The national table tennis grand slam swept Liang Jingkun! Ma Long played Fan Zhendong in the final to qualify for the Asian Games. In the men's singles semifinals of the 2022 WTT Singapore Grand Slam Championships, national table tennis Grand Slam winner Ma Long swept Liang Jingkun 4-0 to advance to the final and will compete with Fan Zhendong for the championship. Although Ma Long is 33 years old, he still maintains a very good competitive state and hopes to compete in the Hangzhou Asian Games.
In this Grand Slam Tournament, the national table tennis has 3 main players to enter the men's singles top 4, in the first to enter the men's singles semifinals, Fan Zhendong defeated the Japanese dark horse Utada Yukiya 4-2, taking the lead in advancing to the final. Malone is currently ranked second in the world, won the men's singles championship at last year's Tokyo Olympics, and then Malone withdrew from many events until the WTT Macau Championship at the beginning of this year, when Malone lost to Liang Jingkun, and this time the two met again, the outside world thought it would be a fierce duel, but surprisingly, Malone occupied the initiative throughout the whole process. In the first set, Malone took the lead, taking a 3-0 lead, after which Malone also took the lead 10-4 to get the set point, although Liang Jingkun saved a set point, but Malone still won the first set 11-5. In the second set, Liang Jingkun started 3-0, then Malone caught up with the score, the two fought all the way to a 9-9 draw, at the critical moment, Liang Jingkun made a mistake, Ma Long scored 2 consecutive points, won another set at 11-9, and led 2-0 on aggregate.
In the third set, the two were still very fierce in the opening stages, but when the score was 4-4, Malone scored 2 consecutive points to take the lead, and the backward Liang Jingkun made many mistakes, And Malone seized the opportunity to extend the lead and quickly won the set 11-4, leading 3-0 on aggregate. In the fourth set, Liang Jingkun led 3-1, then Ma Long adjusted his tactics to win 7-6, Liang Jingkun was forced to call a timeout, after the game restarted, Ma Long still maintained the lead, and finally locked up the victory 11-8, thus sweeping Liang Jingkun 4-0 and advancing to the final.
Although Liang Jingkun is younger than Ma Long, from the perspective of the game process, Ma Long has always been the leading side, and Liang Jingkun has always been passive. If Malone maintains this state, Fan Zhendong cannot guarantee a victory. Although there have always been voices in the outside world that Malone can retire and give up positions to young people, But Malone is still in good shape, if young people want to get on the position, then please beat Malone in the game, rather than asking Malone to take the initiative to give way. Now that there are only two years to go before the Paris Olympics, maybe Malone will still be able to compete, so let's look forward to it.