Incheon Championship: Ma Long swept the world runner-up 3-0, and the G3 main force advanced to the round of 16
On March 27, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Incheon Championship ushered in a key showdown, and Ma Long, the national table tennis Grand Slam, appeared on the stage and broke out in an encounter with the Swedish World Table Tennis Championships men's singles runner-up Moregaard, as a result, Ma Long reversed in the first two games and continued to fall behind, and then won the third game strongly, thus sweeping the opponent with a big score of 3-0 and advancing to the top 16 of men's singles.
At present, the battle on the first day of national table tennis has all ended, the three main forces Wang Yidi, Liang Jingkun, and Ma Long have passed the test one after another, and the Chinese team has maintained a complete victory and undefeated, but it has also exposed some problems, which are worth summarizing!
Highlights of the game
Ma Long and Moregaard are both first-line masters in the current table tennis world, the former is the only "double slam" winner in the men's field, and he is also the person who has won the most world championship titles in history; although Moregaard's results are far inferior to Ma Long, he has also reached the men's singles final of the World Table Tennis Championships (only two people in the foreign association have done it in the past 20 years), and he has won the main Chinese Liang Jingkun, and his strength is also good.
However, after the arrival of 2024, Ma Long has lost foreign wars in the World Table Tennis Championships and Grand Slams in a row, losing to South Korea's Lee Sang-so and Germany's Francesca.
The process of the game
After the start of the game, the two athletes launched a very precise control and counter-control on the near stage - unlike most European athletes, Moregaard's first three boards are very delicate, the feel is quite good, and the line is also extremely flexible, so he is known as the "successor" of the Swedish Grand Slam Waldner, and even Ma Long, who has always been known for his strong three boards, has a bit of an advantage.
In the face of Moregaard's continuous suppression, Malone responded calmly and calmly, forcing the opponent to make mistakes step by step, and then achieved a reversal in the second half of the first game, and then calmly achieved an overturn of 11-8.
However, in the second game, Malone once again fell behind at the beginning, and his physical strength was obviously inferior to the 22-year-old Moregaard, especially when the opponent was caught off guard when he was quick with his forehand and backhand on the near stage, but he soon took advantage of the loophole of Moregaard's poor forehand stability to break the defense continuously, and then forced the Swedish team to call a timeout to adjust.
After returning to the game, Moregaard continued to lose points, and made mistakes at critical moments, Malone seized the opportunity to achieve a reversal, and once again won by 2 points and 11-9, thus leading the juniors into a desperate situation with a big score of 2-0.
In the third game, Moregaard was already a backwater, but at this time he was already in a big mess, and he lost points in a row, and was finally ended by Malone 11-8, which resulted in a 0-3 defeat and was eliminated, and ended this championship trip in one round: Obviously, there is still a big gap between him and Waldner, and he still needs to continue to work hard to defeat Marlone.
Prior to this, Wang Yidi eliminated Yang Xiaoxin of Monaco 3-1, Liang Jingkun narrowly defeated Sweden's Carlberg 3-2, and now Ma Long also defeated Sweden's Moregaard 3-0, winning all three matches on the first day of national table tennis, and looking forward to the remaining four main forces to succeed on the next day.