On April 20, Beijing time, the men's singles semifinals of the Table Tennis Macau World Cup were fought between Wang Chuqin and Ma Long. In the end, Ma Long, who is ranked fourth in the world, eliminated Wang Chuqin, who is ranked No. 1 in the world, 4-0, and broke out a big upset! I thought that Wang Chuqin might lose, but I didn't expect to lose by such a score!
Wang Chuqin has been in very good form recently, and his World Cup form is getting better and better, knocking out South Korea's Jang Woo-jin in the last round, and he is eager to challenge for his first singles World Championship title. Ma Long is also in good form, defeating Japan's main player Hayasuke Togami in the last round. What kind of wonderful confrontation will the two stage this time?
After the start of the game, Wang Chuqin took the lead at the beginning, but Ma Long took the lead, with a perfect rhythm change and the first three boards of competition, Ma Long quickly overtook the score and got off to a good start with 11-9.
In the second game, Ma Long and Wang Chuqin fought with wits and courage, and both of them made mistakes in the receiving and serving links, but after 10-10 in the final game, Ma Long's key ball scored, 12-10 and the next city, leading 2-0!
In the third game, the game was one-sided, Wang Chuqin's offense did not improve much, Ma Long took advantage of the victory to chase, Wang Chuqin was defeated in the second half of the game, Ma Long once again made efforts to get the game point, 11-6 and the next city, the big score was 3-0, Wang Chuqin fell into a desperate situation!
In the fourth game, Ma Long took the lead again at the beginning, Wang Chuqin's situation was not good, Ma Long forced out Wang Chuqin's pause when he was 5-2, and Ma Long continued to expand the score after coming back, leading 8-4, Ma Long got the match point 10-8 in the end game, Wang Chuqin stubbornly chased the score, and the two continued to entangle, 10-10 to 11-11 and then 12-12, and then Ma Long grabbed the key points again and locked the victory 14-12.
Next, Ma Long will wait for the winner of Lin Gaoyuan and Zhang Ben Tomokazu, and will attack his third World Cup singles title. Come on!
Wang Chuqin is very sorry, he does not have the title of singles world champion at present, and this time he is unfortunately out of the game, sigh just one word!