Fan Zhendong won the championship in 7 rounds, and after the game, he said that he paid tribute to Ma Long! The two joined hands to get tickets to the Asian Games. 2022 WTT Singapore Grand Slam Men's Singles Final, national table tennis world number one Fan Zhendong against Grand Slam winner Ma Long, the two launched a fierce competition, and finally Fan Zhendong won 4-3 to win the championship, while Fan Zhendong also locked the Hangzhou Asian Games singles qualification, because Fan Zhendong is both the world's first and the WTT Grand Slam singles champion, so the current world ranking second Ma Long will also qualify for the Hangzhou Asian Games singles.
Fan Zhendong is the number one seed of the tournament, and Ma Long is the second seed. In the semi-finals, Fan Zhendong fought against Japan's dark horse Utada Yukiya for 6 sets, and Fan Zhendong won 4-2. Malone was against Liang Jingkun, because Liang Jingkun defeated Malone at the WTT Macau Championship at the beginning of this year, so there were still many fans who thought that this game would be very intense, but surprisingly, Malone won 4-0 to advance, which shows that Malone is in a very good competitive state. Fan Zhendong and Ma Long have met 21 times before, and Ma Long has the advantage with 16 wins and 5 losses. In this competition, Fan Zhendong took the lead in the state, leading 6-2, and since then Fan Zhendong has maintained the lead, winning the first set 11-6. In the second set, the score was 3-3, and Fan Zhendong scored four consecutive points to take the lead, and soon won another set 11-6.
In the third set, Malone adjusted his tactics and used a reverse rotation to serve, which immediately paid off, leading 7-5, and then Malone stepped up his attack to win back the set at 11-6. In the fourth set, Malone started 4-1, and then Fan Zhendong chased the score to a 9-9 draw, and at the critical moment, Malone scored 2 consecutive points to win another set at 11-9, and the total score battle became 2-2. In the fifth set, the two had another fight, and Malone won 11-8 to win 3-2 on aggregate. In the sixth set, Malone scored 3 points in a row, Fan Zhendong was forced to call a timeout, after the game restarted, Malone extended the score to 6-1, but Fan Zhendong played very tenaciously, had to catch up with the score, and also won the set with an 11-8 reversal. In the decider, Fan Zhendong did not give Malone too many opportunities, leading all the way, locking up the victory 11-7, thus winning 4-3 on aggregate and winning the championship.
After the game, Fan Zhendong expressed his admiration to Ma Long in an interview, and Fan Zhendong hoped that everyone would give applause to Ma Long, because every time he competed with Ma Long, he was learning from his predecessors and paying tribute to his predecessors. According to the rules, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long will both qualify for singles at this year's Hangzhou Asian Games, but whether Ma Long will participate is still uncertain, because Ma Long has voluntarily withdrawn from the Houston World Table Tennis Championships before, and it is not known whether Ma Long will take the initiative to make way for young players this time.