback!!! Congrats xuxin & franz.. Both play superbly.. Long live cloud-walker!!!

This is the BEST battle in table tennis ive ever seen!!!!

This was a great match. The rallies were crazy. 🔥🔥🔥

this match would be one of the ever classics!

Outstanding performance from both players.

Look at the description guys. It's completely messed.

Incredible match!

Awesome game. Finally, an Asian player who provides a pat on the back instead of a typical handshake.

Omg that was incredible!

Xu Xin's mentality is incredible, can always come back even facing opponent's match point

And so the hero of this match and of the whole tournament is Patrick Franziska for me. Congratulations for XX !!! Both played very well.

Godlike game. Still can't believe it. Speechless. I really wanted Franziska to win with his awesome backhand. He truly deserved a great tournament victory after annihilating FZD before. I'm saying this even though I usually am a die-hard Xu Xin fan :)

One of the best match I have ever seen

Good showing!

Quick Game analysis: Franziska's ball placements were almost accurately perfect throughout the entire game. He managed to surprise Xu Xin in the long rallies with very low, rapid counter spins - Xu xin was put in real pressure. At times, he would spin the ball slower and the Chinese would return short. It was a brilliant strategy to change the tempo of the play from time to time because it interrupted Xu Xin's tempo. Moreover, Patrtick's tactics worked so well that even though he committed some forced errors, he still made it to game 7. What a man! During the first five games, Xu Xin struggled with his ball placement. If you rewatch the video, you will notice that he placed the ball almost always in the middle (I refer to 4th ball placement). He probably was aiming for a cross over point, but this strategy even helped Patrick come back with speedy counters. This dragged til the 5th game. But goodness gracious, Xu Xin came back and nailed a service ace at the onset of game 6. He carried on with this energy to game 7 and finished the match the winner! By the way, his last receive to Patrick's serve was top class! What a game!

This match gives me admiration, Whenever!