 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Pasinei nekutanga kwake kumusoro-uye-pasi kusvika muna 2017, Ma akapihwa mukana wekutora chikamu mumakwikwi epasi roserakaitirwa muDüsseldorf kubva pakupera kwaMay kusvika pakutanga kwaJune. Achipinda seNhamba 1 mbeu, Ma akafambira mberi kuburikidza nematanho mana ekutanga pasina dambudziko rakawanda, kunze kwemutambo wakaoma wemitambo mitanhatu neSwedens Anton Källberg, uyo waasina kumbobvira atamba kare. Mumakwikwi emakota ekupedzisira, akatarisana naTimo Boll, uyo akanga atamba mutambo wakaisvonaka pamberi pevateereri vomunharaunda yake. Iye akabva akurumidza kubhuka nzvimbo yake mumutambo wekupedzisira nekutsvaira waaitamba naye Xu Xin, uyo aive achiita kechipiri kuoneka kwake muWTTC singles semi-fainari iye zvakare akatsvairwa naZhang Jike muna 2013. WTTC ye2017 yevarume vekupedzisira haina kuodza mwoyo. Ma naFan vakatarisana zvakare mumakwikwi makuru, vachitamba mumwe nomumwe kamwe chete mumakwikwi ose makuru mukati memakore maviri apfuura kunze kweOlympics. Kukunda kwakamuisa parutivi naZhang Jike naMa Lin kune mazita mazhinji eGrand Slam 5 uye akazova murume wekutanga aine mazita makuru gumi. Izvi zvakaratidzawo zita rake rechitanhatu rakateedzana rakakunda. Kubvira muna 2015, akanga akunda makwikwi ose makuru aakanga apinda. 