At the 2024 Macau Table Tennis World Cup, the hexagonal warrior Ma Long showed excellent competitive form, winning all the group stages to lock the top spot, advancing to the second stage of the knockout round, and winning the men's singles 1/ In the group draw ceremony of the 8 finals, Ma Long met the French supernova Felix Lebrun, who is currently one of the most improved men's singles players in Europe, and also won the men's singles championship of the Goa Star Challenge this season, and is also regarded as one of the most threatening foreign association players in national table tennis, but in the past 3 direct dialogues between Ma Long and Felix Lebrun, the Dragon team maintained a winning record, which is why fans are optimistic about Ma Long's promotion prospects before the game! Sure enough, after the game started, Malone suppressed the opponent at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, completely destroyed Lebrun's service system, and scored directly on the serve many times, and finally won with a big score of 4-2!
Game 1:
After the start of the first game, Felix Lebrun still continued his style of play of receiving and grabbing rhythm assault, but the Dragons returned the ball very tightly, scoring 2 points in a row to suppress the opponent, and after the opponent responded with a wave of 2-0 by fighting, Malone came up with his killer semi-stage attack, and gradually established a 5-2 lead in the middle game.
Lebrun, who was behind in the score, was not discouraged, but still held the mentality of impact, and constantly used explosive rushes to create opportunities to take the initiative to score, and once chased the score to 6-7, but the Dragons did not give him a chance to turn the tables and took the lead 11-7.
Game 2:
Felix Lebrun, who lost in the first game, in the second game, in order to suppress Ma Long, constantly changed the rotation and landing point of the serve, and actively sought to change the style of play, which also achieved the desired effect, and slowly established a 5-3 lead after a hard battle in the opening game.
However, after Malone increased the spin of his return ball, greatly reduced the speed of Felix Lebrun's connection, once the French teenager could not play a threat in the first three boards, the advantage of the Dragon team in the holding stage was very obvious, after returning a wave of scoring climax, Malone tied the score at the end of the game, and won the game point 10-7 in one go, and after Felix Lebrun saved a game point, Malone won another game 11-8.
Game 3:
The Dragons, who won two games in a row, still did not have the slightest slack in the third game, and the preparation for receiving the serve was very sufficient, and they suppressed Felix Lebrun as soon as they came up, and after playing the opponent a 4-1, the French teenager who felt that the situation was not right, also called a timeout to adjust for the first time, and after returning to the game, Felix Lebrun changed the high throw serve, played a wave of flow, and pulled back a city with 11-7.
Game 4:
After the start of the fourth game, the Dragons regained their strength and firmly controlled the rhythm of the game in their own hands, which is why he was able to overtake the score to 6-3 in an instant when he fell behind 1-3 in the opening game, and won 11-8 and took the lead in his own match point game.
Game 5:
Lebrun, who can't lose again, relied on resolute fighting in the fourth game, and once took a 6-4 lead in the middle game, although Malone overtook the score after returning a wave of scoring climaxes, but Lebrun, who fought with his back, still relied on his hot hand to win another game 11-8.
Game 6:
Ma Long, who knew the importance of the sixth game very well, played very aggressively as soon as he came up, and also established a lead in the score as he wished, although Lebrun tied the score several times, but the Dragons withstood the pressure and sealed the victory 11-8.
After completing the four consecutive World Series kills against Felix Lebrun, Ma Long successfully reached the quarterfinals of the men's singles at the Macau World Cup, and in the next match, the Dragons will continue to withstand the test of foreign wars, and the opponent will be the winner between Japan's Hayasuke Togami and Egypt's Assal.