2022 WTT Grand Slam in the tenth match day, ushered in the final climax, who can win the men's and women's singles championship became the biggest suspense of this year's competition, the first to hold the women's singles final, Chen Meng and Wang Manyu experienced seven sets of hard battles to divide the winner and loser, Chen Meng won the women's singles crown 4-3 with more stable play, in the next men's singles final, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long staged a peak showdown! In the semi-finals, Ma Long swept Liang Jingkun to show the unsolvable hexagonal warrior form, so that many fans have seen his hope of winning the championship, but on the stage of the final, Ma Long started unfavorably and was won by Fan Zhendong for two consecutive games, but the Dragon team, who had seen too many big scenes, gradually found their state, won three consecutive games to take the lead in getting the match point, but Xiao Fat then fought back strongly, and then won two more sets to narrowly defeat Ma Long 4-3 and win the men's singles championship of this competition!
As soon as the first game came up, the very familiar Dragon Team and Xiao Fat did not have any temptation to enter the confrontation battle, but the dragon team's mistakes in the opening stage of the plunder, Fan Zhendong seized the opportunity, the opening to achieve a 6-2 lead, the hexagonal warrior Ma Long completely lacked the state and momentum of the last sweep of the big fat Liang Jingkun, has been suppressed by Fan Zhendong to death, Xiao Fat also easily won the first game 11-6.
After the second game came up, the Dragons were obviously more excited, and they also played more actively than the first innings on the field, through the control of the landing point, they did not give Fan Zhendong the opportunity to take the lead, and he was looking for opportunities to attack sideways in the multi-beat match, and Malone also achieved a 3-1 lead in the opening stage, but it was not an easy task to control the world's no. 1 fat, after relying on high-quality serves to get rid of the Dragons' control, Xiao Fat began to play after 7 consecutive points. It took the lead 8-3 and held the lead to the end, taking the next city at 11-6.
After the first two sets, the two also gradually found their best form, the third set was very anxious from the beginning, Malone and Fan Zhendong were constantly moving their opponents through line changes and control of the landing point on the field, which is obviously the rhythm that Malone is better at, he also took a 9-5 lead at the end of the set after spending the mid-to-early bite score, and stubbornly pulled back a set at 11-6.
After losing a set, Fan Zhendong in the fourth set mentality slightly unbalanced, the field became very anxious, has been trying to force the start to let his mistakes begin to increase, the Dragons also seized the opportunity to start to take a 4-1 lead, after stabilizing the mentality, Fan Zhendong returned to his normal state, and tenaciously chased the score to 7 draws, and then the two fell into hand-to-hand combat, the handling of the key ball on Malone more daring to shoot, and finally equalized the big score 11-9.
In the fifth game, the two still played the field, but after the 6-6 draw, Ma Long constantly mobilized Fan Zhendong through the change of line, and once the opportunity appeared, he decisively got started, let him score 2 consecutive points to take an 8-6 lead, and carried Xiao Fat's counterattack, winning 11-8 to get the match point of the game.
Ma Long, who led the game for the first time, was very strong after the start of the sixth set, and after scoring 4 consecutive points, he completely suppressed Fan Zhendong in momentum, but Xiao Fat did not give up, and in the middle of the game, he stubbornly chased the score to 6 draws, and Fan Zhendong, who fought backwaters at the decisive moment, played more actively, and also dragged the game into the decider 11-8.
After the end of the last set, the momentum of the game has been reversed, Fan Zhendong's advantage in physical strength and energy began to appear, and after the start of the decider, he suppressed the Dragons on the score, maintaining a 6-3 lead in the middle of the game and locking in the victory 11-7!
After beating Liang Jingkun in the last game, Ma Long showed his English in an interview and said that he was afraid that there would be no chance to show it after the end of the final, which is also the reason why many fans said after the game that although the Dragons lost the game, they did not regret it!