The 36-year-old captain of the national table tennis team won the World Cup again after 9 years: he played with an injury and broke through 30 championships
The 36-year-old Ma Long once again topped the World Championships, defeating Lin Gaoyuan 4-3 in the men's singles final of the Macau World Cup on the evening of April 21 to win his third World Cup men's singles title, which is also the first time in nine years to win this championship. The last time Ma Long won the World Series singles championship was at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, as long as he loves it, he is the year of play, Ma Long fulfilled his promise, the Dragons are not old, and he can continue to play.
It is worth mentioning that it was extremely difficult for Malone to win this game, first of all, he played with an injury, and the pain in his neck once reached the point where he could not turn, but Malone insisted on playing after sticking the muscle patch. And Ma Long once suffered a big score of 0-3 in the official game, but the Dragons did not give up in the dictionary, he reversed the situation with a strong on-the-spot response, and won 4 games in a row to stage a super reversal to defeat Lin Gaoyuan.
Looking back on Ma Long's journey to win the World Cup, he is the best player in national table tennis all the way, not only able to eliminate foreign players like Hayasuke Togami, but also to sweep the current world No. 1 men's singles Wang Chuqin 4-0, no matter what opponent Ma Long can play an advantage, and in the final against Lin Gaoyuan, he staged a big reversal, Ma Long interpreted what it means to get older and more demonic.
Ma Long has set countless records, this is the 8th time he has won the men's singles championship of the World Series in his career, including 3 World Cup men's singles championships, 3 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles championships and 2 Olympic men's singles championships, and Ma Long has won a total of 30 world championships, which is also the first in history.
Greatness and legend are the labels of Ma Long, he is the undisputed honorary history of table tennis, and the achievements he has created are unprecedented and difficult to come after.
After winning the championship, Ma Long and Sun Yingsha, who won the women's singles championship, took a group photo, what the outside world needs to know is that when Ma Long began to represent the national table tennis team in international competitions in 2006, Sun Yingsha was only 6 years old, and now the two have joined hands to reach the World Cup, which makes people sigh at the peak of Ma Long.
After winning the team competition at the Busan World Table Tennis Championships, Ma Long emphasized that it was his last trip to the World Table Tennis Championships, and now this World Cup is the same.
The 36-year-old Ma Long still has one more World Series to participate in, and the 2024 Paris Olympics will be the final chapter of his career in the World Series.