The 2023 ITTF Singapore Grand Slam continues, National Table Tennis performed well on the sixth match day, women's singles world number one Sun Yingsha performed eye-catching, she went hand in hand in three events, Sun Yingsha eliminated Mitram in the women's singles competition, the women's doubles competition joined Wang Manyu to defeat Hong Kong's Du Kaixuan / Zhu Chengzhu 3-1 to advance to the semifinals, and in the mixed doubles final, partner Wang Chuqin defeated the Japanese pair Tomokazu Chang / Hina Hayata to win the championship. In the men's singles competition that has attracted much attention from the outside world, the men's singles second half of the national table tennis "single seedling" Ma Long played bravely, he swept South Korea's Lee Sang-so 3-0 in straight sets, and strongly advanced to the quarterfinals, so that the men's singles eight-strong national table tennis occupied four places, of which the world champion Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan gathered in the upper half of the area, the three will "encircle" the World Table Tennis Championships men's singles runner-up Moregaude to compete for a final place, Ma Long alone in the second half of the area, the next round of Ma Long will face the Chinese famous Qiu Dang.
National table tennis Grand Slam winner Ma Long faced South Korea's Lee Sang-so, Ma Long has been in hot form recently, in the "through competition" held last month, Ma Long defeated Liang Jingkun, Fan Zhendong and many other national table tennis main players to win the championship and took the lead in qualifying for the men's singles of the Durban World Table Tennis Championships, and his state was bursting. After arriving in Singapore, Ma Long continued his hot form, beating Duda in the first round, and sweeping the youngster Lin Shidong in the second round to advance to the third round, and in his current form, I am afraid that no one can stop him from successfully reaching the top of the men's singles title. Li Sangsu is the main player of South Korean men's table tennis, has defeated many national table tennis main players, has quite strong strength, Li Sangsu has also won the third place in the men's singles of the World Table Tennis Championships, and his state has also shown a downward trend in recent years, but this competition Li Sangsu is in good shape, and the last round of the competition also eliminated Chinese Taipei world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan, showing good strength and state.
There is only one Ma Long in the second half of the men's singles, and after the first two rounds of matches, Xiang Peng, Yuan Licen and Lin Shidong were eliminated one after another, and whether the national table tennis can win the men's singles championship and runner-up Ma Long's performance is crucial. In the first game, Malone entered the game very quickly, opening the game with consecutive points to quickly stretch the score to 8-2, and then he took an 11-3 lead. In the second game, the two sides fought fiercely, the two kept clenching the score, Lee Sang-so was in significantly better shape than in the previous game, and after the two clenched the score to 9-9, Ma Long scored two consecutive points to win another game 11-9, leading 2-0. In the third game, Malone was unstoppable, opening the game with consecutive points to take a 6-1 lead, and although Lee Sang-so who was behind called a timeout but still did not help, Ma Long firmly took the initiative and won the third set 11-6, sweeping Lee Sang-so 3-0 on aggregate to advance to the men's singles quarterfinals.
With Ma Long's successful promotion to the men's singles quarterfinals, this year's Singapore Grand Slam National Table Tennis has a total of Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan into the fourth round of men's singles, it is worth mentioning that they are all the main players of the national table tennis men's single line and all are world champions. Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin in the third round of the game are straight three sets to sweep Lin Zhongxun, Guo Yong 3-0 to advance to the quarterfinals, and Lin Gaoyuan eliminated another main player of National Table Tennis Liang Jingkun in a "civil war", and now Ma Long also defeated Li Shangsu 3-0 in straight sets, which shows that the men's singles, second and third seeds Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Wang Chuqin are in very good condition.
Next, the top seed in the first half of the men's singles will compete with the Swedish talented teenager Moregaard for the final four, and Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan launched a "civil war" to compete for the final four, the suspense of this match is still relatively large, but the national table tennis locks a place in the final four in advance, as long as Fan Zhendong defeats Moregaard, the national table tennis can lock a place in the men's singles final in advance. And the state of brave Ma Long will compete with the national table tennis arch-rival German men's table tennis "Dumiao" Qiu Dang for the top four, from the current situation, Ma Long's probability of standing out from the second half is very large.