National table tennis is upset! Ma Long was reversed 2-3, and the opponent also won Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin

Table tennis WTT Slovenia star tournament fierce battle, Beijing time on the evening of July 7, the men's singles event once again broke out of the big upset, the national table tennis Grand Slam veteran Ma Long was reversed 2-3 in the case of a big score of 1-0, 2-1 lead, a single game of 11-2 is useless, and finally lost to his teammate, former civil war master Zhou Qihao, did not have the opportunity to advance to the quarterfinals.

I have to say that Zhou Qihao is indeed an erratic athlete, when he is strong, he dares to bombard Wang Chuqin 11-0, even the three main players of breaking the national table tennis win the championship, when he is weak, anyone can lose, no wonder some fans call him a "nerve knife" player!

Zhou Qihao was once a very dazzling star of National Table Tennis, defeated Ma Long and Xu Xin in the 2020 team through match, and won Liang Jingkun, Ma Long, Fan Zhendong in the 2021 straight through match to win the championship, and later beat Wang Chuqin 11-0 in the Table Tennis Super League, but the performance in the foreign war has been mediocre, and the results of the civil war in recent years are no longer conspicuous, and the advantage is gradually declining as the age increases.

And although Ma Long is about to turn 35 years old, he is still the top three in the world and the top three in the national table tennis team, although he has lost to Zhou Qihao, but it can only be regarded as an upset, this time everyone is still optimistic that he can defeat this junior brother, but he didn't expect to capsize.

After the start of the game, Ma Long took the lead and played smoothly in the first game, only letting his junior brother score 4 points to end the battle, which seemed to be calm, so many fans were more sure that Zhou Qihao should be out.

However, in the second game, Zhou Qihao quickly launched a counterattack and won back 11-6. But in the third game, Ma Long showed his might, slamming his teammates 11-2, completely without giving Zhou Qihao a chance to counterattack, and the big score turned into a 2-1 lead victory in sight, and winning another game could end the battle, but he did not seize it.

At the beginning of the fourth game, Ma Long's form declined sharply, and Zhou Qihao seemed to be a different person, without giving his senior brother a chance to play a key ball, he won 11-5, and the game was dragged into a tiebreaker. In the fifth game, Ma Long still did not recover his morale, while Zhou Qihao became more and more courageous, and finally sealed the victory 11-8, and reversed 3-2 to advance to the quarterfinals, becoming a super dark horse again.

At present, it seems that Malone may have played a men's doubles match not long ago, and his fitness has been affected to a certain extent: for a veteran who is about to turn 35, perhaps age and body are his biggest opponents.

Of course, I still want to congratulate Zhou Qihao on his promotion, and look forward to him maintaining his good form and striving to create good results in this competition!