Ma Long Nominated For 2015 Male Star

As 2015 is winding up, ITTF released their shortlist for the annual Star Awards Night to be held during the Grand Finals next month in Portugal. In the male category, Fan Zhendong, Jun Mizutani, Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Ma Long were the nominees, while Ding Ning, Liu Shiwen, Kasumi Ishikawa and Petrissa Solja are the nominees for the women’s division. 

Sohu Sports. Yesterday, ITTF announced the list of nominees for this year’s Table Tennis Star Awards. In the male category, Ma Long and Fan Zhendong, among others were nominated. 

Winning this year’s World Championships and World Cup, Ma Long is the most successful table tennis player in the men’s division for the year 2015. This achievement is recognised by the ITTF and included Ma Long as one of the nominees for the Best Male Table Tennis Star for 2015. 

Ma Long vs Fang Bo 2015 WTTC MS Finals 
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Ma Long vs Fan Zhendong 2015 World Cup Finals 
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Other nominees are Fan Zhendong of China, Jun Mizutani of Japan, and the GermanDimitrij Ovtcharov. 

Fan Zhendong vs Xu Xin 2015 Asian Championships MS Finals 
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Jun Mizutani vs D. Ovtcharov 2014 Grand Finals MS Finals 
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Dimitrij Ovtcharov vs M. Freitas 2015 European Games MS Finals 
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Of course, Ma Long is honoured to receive such recognition and hoped that he will be able to continue his wonderful performance this year into the future. 

As for the female category, Ding Ning, Kasumi Ishikawa, Liu Shiwen and Petrissa Solja made it into the shortlist. 

The winner will be announced during the ITTF Grand Finals in Lisbon, Portugal on December 9. 

Last year’s winners were Ding Ning and Quadri Aruna.