Itttennis Federation WTT Singapore Grand Slam Tournament continues, with the inevitable deepening, not only the opponents of the national table tennis players are getting stronger and stronger, the "civil war" between the national table tennis players will also be more and more, the fifth match day will have two "strong dialogues" between the national table tennis players, in the first men's singles 1/8 final, grand slam champion Ma Long against the "00" young player Wang Chuqin, Ma Long won the first set after Wang Chuqin won two consecutive sets to win 2:1, the backward Malone then resisted the pressure to win two consecutive sets, Defeated Wang Chuqin 3:2 on aggregate and advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals. In a men's singles third round of competition before that, world champion Liang Jingkun overcame the problem of slow and hot start, and he won three consecutive games in a row with a total score of 3:1 to defeat Kazakhstan's Glasmenko in the first game, taking the lead in advancing to the men's singles quarterfinals.
World no. 5 Liang Jingkun and Kazakhstan's Glasmenko compete for a place in the men's singles quarterfinals, Liang Jingkun has recently been in good shape, just won the men's singles championship at the Oman Challenge, and the opponent Glasmenko also has a certain strength, he once reached the Slovenian Challenge men's singles final. In the first set, Liang Jingkun started into a slower state and made more mistakes, Glasmenko seized the opportunity to bite the score, and the two sides fought until 9:9 in the next city to win the first place in 9:9. In the second set, the two sides began to draw 2:2, Liang Jingkun scored four consecutive points to open the score 6:2, the trailing Glasmenco stubbornly forced the score to 6:9, Liang Jingkun scored two consecutive points to win back a city at 11:6.
In the third set, Liang Jingkun opened with five consecutive points to lead 5:0, and then Liang Jingkun extended the score to 8:2, and the trailing Glasmenco was unable to catch up with the score, and Liang Jingkun scored three more points at the end of the game to win 11:2, and the big score was 2:1 to surpass the opponent. In the fourth set, the two sides began to draw 2:2, the backwater Glasmenko scored three consecutive points to open the gap, the backward Liang Jingkun stubbornly chased the score to 7:7 draw, the morale of Liang Jingkun scored four consecutive points at the end of the game to win 11:7, the total score of 3:1 reverse defeat Glasmenko, strong promotion to the quarterfinals, the next round of the game Liang Jingkun will compete with Duda and Carlsson for the winner of the final four places.
Ma Long and Wang Chuqin's match has attracted much attention from the outside world, the two are not only partners but also competitors, Ma Long rarely participates in the competition after winning the Tokyo Olympic Championship, which more or less affects his state, in the first two rounds of this competition, Ma Long lost a set against an opponent who was not strong, and Wang Chuqin was in a state of explosion when facing two world famous players, he kept a clean sheet for Fark and Pitcheford to advance to the third round. In the first set, Malone entered the state quickly, taking a 5:1 lead at the beginning, the backward Wang Chuqin scored two consecutive points to close the score, Ma Long stabilized his position and scored consecutive points to re-establish a four-point lead at 9:5, after each side scored one point, Malone won the set point at 10:6, Wang Chuqin scored four consecutive points to tie the score, And Ma Long resisted the pressure and scored two consecutive points to win the first set at 12:10. In the second set, the two sides began to draw 4:4, Wang Chuqin scored three consecutive points to lead 7:4, Ma Long chased back one point, wang Chuqin scored three more points to get the set point at 10:5, and after each side scored one point, Wang Chuqin won a set back 11:6.
In the third set, Wang Chuqin was full of momentum, and he scored three consecutive points to lead 4:1 in the opening game, and then he extended the score to 6:2, the backward Ma Long stubbornly chased the score to 6:8, Wang Chuqin scored two consecutive points to get the set point at 10:6, Ma Long scored two consecutive points and then approached the score, Wang Chuqin resisted the pressure to win another set at 11:8, and the big score led 2:1. The trailing Malone launched a crazy counterattack in the fourth set, taking a 4-1 lead at the beginning, Wang Chuqin scored two consecutive points to close the score, Malone then scored consecutive points to expand the score to 8:4, Wang Chuqin recovered one point and then Malone scored three consecutive points to win 11:5 to equalize the total score. In the decider match, Ma Long started to take a 6:2 lead, although the backward Wang Chuqin played very tenaciously, but the experienced Ma Long firmly occupied the initiative, and finally Ma Long won the fifth set 11:6, defeating Wang Chuqin with a total score of 3:2 and strongly advancing to the men's singles quarterfinals.