On January 20, Beijing time, the second match day of the WTT Macau Championship, the last match was played by Ma Long against Liang Jingkun, which was The first men's singles match of Ma Long's tournament, after the first mixed doubles match between Ma Long and Qian Tianyi, who lost to the combination of Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin. Another player in this game, Liang Jingkun, is also a member of the national table tennis team and has strong strength.
In the first set of the game, Liang Jingkun did not fear Malone's active attack, opened the forehand pull early, hit a 3-3 draw, but Malone relied on a better return ball control to grasp the initiative, scored 4 points in a row to a 7-4 lead, even if Liang Jingkun forced the quality of Laga and failed to reverse the situation, and finally Malone won the first set 11-9, leading 1-0.
Entering the second set, Malone maintained a stable mentality, continuously completed the serve score, constantly changing the rhythm of the serve, Liang Jingkun was difficult to overcome, Malone quickly played a 5-1 start, once again occupying a clear advantage. At this time, Liang Jingkun chased the score to 7-5 through several backhand attacks, but malone quickly expanded the advantage again by adjusting the rhythm of the serve, playing to 9-5, and then the two sides fell into a stalemate, from 9-9 to 10-10, 11-11, and finally Malone was better, 13-11 won the second set, the big score 2-0 lead.
The third set was Malone's match point innings, the Dragons still maintained a stable output, continued to improve the quality of the pair, played a 5-1 start, and took the lead in three consecutive games, which was enough to show Malone's strong strength. Ma Long then continued to score through consecutive pulls, directly playing 10-5 to master the match point, and finally Ma Long won the third set 11-6, swept Liang Jingkun 3-0, and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
After Ma Long swept 3-0 to eliminate Liang Jingkun, the list of the men's singles top 8 of this Macao Championship was officially released, and the three main players of the national table tennis men's team successfully advanced to the top 8, the first round of men's singles competition, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long did not encounter too much trouble, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long were 3-0 swept to easily advance, Xu Xin was in the case of 01 behind to win 3 consecutive sets. From the current situation, it is basically difficult for other players to shake these three main players of national table tennis. Wang Chuqin, a young player after 00, is the new generation of players whose strength is closest to these three main players.
The final men's singles top 8 lists are: Fan Zhendong against Xu Yingbin, Lin Gaoyuan against Lin Shidong, Xu Xin against Xiang Peng, and Ma Long against Wang Chuqin.
In the final 8 duels, The showdown between Ma Long and Wang Chuqin will have something to watch, the two have previously joined hands in the domestic National Games to play for the Beijing team, Wang Chuqin is currently the most concerned in the new generation of the national table tennis men's team, the Tokyo Olympic Games hold a wild card as a substitute player, before the World Table Tennis Championships and the World Cup Finals consecutive and Fan Zhendong's duel, Wang Chuqin's play is very good, although they are all losing, but to Fan Zhendong to create enough trouble, Wang Chuqin's personal strength is not lost to Fan Zhendong. For this reason, the post-00 young player, the match against Ma Long is believed to be fierce, against the first person in the history of national table tennis, I believe That Wang Chuqin will be fully prepared and strive to play the best personal performance.
(Lin Xiaoxiang)