The old and strong hexagonal warrior Ma Long, achieved a record of 41 wins and 11 losses last year, ranked third in the world, and entered the new year, 24 years of table tennis' first blockbuster WTT Doha men's finals, the dragon team also qualified to play, the first round of men's singles Ma Long encountered the Korean star Zhang Yuzhen, the two in the past world series, there have been 2 direct conversations, Ma Long all laughed to the end, which is why fans are optimistic that the dragon team can pass the first round and advance to the men's singles quarterfinals! Zhang Yuzhen played very fiercely in this game, which also caused a certain impact on Ma Long, but the gap between the ability and stability of the two at the decisive moment was obvious, and the Dragon team lost three games in a row, swept and won with a big score of 3-0, and advanced to the second round of men's singles!
Game 1:
In order to be able to break the invincible curse in the face of Ma Long, Zhang Yuzhen played very fiercely in this game, the first three boards not only controlled Ma Long with all their might, but also as long as there was a slight opportunity, he took the lead in turning his forehand to launch an attack, and the aggressive style of play also achieved certain results, Zhang Yuzhen bit the score at the beginning of the game, and the Dragon team fought fiercely to 3 draws.
In the scorching stage of the score, Malone began to exert continuous service grabbing, and Zhang Yuzhen was defeated and retreated, scoring 2 points in a row to take a 5-3 lead in the middle game, although Zhang Yuzhen relied on the difficult return to shorten, narrowing the difference to only 1 point, but the Dragon team, which was accustomed to seeing the big scene, soon blasted out a wave of scoring small climax, expanding their lead, although Zhang Yuzhen relied on the fight with a very high hit rate, and chased the score to 10 at the end of the game, but the Dragon team still relied on a stronger key ball ability, and made a good start with 12-10。
Game 2:
Through the first game of the competition, Ma Long has gradually adapted, figured out Zhang Yuzhen's style of play and rhythm, the second game of the Korean name will continue to use the swing to limit the Dragon team, but this trick has already been cracked by Ma Long, the beginning of the Dragon team with a targeted play in the stage, so that Zhang Yuzhen fell into a passive situation, and took a 3-1 lead early.
Seeing that Zhang Yuzhen, who couldn't control Ma Long, let go and began to fight, after giving full play to his speed advantage, he gradually chased the score to 4 draws, and then the two entered a tug-of-war, you chase me to catch up with the fierce battle to 7 draws, at the critical moment, Ma Long's decisive ability to win again became the winner and loser, scoring 3 points in a row at the end of the game to get the game point at 10-7, after the opponent saved a game point, Ma Long won 11-8 and then the next city.
Game 3:
In his match point game, Ma Long obviously played more calmly, pursued the success rate of returning the ball as soon as he came up, and dragged the game into the stage of holding with obvious advantages as much as possible, and Zhang Yuzhen still followed the style of play, but forced to get started in the case of a bad opportunity, so that his error rate was relatively high, and the Dragon team also seized the opportunity and took a 4-1 lead, forcing Zhang Yuzhen to call a timeout to adjust.
After returning to the arena, Zhang Yuzhen still couldn't change her decline, and could only watch Ma Long lock up the win with 11-7.
After getting off to a good start in this men's finals, Ma Long broke into the second round of men's singles, and in the quarterfinals, the opponent of the Dragons will be the winner between teammate Lin Gaoyuan and Swedish star Carlberg.