When Malone and Fan Zhendong's pinnacle showdown is one less, we fans can only watch and cherish, and the Singapore Grand Slam may be the best chance, or it may be the last chance!
Can the Dragons' Little Fat succeed in the final? How difficult is it? The answer is revealed tonight, and the semi-final time and matchups are as follows:
Live time: 19:00 Fan Zhendong vs Yukiya Utada, 19:45 Ma Long vs Liang Jingkun
Live channel: CCTV Sports Channel.
Why do you say that Malone encountered variables?
Due to the official announcement of the International Table Tennis Federation: the WTT Grand Slam Men's and Women's Singles Semifinals and Finals were adjusted to a 7-game, 4-win system!
The elongation of the format invisibly makes Malone face greater challenges, the 34-year-old Dragon team is no longer young, the first round of this Grand Slam 3-1 Freitas, the round of 16 3-1 Aruna, the quarterfinals 3-2 Wang Chuqin, it can be seen that the three rounds of competition are not particularly easy to win, and the continuous high-intensity competition is afraid of physical fitness.
For Malone, the biggest advantage is that the semi-final opponent is Liang Jingkun, first look at the battle records of the two sides, Malone won 17 of the 20 games in his career, and the situation is overwhelming! It was four years since the last loss to Liang Jingkun in January 2018.
No wonder netizens will say: "Liang Jingkun beats others without fear, most afraid of Malone, every second to lose!" In fact, the battle record can only be used as a reference, Ma Long still can not be careless, Liang Jingkun is young after all, physical strength is guaranteed, in order to be able to take the position in the Paris Olympic cycle, it is necessary to seize this rare opportunity to defeat Ma Long in one fell swoop to prove himself.
In this regard, netizens also looked more open: "Ma Long has entered the top four is not easy, the semi-final can win is good, but if you lose, it is not a pity, indicating that there are people after the national table tennis, although Ma Long lost Yu Rong." The Dragon Team is indeed good enough, but the years are not spared, and it is difficult to see the trend of destruction and decay in the past.
In this situation, netizens can't help but sigh: "If the dragon team is 5 years younger, it is definitely Zhang Sanfeng's existence, and whoever you want to fight will fight!" Destroy whoever you want!! ”
Compared with Ma Long, Fan Zhendong's promotion to the final is not much suspense!
First of all, the variables of the format are beneficial to Fan Zhendong, who is accustomed to slow heat, which definitely reduces the chance of being upset by the opponent because of the slow heat, not to mention that as the world's no. 1 seed, the winner of some of the championships of the National Games, the World Table Tennis Championships, and the World Cup Finals, against the Japanese young player Yukiya Utada, Fan Zhendong cannot let the final qualification be left behind.
As netizens said: "Fan Zhendong thrived under the polishing of Ma Long", "Fan Zhendong has seen the footprints along the way, down-to-earth, steady, and there are no big ups and downs". ——Fan Zhendong has no suspense in advancing to the final!
Is the sword not old or dominating the world? I really hope that the Dragon Team and Xiao Fat can successfully meet the final and ignite the battle of the peaks again!