On March 20, Beijing time, WTT Singapore Grand Slam men's singles final, Ma Long played the will quality of national table tennis in this competition, and still did not give up after being played by Fan Zhendong for two consecutive 11:6 scores, although he lost 3:4 to Fan Zhendong and did not win the championship, but it is still worthy of admiration.
With the advancement of the game, this game is the last game of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam competition, but also the men's singles final, against the two sides are from the national table tennis Ma Long and Fan Zhendong, the two are also considered to be old enemies, and the two also have a lot of record of fighting, the two sides have won and lost, but from the recent strength of Fan Zhendong is still slightly better, but the strength of the veteran Ma Long and the comprehensive game ability is absolutely unquestionable, so this game is still full of suspense.
In the first set of the game, Fan Zhendong took the lead in serving, Ma Long swung short after wiping the net, the two sides continuously controlled Fan Zhendong to lose points out of bounds, again served Fan Zhendong still chose to reverse the rotation of the serve, Ma Long took the initiative to start but was taken by Fan Zhendong to seize the opportunity to defend and score, the opening two sides played 1 draw, came to Ma Long's serve wheel, first Fan Zhendong's own twist mistake lost points, again served Fan Zhendong actively attacked the two people in the far side of the platform, but Malone's backhand attack mistakes were 2:2 drawn.
Back to Fan Zhendong's serve wheel, first Ma Long took the initiative to attack out of bounds, and then served Ma Long's backhand flipped and made another mistake out of bounds The score came to 4:2, Fan Zhendong led by 2 points, as Ma Long's upper hand was pulled by Fan Zhendong in a straight line to 5:2, after serving again, Fan Zhendong's backhand twisted the hand After the rhythm was fast and slow, Malone was very uncomfortable with the score of the two sides came to 6:2, Fan Zhendong's big advantage began, and the follow-up Fan Zhendong continued to break out and scored continuously to expand the gap with Ma Long in 8:3. Although Ma Long continued to look for opportunities to chase points, he was finally easily won by Fan Zhendong in the first set 11:6.
Judging from the confrontation between the two sides in the first set, Fan Zhendong still has a very clear understanding of Ma Long, and is very well prepared, whether it is in the first three boards or in the holding wheel, the first three boards Fan Zhendong is mainly above the hand, and the holding is the initiative to join the change in speed to give Ma Long a lot of pressure, and at the same time, in the strong phase, It is difficult for Ma Long to compete head-on with Fan Zhendong due to his age, so Ma Long will be more passive when fighting, You can only rely on your rich experience and changeable rhythm to circle with Fan Zhendong to see if there is a chance.
In the second set, Fan Zhendong still maintained the rhythm of the first set at the beginning, but Ma Long obviously began to control Fan Zhendong in the first three boards, the landing point and the line made Fan Zhendong more uncomfortable, the score soon came to 3:1, but Fan Zhendong quickly found his rhythm again in the middle of the game, with a positive start to score consecutive points to 10:4 again, although the follow-up Ma Long continued to chase the score, but fan Zhendong easily scored the same score at 11:6.
In the third set, Malone readjusted, in the face of Fan Zhendong's strong attack is still constantly looking for ways to limit Fan Zhendong, the two sides quickly came to a draw, came to Malone's serve wheel, wanted to play and grab but Was caught by Fan Zhendong to score at a large angle, again served Malone with a forehand fast belt score score to 2 draws, and then Malone led Fan Zhendong 5:3, Fan Zhendong broke out again in the innings, but Malone always maintained a small advantage of 2 points, and Fan Zhendong chased the distraction at the end of the set , then pulled back a set 11:6.
In the fourth set, Ma Long still maintained the previous strong state, and quickly led Fan Zhendong 6:3, and the follow-up Fan Zhendong was also actively adjusting himself, but in the face of Malone's rhythm change, Fan Zhendong was never able to tie the score until 5:7, until 5:7, fan Zhendong came to the innings to start again, with the backhand change of line large angle score score to 7 draw, and 8:7 to overtake Ma Long, the follow-up key points two people once again entered a stalemate situation, the score became 9:9, Fan Zhendong held 2 serves, However, he was given two consecutive points by Malone, 11:9, and then the next set.
In the fifth set, the two sides returned to the same running line, Malone still wanted to win the opening advantage with a rush, but was counter-attacked by Fan Zhendong to start with a 3:1 lead, but in the game Malone counter-scored 11:8 and then the next set. In the sixth set, Fan Zhendong still resisted the pressure and bit the big score 11:8, and in the seventh set, the decider, Fan Zhendong still resisted the pressure and won the championship with a 11:7 score of 4:3.