On April 19, the men's singles quarterfinals of the Macau World Cup continued, and Hayasuke Togami, the Japanese star and main player in the men's singles of the Olympic Games, appeared on the stage to challenge Ma Long, the meritorious star of national table tennis. In the previous game, Malone struggled to defeat French star Felix Lebrun with a score of 4-2.
At the beginning, Togami played bravely and laid a favorable situation. Ma Long continued to attack with a forehand and was also quite patient. In the opening situation of falling behind 2-6, Malone chased 2 points in a row. Ma Long did not open up the situation in his own service round, resulting in a slight passivity. Togami scored consecutive points at the end of the game and won the opening 11-5.
In the second game, Togami played a 3-3 score, Ma Long defended in place, scored offensively, and overtook 4-3. Togami returned the ball out of bounds, 3-5! Malone accelerated the pace of movement, scored consecutive points, and opened up the difference 7-3. Togami continued to attack, and Malone ate the serve a little, couldn't defend, and lost points. Malone continued to press and opened up the difference 9-4. Malone split long, the opponent stood behind, and then Malone immediately shortened, this point was very witty, 10-4! 11-5, Malone equalized 1-1.
In the third game, Malone was still sluggish, with a 1-6 disparity. After that, Malone chased 4 points in a row. Togami scored 2 points in a row to stabilize his position. Ma Long was powerless at the end of the game, and there was a collapse situation, and finally lost another game 6-11, with a big score of 1-2! In the fourth game, Ma Long started with 1-3, and then overtook 7-3, and gradually opened up the point difference. Malone won 11-7, with a big score of 2-2!
The fifth game was crucial, Ma Long played a 4-1 start, and then continued to exert power, playing a wave of flow, winning 11-3, and the big score was 3-2! In the sixth game, Ma Long played a crazy start of 7-0, completely hilarious, and then 9-1! There was no suspense in the end. With a big score of 4-2, Malone advanced to the semifinals.
With Ma Long's reversal to advance to the top 4, we will wait for the winner between Wang Chuqin VS Zhang Yuzhen, and look forward to the national table tennis derby.