On the evening of March 27, Beijing time, the first round of the table tennis Incheon Championship, the first round of the men's singles is the 1/16 finals, Ma Long played against Moregaard, and in the end, Moregaard lost three games in a row 0-2 and lost one round, Ma Long won a big victory and became another player to advance to the top 16.
Ma Long is the main force of national table tennis, ranked 4th in the world, but as he grows older, his state has also seen certain ups and downs, and the previous Singapore tournament is out early! Moregaard is 22 years old, ranked 20th in the world, and has won two championships in his career, in addition to having won the singles runner-up in the World Table Tennis Championships, this new Swedish star, still has great potential. The two have met once before in the team competition, with Malone winning 3-0, and his strength is still clearly above Moregaard.
In the first game, Moregaard twisted sideways and took the lead to score, but Malone quickly scored 3 points in a row to overtake! Moregaard suddenly made a force and scored 6 points in a row to lead 7-3 again. After a multi-shot attack, Malone finally scored again. Moregaard still maintained the lead, playing very combative, very changeable, which made Malone a little passive, into the key points at the end of the game, Malone chased 8-8, 9-8 overtake, and then 10-8 to get the game point, 11-8 to win, the big score 1-0 lead.
In the second game, the two played very close at the beginning, Moregaard maintained a certain lead, but failed to open up the difference, the key point at the end of the game, Malone 8-9 was still biting, and Moregaard asked for a timeout in time. After the timeout, Malone quickly chased it to 9-9. Then he scored 2 points in a row to win 11-9, leading 2-0.
In the third game, Malone started the game with a strong 5-0 game, and Moregaard chased 3 points in a row after 2-6, and then chased it to 7-7. However, Malone still won the match point 10-8 and 11-8, and swept Moregaard 3-0.