On March 11, Beijing time, the first round of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam men's singles, Malone vs Portugal's Freitas, this game did not have any suspense, Malone defeated Freitas 3-1 to advance to the round of 32. Ma Long is the first Super Grand Slam male singles player to combine the Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, Asian Games, Asian Championships, Asian Cup, Tour Finals, and National Games singles champion, and his position in table tennis cannot be shaken.
Malone was upset by Wang Chuqin in the men's singles quarterfinals of the WTT Macau Championship in January, when He lost 3-1 to Wang Chuqin and missed the semifinals, but Malone was still ranked second in the world. Hugo, who is ranked third in the world, has more than 500 points less than Malone with 4913 points, and Malone's second place in the world is still very solid.
Malone started with a 3-0, then 5-0, Freitas finally scored the first point, followed by Malone 7-2 lead, 8-3, 9-4, 10-5, 11-5 easy to win, felt that Malone won too easily, Freitas simply could not create any obstacles for Malone.
In the second set, Freitas started with Malone to play 3-3, then Malone had three consecutive mistakes, Freitas led 7-4, and then 5-8 Malone was still behind, did not expect Malone to make consecutive mistakes, Freitas responded with a wave of 11-5, the two drew 1-1.
In the opening of the third set, Malone took the initiative to start 4-2, then Malone played Freitas's backhand and then scored, the forehand pulled straight to continue to score, a wave of 3-0 to open the point difference to 7-2, followed by Malone came another wave of 4-0, directly 11-2 quick win, feel that the second set loss is let him, right? The gap was also a little bigger, and 11-2 directly confused Freitas.
The game between Freitas and Malone at the beginning of the fourth set was more determined, the two attacks desperately went forward, he did not dare to retreat, Malone opened a 3-2 lead, and then the two played 3-5, but into the middle of the game Malone began to hit directly to 8-5, cut two direct 10-5 lead, and finally 11-5 easily advanced.
Commentator Yan An said after the game: The Dragons can only be regarded as a pass in this game, and the Dragons seem to be not very satisfied with their performance, hoping that he can find his form after 1-2 games.
Text/Yan Xiaobai