On April 19, Beijing time, the 1/4 finals of the 2024 ITTF Macau Men's Singles World Cup were fiercely contested. His semi-final opponent was the winner of Wang Chuqin and South Korea's Jang Woo-jin. Previously, Zhang Benzhihe reversed Carlberg 4-2, so that the men's singles semi-finals were 2, and the national table tennis and Japanese table tennis each had one seat.
Malone defeated Felix Lebrun 4-2 in the quarter-finals, which was also a test of Malone's physical fitness, and as he got older, he did not recover as quickly as the younger players. Hayasuke Togami defeated Egypt's Omar Asal 4-2 in the 1/8 finals to advance.
After the start of the game, both sides were not competing for the first three boards, and directly got up and topspin to enter the hold, Hayasuke Togami was in a better state, leading 6-2, and Ma Long made more mistakes himself, Hayasuke Togami took the lead 11-5.
Ma Long strengthened the control of the first three boards, pressed the opponent on the offensive launch of the near stage, and took the lead 7-3 in the second game. In this way, Malone took a 6-point advantage and pulled back a game 11-5.
In the third game, Ma Long made a lot of mistakes at the beginning, and he was also at a disadvantage in the stalemate, falling behind 1-6 at the beginning, and this game was very difficult. Ma Long, who was behind, did not give up, chasing one point at a time, and the score difference was the first to go to only 2 points, but because he was too far behind, 7-11 Ma Long lost another game, and the big score was 1-2 behind.
In the fourth game, through active starting, the success rate of the service and grab tactics was improved, leading 7-3, Hayasuke Togami was very passive and began to chase points in the fighting mode, Ma Long withstood the pressure and equalized the score 11-7.
In the first four games, as long as Malone scored high points in the service round, he won, so in the fifth game, he also actively mobilized himself, served sideways, started 3-1, and continued to expand the lead by actively mobilizing the opponent to get the game point 10-3, 11-3 against the super score.
Ma Long has fully controlled the game, very excited, the familiar hexagonal warrior is back, the big game is where Ma Long plays, in the sixth game, 7-0 lead, Hayasuke Togami has been stunned. Ma Long sealed the victory 11-3 in one go, so that Ma Long reversed Katogami Hayasuke 4-2 to advance to the quarterfinals.
In this way, Ma Long reversed Japan's Hayasuke Togami after falling behind twice and advanced to the semifinals, where the next round opponent was the winner of Wang Chuqin and Zhang Yuzhen. This game, like Tomokazu Zhang and Carlberg, was twice behind and reversed.
Earlier ended matches
Tomokazu Zhang reversed Carlberg 4-2
Carlberg took the lead, and in the middle game Zhang Benzhihe chased closely, but Carlberg grasped the key points 11-9 to take the lead, and in the second game, Zhang Benzhihe reduced mistakes 11-7 to pull back a game, and in the third game, Zhang Benzhihe was conservatively reversed after leading and lost 9-11, in the fourth game, in the fifth game, Zhang Benzhihe strengthened the first three board contention, 11-9/11-4 to lock the win. In this way, Tomokazu Zhang reversed Carlberg 4-2 after falling behind twice and became the first player to advance to the semifinals. The opponent in the next round is the winner of Fan Zhendong and Lin Gaoyuan.