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On November 5, Beijing time, the WTT Frankfurt Championship ushered in the finale, with Ma Long facing Lin Yunru in the men's singles final. In this game, Ma Long lost 4 games in a row with a 1-0 lead, and lost to Lin Yunru 1-4 and missed the championship.
The national table tennis men's singles encountered a huge challenge in this event, Liang Jingkun and Fan Zhendong were out early in the quarterfinals, Wang Chuqin lost to Lin Yunru 2-4 in the semifinals, and the sixth game was 0-9 behind. In this way, all the hopes of winning the championship are pinned on Ma Long. Ma Long eliminated 17-year-old French teenager Felix in the semi-finals, showing excellent form and experience.
In the first game, Ma Long entered the state very quickly, perhaps because he saw Lin Yunru's super performance of his backhand against Wang Chuqin in the last game, and Ma Long pressed Lin Yunru's forehand more. And Lin Yunru did not use his backhand to force the twist, and also took some changes. Ma Long was also very timely, and immediately adjusted his tactics and pressed Lin Yunru forward. 11-7, Malone took the lead smoothly.
In the second game, Ma Long's opening tactics were very clear, that is, to continue to press Lin Yunru's forehand. However, Ma Long smashed out of bounds with a high ball opportunity, which affected Ma Long's rhythm to a certain extent, and Lin Yunru seized the opportunity to score consecutive points to open up the difference. Ma Long began to fight back after falling behind 2-7, forcing Lin Yunru's timeout. However, after the pause, Lin Yunru adjusted in time and pulled back a game 11-7.
In the third game, the competition between the two sides entered a white heat, and the score rose alternately. Malone fell behind 7-9 at the end of the game. But Ma Long handled the ball very decisively and delicately, and even broke Lin Yunru's two serves to chase 9 draws. It's a pity that Ma Long also failed to seize the opportunity of the game point, and was overturned by Lin Yunru 13-11 and fell behind 1-2.
In the fourth game, the two were still very close, and at the end of the game, almost every cricket was a high-quality strong confrontation, and the two sides fought all the way to 10 draws. The key ball is the key point, Lin Yunru's state is completely stimulated, 10-12, Ma Long lost another game, 1-3 into a desperate situation.
In the fifth game, Malone fell into a disadvantage again at the beginning. Lin Yunru's sense of space on his backhand is really good, and when he is forced to the far platform by Malone and out of position, he can still reverse the decline through high-quality returns. Malone fell behind 2-4 and took a timeout to adjust. After the pause, Malone was still struggling to chase the points, chasing 9 draws after falling behind 6-9, and then saving the match point to 10 draws. It's a pity that Malone still couldn't complete the reversal, losing the fifth game 10-12, and the total score was 1-4 and missing the championship.
Looking back on Lin Yunru's promotion path, it is really full of gold, he eliminated Francesca and Duda in the first two rounds one after another, defeated Zhang Ben Zhihe 3-1 in the quarterfinals, and eliminated Wang Chuqin and Ma Long in the semifinals and finals one after another, winning the championship in a series of two. When Liu Guozheng commented on Lin Yunru's state, he said five words, which was a bit unreasonable. These five words contain the recognition of Lin Yunru, but it is more of the helplessness of the national table tennis to lose the championship.