The 21-year-old world champion missed the top 8, and Ma Long denied giving Wang Chuqin a lesson! Fan Zhendong fought hard for 5 innings to advance. In the 2022 WTT Singapore Grand Slam Men's Singles Quarterfinals, four players of the national table tennis took the lead, three of whom advanced to the quarterfinals, Liang Jingkun defeated Kazakhstan's Glasmenko 3-1, Fan Zhendong narrowly defeated South Korea's Ahn Jae-hyun 3-2, and Ma Long started a national table tennis civil war with 21-year-old rising star Wang Chuqin, and finally Ma Long won 3-2.
Liang Jingkun is the fifth seed of this tournament, and the quarter-final is against Glasmenco. In the first set, the two were locked in a fierce battle, the score was drawn many times, and when the score was 9-9, Grassmenko scored two consecutive points to win the first set 11-9. In the second set, Liang Jingkun stepped up his offensive attack and soon took a 6-2 lead, after which Grassmenko chased the score to 6-9, and at the crucial moment, Liang Jingkun scored two consecutive points to win back an set of 11-6. In the third set, Liang Jingkun scored five consecutive points and quickly won the set 11-2. In the fourth set, Glasmenko fought back and took a 5-2 lead, but Liang Jingkun quickly caught up with the score and finally locked up the victory 11-7, thus winning 3-1 on aggregate, becoming the first player in the national table tennis to advance to the men's singles quarterfinals.
Top seed Fan Zhendong met with stubborn resistance from Ahn Jae-hyun, and in the first set, Fan Zhendong quickly won 11-4. In the second set, Ahn Jae-hyun returned the color 11-6. In the third set, the two began to fight, the score was drawn many times, when the score was 10-10, Fan Zhendong made a mistake, Ahn Jae-hyun took the lead, and won 13-11, the total score was 2-1. In the fourth set, Fan Zhendong stabilized the situation in time to start at 4-0, and then Fan Zhendong also extended the lead and won the set 11-5. In the decider, Fan Zhendong had fully regained his touch and started 7-1, although Ahn Jae-hyun once chased the score to 6-7, but Fan Zhendong soon pulled the score away again and ended the game 11-7, thus narrowly winning the game with an aggregate score of 3-2.
Grand Slam winner Malone against the post-00 world champion Wang Chuqin, the first set, the two of them were extremely fierce, when the score battle was 10-10, Malone scored 2 consecutive points, 12-10 to take the lead. In the second set, Wang Chuqin quickly adjusted his form and pulled back a set at 11-6. In the third set, Wang Chuqin led all the way and won another set 11-8. In the fourth set, Malone held his ground in time to drag the match into the decider 11-5. In the decider, Malone started 3-1, and then Wang Chuqin suddenly collapsed, and Malone ended the game 11-6, thus winning 3-2 on aggregate. After the game, the reporter said that Ma Long taught a lesson to the young players, in the face of this statement, Ma Long said very solemnly that he did not have a lesson for anyone, Wang Chuqin's current strength does not allow him to win the game very easily, so he can only play one point at a time, and can only use the serve, and the landing point in the middle of the hold is one point and one point to make up 11 points. Subsequently, the reporter also praised Ma Long for controlling the rhythm of the field, but Ma Long has been looking for steps for Wang Chuqin, saying that playing the decisive game is to compete for willpower, and he is only relatively smooth in the back. Ma Long's statement is admirable, although the reporter has always praised him, but he has always been defending the young players, which shows that Ma Long is not only superb in ball skills, but also first-class in character.