On the evening of March 11, Beijing time, the national table tennis veteran Ma Long ushered in his first showdown at the WTT Grand Slam, and the opponent was Portugal's famous player and European champion Freitas. Prior to this, Malone had not participated in international events with points for more than half a year, and the result of this recuperation was to beat the opponent 3-1 and successfully advanced to the men's singles round.
At this point, all the battles of the national table tennis on March 11 have come to an end, Lin Shidong, Sun Yingsha, Wang Chuqin, Wang Manyu, Ku Man, Liang Jingkun, Liu Shiwen, Ma Long 8 battles and 8 victories, here also to congratulate the Chinese team: all are good, praise and applause for you!
Ma Long is a famous player who is very familiar to everyone, the only male table tennis player in history to win two Grand Slams, the only athlete to win the Olympic Games and the National Games men's singles championship, on the singles can be said to be unmatched, but recently took the initiative to give up a lot of competitions, so the state has declined, at the beginning of the year failed to achieve good results in the WTT Macau Tournament, this time naturally strive to restore their own competitive level.
Freitas this athlete is very interesting, just debuted when the technical action and the German world champion Pol almost exactly the same, and then slowly changed, but overall is still a "low version" of Pol, normal play is certainly not Ma Long's opponent, but also won the European singles championship, this time to see if it can play beyond the level, Marlon will appear to drop the chain situation.
After the start of the game, Malone was full of momentum, came up to take a 9-2 lead, and then won the top 11-5, completely suppressing the opponent, the last of which was lost by Freitas himself, which shows that his mentality at that time had completely collapsed. However, in the second set, Freitas began to organize an effective counterattack, and soon pulled back a city at 11-5, and the situation improved.
In the third set, Malone quickly regained momentum, and with a fierce operation, he easily won 11-3 and forced his opponent into a desperate situation. In the fourth set, Freitas continued to fall behind, and finally lost the entire match 5-11, and was eliminated 1-3 in the big score, stopping the first round of the men's singles showdown: Congratulations to Malone!
At present, although Ma Long is 33 years old, his competitive level is still the top level in the world, if he continues to participate in the National Games and the World Table Tennis Championships singles last year, Fan Zhendong may win more difficult, and may even lose to his brother, so many fans also regret Ma Long's absence.
As mentioned before, on March 11, the national table tennis has achieved a record of 8 consecutive wins, and all the athletes on the field have lived up to expectations and eliminated the opponents they have encountered, which is really gratifying! On March 12, the competition will continue, and I hope that the Chinese team athletes can continue to work hard and win all foreign wars: come on, everyone!