WTT Singapore Men's Singles Final Squad Produced! In the men's singles semifinals, Fan Zhendong defeated Japan's Yukiya Utada 4-2 after six sets of competition; Ma Long fell four straight sets to defeat his opponent Liang Jingkun 4-0, so that the national table tennis won the men's singles championship and runner-up of this competition.
The first men's singles semifinal was played between Fan Zhendong of national table tennis and Yukiya Utada of Japan, which was the first time the two sides had met, and before the match, Fan Zhendong said that he was very much looking forward to playing against Utada. In the first set, Yukiya Utada took a 5-2 lead at the start, fan Zhendong chased the score to 5 draws, and after 6 draws, scored 3 consecutive points to pull the score 9-6 and win the first set 11-9. In the second set, the two sides were tightly tied until 5 draws, and then Yukiya Utada scored five consecutive points to win the set point 10-5 and win the set back 11-7. In the third set, Fan Zhendong made it 6-1, leading 9-5 in the middle of the game and winning another set 11-7.
In the fourth set, Fan Zhendong scored two consecutive points to lead 5-3 after the opening 3 draws, Yukiya Utada overtook the score 10-9 after falling behind 6-9, and Fan Zhendong saved the set several times to win the set at 16-14, taking a 3-1 lead. In the fifth set, the two sides began to tie 4, then Yukiya Utada led 6-4, Fan Zhendong chased the score to 9 draws when he was 6-8 behind, and Yukiya Utada saved the match point when he was 10-11 behind, and won the fifth set 13-11 to make the big score 2-3. In the sixth set, Utada Yukiya scored 5 consecutive points in the opening round to take a 5-0 lead, Fan Zhendong then scored 7 consecutive points and won the game 7-5 with color, winning the round 11-9, defeating Yukiya Utada 4-2 to advance to the final, and also helped the national table tennis lock up the men's singles championship in advance.
The second men's singles semi-final was the National Table Tennis Civil War, played by Ma Long against Liang Jingkun. In the first set, Malone quickly took an 8-3 lead to win the first set 11-5. In the second set, Liang Jingkun made a 3-1 start, Malone chased the score to 7 draws, and with Liang Jingkun's serve off the net, Malone won another set 11-9. In the third set, Liang Jingkun made a 3-1 start, and Malone scored seven consecutive points after 4 draws to win the set 11-4 and take a 3-0 lead.
In the fourth set, Malone chased the score to 3 draws after falling behind 1-3 in the opening, and in the middle, Liang Jingkun led 6-4, and after Malone won 7-6, Liang Jingkun called a timeout for himself. After the timeout, Malone scored another point to continue leading 8-6, and after 8 draws, scored three consecutive points to win another set 11-8, beating Liang Jingkun 4-0 to advance to the final. In the final tomorrow, Malone will compete with Fan Zhendong for the title.