WTT Grand Slam ushered in a men's singles tough contest, namely two-time Olympic champion and Grand Slam winner Ma Long against Houston World Table Tennis Championships mixed doubles champion Wang Chuqin, the two are both teammates of beijing team, and they are also the 2019 men's doubles champion partners, in the contest of knowing each other, Malone in the 1-2 behind 3-2 (12-10/6-11/8-11/11/11-5/11-6) difficult to eliminate his disciple Wang Chuqin into the top 8. Another former world champion veteran of national table tennis, Ni Xialian, is also immortal, following the women's doubles medal at the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, she and her partner Denut defeated Germany's Sabine/Mithanom 3-1 (11-13/11-6/12-10/11-8) to reach the women's doubles semifinals again!
The 34-year-old Ma Long is a legend of the Chinese table tennis team, he is the first player in the world table tennis world to win the Olympic men's singles championship, in the Olympic Games before the Tokyo Olympic Games, there has never been a team member to defend the men's singles championship, in addition, Ma Long is the world championship of the men's singles three consecutive championships, originally had the opportunity to win four consecutive championships, became the first person in history, but unfortunately automatically gave up the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, failed to achieve, but Ma Long is still the world's top player in men's table tennis. On the road to the top 8, it is inevitable to encounter Wang Chuqin, who is also a triathlon, which is a hard battle and an encounter.
Ma Long is very experienced, always able to find the opponent's weakness in the big game, and win with one blow, while Wang Chuqin is physically strong, young and vigorous, and is the focus of the national table tennis Paris cycle, the gap between the two is not large, in this game to give full play to their respective characteristics, Ma Long finally achieved a rebound in the case of 1-2 behind. Malone's performance in the competition is commendable, in recent years, the World Championships and the Olympic Games such as the big competition, can always play the role of the needle of the sea god, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin such players have not broken through the Mark of Ma Long, in the case of no gap in the technical level, the on-site play in the competition is still not as comfortable as Ma Long, the adaptability is still stronger. However, Wang Chuqin benefited from the advantage of his left hand and had an advantage in doubles coordination, and is expected to play as the third person of the Chinese men's team in the men's team and mixed doubles of the Paris Olympic Games.
In addition to Malone, the veteran, there is a former world champion in today's arena, the same style is not reduced that year, ni xialian, who won the mixed doubles championship of the world table tennis championship in 1983, is now 58 years old, still representing Luxembourg in international competitions, Houston world table tennis and Denut partner won the women's doubles third place, this station the two once again reached the women's doubles semifinals, facing Germany's non-main player Sabine / Mitham, in the first set by the opponent narrowly won, the third set is also in danger, Ni Xialian / De Nutt defeated the German duo 3-1 to advance to the women's doubles semifinals.
The women's doubles semi-final will be a repeat of the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, with Wang Manyu/Sun Yingsha against Luxembourg's Ni Xialian/Denut, and the victory or defeat of this match is not much suspense. Another semi-final will be played between Japan's Hina Hayata and Mimako Ito and the multinational duo Polkanova/Szokos.