The national table tennis competition rekindled the war, our men's and women's teams came to Singapore, participated in the WTT Grand Slam, in the men's singles quarterfinals, Ma Long appeared, against Lin Yunru, in the first 4 sets of 2-2 draw, Ma Long broke out in the 5th set, 3-2 victory over the opponent, broke into the men's singles 4 finals of this station, and won 4 consecutive singles wins.
Malone is currently ranked No. 2 in the world, with 5404 individual singles points, second only to Fan Zhendong. Lin Yunru is ranked 7th in the world, with 3705 points, and in this game, the two compete for a place in the top 4.
In the first set, Lin Yunru played very well, he firmly suppressed Ma Long, and quickly won our national table tennis captain with an 11-5 score, and in the 5 sets and 3 wins, Ma Long was at a disadvantage.
In the second set, Malone's performance improved, playing 6-1 at the beginning, Lin Yunru struggled to score 1 point, but Malone randomly returned the opponent with a beautiful return ball to return the opponent by 1 point, and the score came to 7-2. Seeing that the big score was behind, Lin Yunru's heartache was anxious, and the timing of the offensive end was not well chosen. However, what is surprising is that Ma Long's own state has a power outage, Lin Yunru took the opportunity to chase 5-8, Ma Long stabilized the rhythm, won 2 points in a row, established a 10-5 advantage, got the inning point, Lin Yunru did not concede defeat, recovered 1 point, but then a ball scramble, Lin Yunru himself returned the ball out of bounds, in this case, Ma Long won the second set at 11-6, and the total score of the two sides came to a 1-1 draw.
After successfully equalizing on aggregate, Malone's mentality became more peaceful, and in the third set, he played 5-1 in the opening, the opponent was a bit lost, Qin Zhijian on the sideline applauded Malone, and the fans in the stands cheered. Subsequently, Lin Yunru lost another point, and the score became 1-6, and the scene was very passive. Ma Long's play was stable, and soon extended the score to 8-3, and his continuous moves made Lin Yunru very passive and tired of coping. After 9-3, Malone calmly came to the sideline to wipe his sweat, and his opponent shook his head in frustration. Malone served, the two pulled, Lin Yunru scored, still 4-9 behind, but Malone still won the set point 10-4, a serve to score, Malone won the third set 11-5, the total score came to 2-1!
In the fourth set, Malone fell behind at first, but he did not panic, after playing a high-quality return ball, chased to 3-4, Qin Zhijian stood up and applauded, the score of the two alternately rose, And Malone chased 4-5. After 6-8, Malone chased two consecutive points to equalize. After 9-9, Lin Yunru played well, winning the fourth set 11-9, and the two drew 2-2.
In the fifth set, Malone solved the problem of slow heat, taking a 4-2 lead at the beginning, after 9-6, Malone was close to victory, the opponent was discouraged, and after scoring 2 more points, Malone won the decider 11-7, and in the end, Malone became the winner in the decider, eliminating the opponent with a 3-2 aggregate score.