11:48, 23-Oct-2017
ITTF World Cup: Ma Long beats Gauzy 4-2 to win bronze
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Sports Scene continues with table tennis and the World Cup being held in Belgium. World number one Ma Long was up against one Simon Gauzy in the bronze medal match, as the Chinese sought to finish third for the third time at this prestigious event.
This is Gauzy preparing to serve and down 5-3 in the first game. Ma has won this event twice, and he qucikly turns up the pace in this rally that he wins, en route to winning the game 11-5.
But the Frenchman would claw back and level things at 1-all by taking the second game 13-11.
Gauzy would win the third game, but the top seeded Ma comes back to take the fourth 11-5 to square the match at 2-2.
And the Frenchmen is going to lose this point and the fifth game to give ma a 3-2 lead.
On match point, gauzy goes long and Ma takes it 4 games to 2 to claim his third bronze medal at the event.
Meanwhile in an all-German final, Dimitrji Ovtcharov beats Timo Boll to win his first World Cup title.