Beijing time on July 17 news, the 2022 World Table Tennis Professional League WTT Star Challenge Budapest station into the last day. In the men's singles final, Wang Chuqin defeated the runner-up of the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships and Sweden's Moregaarde 4-1 to win the championship, which was the third crown of the national table tennis competition in this competition.
Wang Chuqin, 22, is currently ranked 14th in the world and has won a singles title in one international tournament in his career; The 20-year-old Moregaard is ranked No. 5 in the world and has won one international singles title in his career. The two sides have met twice in the past, and Wang Chuqin remains undefeated.
In this competition, Wang Chuqin had a bye in the first round, defeated The American Carnak 3-0 in the second round, beat Brazil's Calderano 3-2 in the third round, eliminated Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru 3-0 in the quarterfinals, and narrowly defeated Grand Slam winner Ma Long 4-3 in the semifinals.
Moregaard had a first-round bye, defeated compatriot Falke 3-2 in the second round, Chinese Taipei veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan 3-2 in the third round, Slovenian Joček 3-1 in the quarter-finals, and Liang Jingkun 4-2 in the semi-finals to advance to the final.
In the first set, Wang Chuqin came up to 1-3 behind, passively, the Chinese player played very patiently, looking for opportunities in the standoff, he played a wave of small climax, countered the score, and won the set point 10-7. Moregaard made a mistake in the key points, and Wang Chuqin took the top spot 11-7.
In the second set, Wang Chuqin's opening forehand and backhand were suppressed, and he fell into passivity at 0-4. In the following game, Wang Chuqin remained patient, looking for opportunities in the standoff, and tenaciously forced the score to 7-9. As Wang Chuqin returned the ball to hang the net, Moregaard pulled back a city 11-9.
In the third set of the game, the two sides came up to play a difficult score, the score alternately rose, after 4 draws Wang Chuqin played a senior ball, Moregard returned the ball out of bounds, Wang Chuqin led 6-4. After 9-6, the Chinese player scored two consecutive points with a high-quality attack to win 11-6.
In the fourth set of the game, Wang Chuqin started to fall behind 0-2, Moregaard attacked not enough to take the initiative, rarely took the initiative in the standoff, Wang Chuqin scored consecutive points, 4-2 to overtake the score. Moregard was steady and fierce, taking advantage of Wang Chuqin's mistake to win the set point 10-8. After that, Wang Chuqin saved three consecutive innings, and with Moregaard's mistake, the Chinese youngster won 13-11.
In the fifth set, Wang Chuqin started with a 3-2 lead, and Moregaard stepped up the fight with his backhand to chase the score to 4 draws. Wang Chuqin dared to fight in the standoff and led the way 6-4. In the ensuing match, Wang Chuqin became more and more courageous, locked up the victory 11-7, and finally defeated Moregard 4-1 to win the championship, which was his second crown in this tournament, after Wang Chuqin/Wang Manyu defeated Zhang Benzhi and/Hayata Xina to win the mixed doubles championship.