On the evening of March 20, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Grand Slam tournament ushered in the last match - in the men's singles showdown, the two Olympic champions of the national table tennis, Ma Long and Fan Zhendong, staged a peak duel again, and the result was that Fan Zhendong first led 2-0 and was chased to 2-3, and after falling into a desperate situation, he refused to collapse, and then won the championship by pulling 2 consecutive sets to complete the reversal: It is really not easy!
At this point, the first WTT Grand Slam Tournament came to an end, Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng, Wang Chuqin/ Sun Yingsha, Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha / Wang Manyu helped the national table tennis to win five championships, the Chinese team won a big victory and once again swore an oath of supremacy over the world table tennis, it is really strong! Congratulations to all the winners, and congratulations to Malone and others!
Ma Long and Fan Zhendong are the top athletes in today's table tennis world, the former has won the world championship 26 times, ranking first in history; the latter has recently won the men's singles gold medal at the National Games and the World Table Tennis Championships, and the momentum is in full swing. Although Fan Zhendong is more than 8 years younger than Ma Long, the record of the two is that he lost more and won less, so many people in this duel are still very optimistic about the veteran Ma Long winning.
After the game began, the two sides did not play particularly fiercely in the first set, in which Fan Zhendong even appeared to inexplicably bounce the ball behind him when he was about to serve, which showed that he was still very nervous, fortunately, it was not a service mistake at this time, so he did not lose points.
However, although Fan Zhendong looked a little uneasy, the score was completely suppressed by Malone, and then very easily won the first set at 11-6, which obviously had the upper hand in the quality of the veneer, and locked Ma Long's forehand at a large angle and straight line, which made the veteran who was not as good as the young man look more tired.
In the second set, Fan Zhendong still won with the quality of the single board, and Ma Long was a little soft in the face of Fan Zhendong's sharp backhand attack, and there were too many transition balls, which led to his return ball either not rotating enough, or the speed was average, and then he was counter-attacked by the other party as an opportunity, and soon lost again at 6-11, the situation was very bad!
In the third set, Malone played very aggressively, but he still couldn't break through Fan Zhendong's defense line, especially after 2-1, the board rush was really riveted, and the result was still successfully pulled by Fan Zhendong, which was not easy to play. Seeing this situation, Malone decided to increase the control in his hands, launched a quick win on the near stage, and did not give Fan Zhendong the opportunity to charge up and drag to the back, and finally achieved a leading advantage.
In the face of the brother's counterattack, Fan Zhendong tried to pull the game back to his own rhythm, but Ma Long's momentum has fully come up, all kinds of running on the field, full of life, not at all like a 33-year-old veteran, and finally he also returned Fan Zhendong an 11-6 score, but at this time the veteran is also more tired, constantly wiping sweat during the off-field rest, it is still quite hard!
After the start of the fourth set, Malone continued to take the initiative and quickly took the lead, while Fan Zhendong was very impatient, and the number of mistakes increased significantly. However, in the face of difficulties, Fan Zhendong gradually found the feeling before, and then scored 4 points in a row to overtake, but then was grabbed by the other side to counterattack the fighter, Ma Long won 11-9 again, and a roar chased the big score to 2-2!
In the fifth set, the two sides did not give in to each other, both hoping to win the back 3-2 to force the opponent into a desperate situation, Fan Zhendong's move to Malone's forehand large angle gap achieved a certain effect, but was soon disrupted by Malone's rhythm change. However, Malone called out a timeout to adjust when he was chased to 8-7 by the other party, and his expression was also very calm.
Back on the field, Malone quickly adjusted his form, while Fan Zhendong's batting quality declined, and he soon scored consecutive points and won 3 innings 10-7. Although Fan Zhendong recovered 1 point by sneaking up on the serve, he was then ended by a side ball by Ma Long, and the big score was forced into a desperate situation after falling behind 2-3!
At the start of the sixth inning, Malone was full of momentum, came up and began to roar, and then quickly scored 3 points in a row, forcing Fan Zhendong to call out a timeout to adjust. However, in the subsequent game, Fan Zhendong failed to adjust in time, and soon fell behind 1-6, seeing that it was about to collapse, he did not expect that he actually scored 5 points in one breath to chase 6-6 draws, and the suspense of the game increased sharply!
After returning to the same running line, Fan Zhendong was forced into danger several times behind, but even so, he did not give up on himself, but increased the quality of the shot little by little, and then finally won the set point 10-8 reverse, and then won 11-8, the big score was chased into 3-3, the game was inevitably dragged into the decider, it was really exciting!
In the seventh round of the big battle, both sides have no way to retreat, and can only carry the battle to the end. After the start of the game, both sides were desperately trying to add quality to win quickly, but this fell into Fan Zhendong's advantage routine, and as a result, he won the final victory 11-7, defeating Ma Long 4-3 to win the championship, it was really not easy: congratulations to Xiao Fat! Also kudos to veteran Malone's performance!
Today's game Fan Zhendong made sufficient preparations, firmly increase the quality of the shot to break through the Ma Long defense line, try to simplify the ball, to avoid being controlled by Ma Long's exquisite first three boards; and Ma Long is a late strike, using the change in Fan Zhendong's mentality to quickly find a fighter counterattack, really worthy of the world's top tactical master, but the fist is afraid of less strong, and finally it is not enough, unfortunately!
At present, it seems that Ma Long's strength is still the top in the world, and his legend is far from the end of the curtain, but Fan Zhendong is also very strong to catch up with the record of his brother, so in the future, can you still see such a wonderful duel between the two of them? Let's wait and see: Come on, two!