THIS IS SPECIAL.
Table tennis fans in China were treated to a moment of pure sporting theatre when Xu Xin and Zhu Linfeng played out a rally so epic that it could nearly be turned into a three-act stage show.
Count the shots if you like (42) — or even better, count the amount of times the point seems to be done and dusted only for Xu or Zhu to pull off a remarkable recovery.
Again. And again. And again.