--- title: Table Tennis Players Face Off in Really Long Rally: Video description: MA Long and Fang Bo rally at the Qoros 2015 World Table Tennis Championships in Suzhou canonical: https://time.com/3848902/world-table-tennis-championships-rally-qoros-2015/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-06T18:30:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:35.223Z og:title: This Is One of the Most Epic Table Tennis Rallies Ever og:description: MA Long and Fang Bo rally at the Qoros 2015 World Table Tennis Championships in Suzhou og:url: https://time.com/3848902/world-table-tennis-championships-rally-qoros-2015/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Is One of the Most Epic Table Tennis Rallies Ever twitter:description: MA Long and Fang Bo rally at the Qoros 2015 World Table Tennis Championships in Suzhou twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Is One of the Most Epic Table Tennis Rallies Ever ## Video: Astronauts Play Soccer on the International Space Station [Watch (HLS stream): Astronauts Play Soccer on the International Space Station](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ZZRuWe2w.m3u8) (0:28)  _Published 2014-06-12. Astronauts Play Soccer on the International Space Station_  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 6, 2015 6:30 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 6, 2015 6:30 PM UTC Ma Long, 26, and Fang Bo, 23, duked it out in a gripping rally at the Qoros 2015 World Table Tennis Championships earlier this week. The world number one Long, ended up walking away with [his first men’s singles title](http://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1785254/chinas-ma-long-wins-first-mens-singles-world-championship-title) at the event in Suzhou, a city in the southeast of the country’s Jiangsu Province. Long even jumped on the ping pong table to celebrate the victory, which makes him the 11th world men’s singles champion from China, [according to](http://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1785254/chinas-ma-long-wins-first-mens-singles-world-championship-title) the South China Morning Post. ### See Sports Illustrated's 100 Best Masters Photos  Adam Scott celebrates his playoff win at the 2013 Masters with caddie Steve Williams. Simon Bruty—Sports Illustrated  Tiger Woods and caddie Steve Williams celebrated after Woods chipped in for birdie on the 16th hole Sunday at the 2005 Masters. Neil Leifer—Sports Illustrated  Phil Mickelson birdied the 18th hole to win his first major at the 2004 Masters. Robert Beck—Sports Illustrated  In what many consider the greatest Masters ever, Jack Nicklaus, at age 46, fired a final-round 65 in 1986 to win his sixth green jacket. 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