On April 18, Beijing time, the table tennis Macau World Cup continued, and the 35-year-old national table tennis Grand Slam Ma Long appeared on the stage to meet the impact of the 17-year-old French hopeful star Felix (the younger brother of the Lebrun brothers), but Ma Long withstood the pressure and narrowly won 4-2 to the end, successfully eliminated strong opponents, and advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals.
Prior to this, Ma Long had already won the World Cup men's singles championship twice, and now that he is in the twilight of his career, can he reach the top again?
Highlights of the game
Born in 2006, Felix Lebrun is a very young rising star who is now ranked fifth in the world, the top of the international federation rankings, and a European-born straight-shot athlete.
In the past year or so of the competition, Felix has performed conspicuously and become the men's singles champion of the European Games, defeating masters from all walks of life many times, but he has not broken through the main force of the Chinese team, but even so, Ma Long has been forced into the tiebreaker by him, and now the two meet again, the outcome may not be reversed, and the national table tennis Grand Slam needs to make difficult preparations.
The process of the game
After the start of the game, Felix fought very fiercely on the court, the young man was already full of momentum, and the straight shooting style also needed to be attacked, so Felix could only attack instead of defend and impact Ma Long, but the strength of the national table tennis Grand Slam was indeed very strong, and he soon dominated the situation on the court, and broke the defense through the control and forehand in the table, and then won the first place 11-7.
In the second game, Felix insisted on winning with speed, forcing the veteran Malone to score without keeping up with his rhythm, but Malone was experienced after all, and mobilized the opponent to win the landing point, and then fell behind and reversed, 11-8.
In the third game, Malone continued to maintain the advantage and forced the French team to call a timeout to adjust, but after returning to the game, Felix still played very passively and sighed on the court, but the young man quickly regained the initiative on the court by changing his serve, and successfully reversed after an operation to pull back a city 11-7, which did catch Malone off guard.
In the fourth game, Malone started behind again, but this time he stabilized his position, seized Felix's loopholes by receiving serve and attacking, and continued to break the defense successfully, and finally won 11-8, leading 3-1 and forcing the opponent into a desperate situation.
In the fifth game, Ma Long's physical fitness began to decline, and after the middle game, it was obviously a little difficult, and soon 7-10 behind Felix got the game point, and after recovering 1 point, he still had no choice but to lose 8-11, and the situation began to develop in favor of the French youngster, and if it dragged to the decisive game, it was very unfavorable to Ma Long.
In the sixth game, Malone took the lead at the beginning but was entangled in the score, at this time Felix was punished by the referee for serving, Malone seized the opportunity to continue to suppress the opponent, and finally ended the battle 11-8, and eliminated the opponent with a big score of 4-2 to advance to the quarterfinals, and continued to attack the third crown.