On January 20, Beijing time, the Macau Championship tournament in China is underway. In the just-concluded match, Sun Yingsha fell three straight sets, with a total score of 3:0 and a clean sheet for Hebei teammate He Zhuojia, successfully advancing to the women's singles quarterfinals. In this case, the list of the eight strong women's singles is all released, and the national table tennis will win all the seats in the top eight. In the women's singles, Liu Fei, He Zhuojia, Ku Man, Qian Tianyi, Wang Yidi and other five people were eliminated.
Next, in today's last game, Olympic champion Ma Long faced world champion Liang Jingkun. Veteran Malone got into form quickly, leading 7-3 at the start. Liang Jingkun chased to 5:7, and Malone's landing point was well controlled, leading 8:5. Liang Jingkun once chased down, 9:9 draw. Malone did not miss a chance, winning the first set 11:9 and leading 1:0 in the big score.
In the second set, Olympic champion Malone started 5:1, Liang Jingkun played a little anxious, Malone almost no senseless mistakes, Malone led 7:1. Malone made a mistake on the ball and Liang Jingkun finally scored a point, 2:7. Liang Jingkun counterattacked and pursued to 3:7. Malone made a mistake in slaming, and Liang Jingkun chased it to 5:7.
Malone stopped the loss of points and led 8-5. Malone continued to score through changes, Liang Jingkun chased to 9:10, Olympic champion Malone decisively requested a timeout, after the suspension, Liang Jingkun still broke through from Malone's forehand, moving Ma Long left and right, Liang Jingkun chased the draw, 10:10 draw. At 11:11, the game went into a white-hot spot. In the end, Malone won 13:11, leading 2:0.
In the third set, Malone started 4-0. Liang Jingkun's self-confidence collapsed, Ma Long started 5:1, Liang Jingkun did not change much, and Ma Long started 7:1. The two fired high balls at each other, and Liang Jingkun chased them to 3:7. Malone held firm and led 9-5. Malone didn't miss a chance and won the match point 10:5.
In the end, Olympic champion Ma Long locked up the victory 11:6, fell three straight sets, eliminated world champion Liang Jingkun with a total score of 3:0, and successfully advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals. It is worth mentioning that Liang Jingkun is also the first singles world champion of the national table tennis tournament to be eliminated from the open competition. At present, six men's singles players have been eliminated, namely Yuan Licen, Zhao Zihao, Sun Wen, Zhou Qihao, Xue Fei, and world champion Liang Jingkun.