On March 15, Beijing time, the 2022 WTT Singapore Grand Slam men's singles event entered the quarterfinals. In a focus battle, Tokyo Olympic men's singles champion Ma Long and the national table tennis men's team hope star Wang Chuqin met narrowly, and finally, after 5 rounds of hard fighting, Ma Long defeated Wang Chuqin and successfully advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals. Although he did not win the men's singles championship, Wang Chuqin, who lost, will continue to strive to win gold medals in men's doubles and mixed doubles events. At this Singapore Grand Slam, Ma Long only competed in the men's singles event as a veteran of national table tennis. He said in an interview that his biggest expectation at present is to play one more game and enjoy the happiness brought by table tennis.
Although Malone has revealed that he is still full of desire for the Paris Olympics, it is still unknown whether the double-lap Grand Slam winner can maintain good competitive form and physical fitness in the next two seasons. In the men's national table tennis team, Fan Zhendong is already an absolute leader, and Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun are the training objects of the Paris cycle. Lin Gaoyuan was out of the cold early in this competition, and basically withdrew from the Asian Games and the team World Table Tennis Championships to compete in the competition for seats, and Wang Chuqin and Liang Jingkun became the successors of Ma Long and Xu Xin.
In particular, Wang Chuqin, a talented teenager hand-picked by former national table tennis coach Cai Zhenhua, is the mainstay of the team's Olympic cycle in Paris. At the Tokyo Olympics, Wang Chuqin entered the Olympic list as the fourth main force, although he did not play, but for him, personally feeling the Olympic atmosphere was conducive to his "bright sword" in Paris two years later. In the 2022 Singapore Grand Slam, Wang Chuqin is the "labor model" of the team, in addition to singles, he also played in the men's doubles with Fan Zhendong, joined forces with Sun Yingsha to impact the mixed doubles gold medal, and played multiple games in succession, which is a test for his physical fitness.
Wang Chuqin and Ma Long's men's singles competition for tickets to the quarterfinals has attracted the attention of many coaches and players. Some fans said that due to the lack of friendly signing, the two major male singles players Ma Long and Wang Chuqin met in advance, and both of them have the strength to win the men's singles championship, and it is a pity that no matter who is eliminated. After the game began, Ma Long and Wang Chuqin entered the state quickly, and the two sides played inextricably on the offensive end, and the wonderful balls in multiple rounds attracted cheers from the audience. Ma Long and Wang Chuqin have been doubles partners in the Tokyo cycle and played together in Beijing.
Therefore, the two have no secrets in terms of technical tactics. In the first game, the two of you and I have been biting the score, Wang Chuqin tenaciously pulled the score into 10 draws, Ma Long stabilized his mentality and took two points to take the next city first. Wang Chuqin strengthened the speed of the first three boards in the second set, while Malone made more mistakes, and Wang Chuqin successfully chased the big score to 1-1. Subsequently, the two won one game each to enter the tiebreaker, the opening stage of the two are still difficult to score, and Malone did not soften at the key moment, successfully achieved a score reversal, and won the full game.
(Luo Treasurer)