On March 19, Beijing time, WTT Singapore Grand Slam men's singles semifinals, Ma Long vs Liang Jingkun, this game Ma Long completely occupied the initiative of the game, the front and back hand pull ball is far better than Liang Jingkun. When Liang Jingkun was behind, he did not find a good countermeasure, and his performance in the game was not ideal. In the end, Ma Long showed his strong personal strength, winning 4 consecutive sets, sweeping Liang Jingkun 4-0, the final vs Fan Zhendong, after the semi-final, we had two players enter the semi-final, that is, we have won the championship and runner-up of this project.
Ma Long and Liang Jingkun this game, although Ma Long is older, but he has a wealth of competition experience, and in this event, his state is very good, he has defeated many players who are not bad, showing his own very strong competitiveness. In the first set, Malone played well, he took a 6-2 lead at the beginning, and then he scored consecutive points again, taking the lead to win 11-5 and make it 1-0. In the first set, Malone completely took the initiative, and Liang Jingkun did not find a way to limit Malone, which also led to a one-sided situation in the game.
In the second set, Liang Jingkun obviously adjusted his game rhythm, became more active in some offensive rounds, and improved his return efficiency. In this game, Liang Jingkun also maintained a score lead. However, in terms of key points, Liang Jingkun's performance was not as good as Ma Long,especially when he was leading 9-8, he conceded consecutive points, and when he was 9-10 behind, he served directly into the net, which also led to him losing the second set 9-11, falling behind 0-2.
In the third game, Malone did not give Liang Jingkun too many opportunities, and Liang Jingkun did not think of a good solution, in this game once again showed a one-sided situation, Malone won easily 11-4 in a single set, the big score 3-0 lead Liang Jingkun, the advantage is very obvious.
In the fourth set, Liang Jingkun played very tenaciously, he was able to keep biting Ma Long in the score, and the two players fought until 8-8 draw. Subsequently, Liang Jingkun made many mistakes, and Ma Long overtook 8-6. In terms of key points, Liang Jingkun made mistakes again, the quality of his backhand pulling ball was not high, and there were many mistakes, while Malone played steadily, he won the fourth game 11-8, swept Liang Jingkun 4-0, and successfully advanced to the men's singles final. In the international competition, to be able to sweep Liang Jingkun 4-0, I have to say that Ma Long's strength is too strong, and the state is also very good, this event he hopes to impact the men's singles championship.
Compared with Ma Long, Liang Jingkun is a younger player, his state is in an ascending period, and his physical fitness is better than Ma Long. However, from the perspective of this game, it is obvious that Liang Jingkun's game experience is not as good as Ma Long, he played very hard in the game, but it is still difficult to beat Ma Long, and his ability is weak in terms of key point grasp, which also led to his final loss to Ma Long in the game and stopped in the semi-finals. From the current point of view, there is still a gap between Liang Jingkun and becoming a player like Ma Long, the technology should be practiced well, the competition experience should be slowly accumulated, and the effort should continue to be made.
After defeating Liang Jingkun, Ma Long also entered the final, and on the stage of the final, he will stage a peak duel with Fan Zhendong, the two players met in the men's singles final of the Tokyo Olympics, and Ma Long laughed to the end. After the Olympic Games, Fan Zhendong won a number of major championships in a row, his personal state is very good, in the competition of the National Games, Fan Zhendong also defeated Ma Long, and his personal state is just right. In the Singapore Grand Slam event, Ma Long once again met Fan Zhendong in the final, and who can laugh at the end of the two players has also become the focus of attention from the outside world. It is worth mentioning that with Ma Long and Fan Zhendong entering the men's singles final, the national table tennis has successfully won the men's singles championship and runner-up, and the results are very good.