After 12 years of competing in the mixed doubles event of international events, Ma Long's comeback was "a round of travel"

Yesterday, the World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT) Macau Championships kicked off at the Macau Ta shek Stadium. China's players all won in the "foreign war", and ma Long, the national table tennis captain who returned to participate in the competition, made his debut in the mixed doubles international arena since the 2009 Asian Championships, but lost 0-3 and suffered a "round trip".

Data chart Ma Long Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Dongzhen photographed

The competition lasts for 5 days, with 3 events: men's singles, women's singles and mixed doubles, each with 16 signatures. The Chinese team sent all the key players to participate, veterans Ma Long, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen "re-emerged", and the new Olympic champions Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha were also in the lineup.

Malone's last international mixed doubles competition was in November 2009, when he won four gold medals at the Asian Championships, in which mixed doubles won with Li Xiaoxia. This time again in the mixed doubles project, the partner of the "Dragon Team" was replaced by the "post-00" new qian Tianyi.

Last night, Ma Long/Qian Tianyi faced Xinke Single World Championship champions Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha and stopped the first round 8-11, 5-11, 9-11. After the game, Qian Tianyi said that there was some pressure to partner with Ma Long, but more was honored and happy, "Brother Long has always told me to let go of the fight and don't have baggage. This is actually Malone's encouragement to himself, he laughed and said that he knows that his ability in the mixed doubles project is not good, so there is some pressure, "In fact, it is quite nervous, there has been no game for a while, and the first comeback is mixed doubles, which requires male players to bear more." However, today we both performed quite well, whether it is on-field communication or technical and tactical routines, it is better than the performance in previous training. It is a little regrettable that we did not take advantage of the opportunity when the situation was dominant, but the overall strength of the other side was indeed stronger than ours. ”

After the mixed doubles encountered the "one round trip", Ma Long will also play as the No. 2 seed tonight in the singles match, competing with the No. 5 seed Liang Jingkun in the first round.

(Original title: After 12 years of participating in the mixed doubles event of international events, Ma Long's comeback was "a round of travel")

Source: Beijing Evening News Reporter: Wang Xiaoxiao

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