Malone ended the Grand Slam singles quarterfinals competition, 3-2 victory over Chinese Taipei's main Lin Yunru to advance to the final four, the state of the explosion. As the oldest main player of the national table tennis men's team, and with the honor of double circle Grand Slam, he could have quit the national team to enjoy life, but Ma Long proved with his strength that he is also a master of the world's first echelon. You must know that Malone did not participate in last year's Houston World Table Tennis Championships, and he can still play a Grand Slam in the Grand Slam.
Lin Yunru created a lot of pressure on Ma Long as he came up, although the front and backhands constantly exchanged attacks and defenses, and Ma Long still lost 5:11 in the first game. In the back game, the landing point changed and the attack power of the forehand was constantly increased, and Lin Yunru began to have a crisis, pulling back a set at 11:6. The next three sets of Malone fully demonstrated the comprehensiveness of the technology, not only the forehand attack was smooth and free, but the backhand twisting made Lin Yunru make mistakes, and the two sides played from 1 draw to 2 draws. The decider was a pinnacle duel, but Malone won the championship and won the match 11:7.
Able to withstand the impact of the new generation of post-00s stars, Ma Long is worthy of being a legend in the world table tennis world. No matter what words are used to describe Malone, he sets an example for his young teammates. In the last men's singles quarterfinals, Ma Long also narrowly defeated Wang Chuqin in five sets. Before the game, Ma Long always felt that he did not have the upper hand, but when he really fought, Wang Chuqin was slightly impatient, especially in the case of the score being backward, Wang Chuqin could not hold back his state, and finally regretted being out.
The Grand Slam tournament is not over yet, and Malone has eliminated two post-00s new generation stars. It's clear that Malone's goal is to compete for his first Grand Slam singles title. According to the Reform Plan of the International Table Tennis Federation, the Grand Slam series has more than one event a year, and if it can win all the championships, it will become a grand slam in the new era. Malone wants to take advantage of the fact that he has not yet retired and strive to get the new Grand Slam again, which is probably his dream before retiring. Most importantly, Malone is very self-disciplined, training time is not even lost to young players, and can stabilize the world's top three inseparable from their own efforts.
And from the overall situation of the Grand Slam, the national table tennis men's team is undergoing a major reshuffle. With his status as the world number one in singles and the singles champion of the World Table Tennis Championships, Fan Zhendong is firmly the number one player in the Paris cycle. Wang Chuqin specializes in mixed doubles and is also one of the candidates for the Paris Olympic Games. Lin Gaoyuan and Xu Xin are out of the game due to the upset, and Xu Xin is older, Ma Long is likely to compete with Liang Jingkun to become the third person in the Olympics. Unless Malone himself does not want to participate in the Paris Olympics, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan will need to compete with the Dragons.
No matter what Malone's future career plans are, if he can win the singles championship of the Grand Slam, he will create a new history, and the historical achievements of his personal career will be difficult for anyone to surpass in the future.