In the just-concluded men's singles semifinals of the Macau World Cup, Chinese veteran Ma Long played against the new world No. 1 Wang Chuqin, who thought it would be an evenly matched game, but who knew that Ma Long was pressing Wang Chuqin throughout the whole process, and finally defeated Wang Chuqin 4-0, which surprised countless fans.
As an "evergreen" in the Chinese table tennis world, Ma Long is 35 years old this year, 10 years older than Wang Chuqin, and Ma Long's state has not been stable since he won the Tokyo Olympics, and he has lost several foreign wars this year, and the news about "Ma Long's retirement" on the Internet has never been interrupted.
On the other hand, Wang Chuqin, when Fan Zhendong and Ma Long were in an unstable state, Wang Chuqin carried the banner of men's table tennis, held three positions in the Singapore Grand Slam, won two championships and one runner-up, and his world ranking also successfully surpassed Fan Zhendong to become the world's No. 1.
Ma Long's match against Wang Chuqin this time belongs to the peak of his career at the end of his career, and Wang Chuqin and Ma Long have played together 10 times in the international arena, Wang Chuqin is in an absolute advantage with 8 wins and 2 losses, so no matter from which point of view, Wang Chuqin has the initiative in the game.
But after the start of the game, Ma Long has always held the initiative in the game, and every time Wang Chuqin starts to counterattack, he will be suppressed by Ma Long, and there is rarely even a score lead in the whole game.
In the end, Ma Long won 4 games in a row 11-9, 12-10, 11-6, 14-12, and won the game with a clean sheet, advancing to the finals, and will compete with Lin Gaoyuan for the Macau World Cup championship.
Of course, many netizens still sent their blessings to Ma Long when he won this competition, but some fans said: Wang Chuqin definitely deliberately released water this time, and Lin Gaoyuan will most likely release water in the finals, so that Ma Long can win the championship, so that Ma Long can enter the selection of the men's singles competition of the Paris Olympics.
Due to Fan Zhendong's recent downturn, the men's singles event at the Paris Olympics has become no longer safe, and now Ma Long's Olympic selection points are relatively low, so if Ma Long wins the championship this time, he will continue to participate in the Olympic men's singles selection.
This kind of statement has spread on the Internet, but as a fan for many years, this kind of remark is not only an insult to Ma Long's achievements, but also a blasphemy against the unity within the national table tennis and the fairness of competitive sports!
As a legend of the Chinese men's table tennis generation, Ma Long has won two Olympic men's singles championships, and honor is no longer the first place for Ma Long, and the reason why Ma Long has not retired is that in addition to good competitive condition, the more important thing is that men's table tennis has not yet appeared "star"!
Unlike the blowout of women's table tennis talents, the original male table tennis leader Fan Zhendong's state fluctuates too much, Wang Chuqin's stability is not half a star worse than Sun Yingsha, and the current Ma Long fully has the strength of the top three in national table tennis, especially the experience of the competition and the control of the game, he is still the number one in men's table tennis!
Therefore, it is not surprising that Ma Long can win Wang Chuqin in this World Cup, but it is certain that Wang Chuqin did not play his full strength in this competition, and his state can even be said to be very poor, so there will be remarks that "Wang Chuqin deliberately conceded the ball" after the game.
In other words, if Wang Chuqin really got the script of "handicap", he could lose the game with normal scores such as 4-1, 4-2, and other normal scores, and it would not have to be 4-0.
In fact, the current men's table tennis is just like Liu Guoliang said, there is no "faulty" lead in the strength of the players, and who can win depends entirely on the performance and state on the spot.
If Ma Long wins the World Cup this time, then the men's singles quota for this year's Olympic Games will be confusing again, and Ma Long will also create the feat of winning 3 World Cup championships and participating in the Olympic Games 4 times!