Ma Long and Fan Zhendong are the two pillars of national table tennis, 26-year-old Fan Zhendong ranked No. 1 in the world, and Ma Long was ranked No. 2 in the world, and in the men's singles final of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, the two masters met in a narrow way to compete for the championship of this tournament. After 7 rounds of battle, Fan Zhendong won 4-3 to win the men's singles championship!
The match is a blockbuster showdown in the international table tennis world and a repeat of the Tokyo Olympic final, with Ma Long having a psychological advantage and Fan Zhendong eager for revenge. In the first set of the match between the two sides, Malone and Fan Zhendong played 2-2 in the opening game, followed by a goal, Malone pulled the ball out of bounds, and after sending the same mistake again, Malone fell behind 2-4 on the field. After 5-2, Fan Zhendong pulled out the straight ball with his forehand, which was very beautiful, and Malone did not receive the ball, trailing 2-6. Malone slowly in the ascendant, 3-9, Malone a sideways surge score, Fan Zhendong is using the backhand to suppress the opponent, get 1 point, 10-4 to get the set point, although Malone saved 2 points, but Fan Zhendong still won 11-6, the total score of 1-0 lead.
Fan Zhendong took the first city in the 7-game and 4-win match to the second set, and Malone's form recovered, taking a 3-1 lead at the beginning. The camera shifts to the stands, and Chen Meng, who has just won the women's singles championship, comes to the stands and sits with Marlene to watch the men's singles final. Fan Zhendong began to erupt, playing a wave of 4-0, but instead took a 5-3 lead on the field. Malone made another mistake to send points, and he shook his head in dissatisfaction. Fan Zhendong was full of momentum, received the ball and directly grabbed the score, and then played the edge ball, and the score came to 8-3. After losing 7 points in a row, Malone finally scored, and after a long drought, he could not solve the problem of too many mistakes. Fan Zhendong won the second set 11-6, and the aggregate score came to 2-0.
Trailing 2-0 in the big score, Malone could only hope to pull back a set in the third set. In the opening stage, Malone led 5-3, and Fan Zhendong scored with a forehand attack to make it 4-5. After regaining his form, Malone finally won the third set, the score was 11-6, and then Malone came to the sideline to wipe his sweat, and the game was still very physically draining for him.
After recovering one set, Malone's pressure plummeted, and in the fourth set, Malone quickly took a 4-2 lead, and Fan Zhendong struggled to chase 6-7, which was still very suspenseful. Fan Zhendong successfully equalized, 7-7. After 9-9, Malone took the first set point, and after scoring a forehand straight ball, Malone won 11-9, and the overall score became 2-2. In the fifth set, the two sides had returned to the same running line, and Malone won 11-8. Coming to the sixth set, Malone quickly established the advantage, Fan Zhendong chased 4-6, the two sides still fierce competition, from 6-6 to 7-7, Fan Zhendong 10-8 took the first set point, and then won 11-8, the total score was 3-3.
In the tiebreaker competition, Fan Zhendong once led 8-4, Ma Long chased to 6-8, the game was white-hot, in the end, Fan Zhendong played better on the key points, 11-7 won the game, the total score was 4-3, won the championship!