In the men's singles final of this year's ITTF Singles World Cup, the 35-year-old veteran Ma Long won four games in a row and defeated Lin Gaoyuan 4-3 to win the championship and won the 30th world championship in his career. The Chinese national team officially posted a poster to congratulate Ma Long, who said after the game that it was the first time to win the championship under very headwind conditions, and at the same time looked forward to the Paris Olympics and said that he would do a good job in the present.
The 35-year-old Ma Long faced his teammate Lin Gaoyuan in the men's singles final, and he fell behind 0-3 in the first three games and fell into a desperate situation, but then Ma Long won four games in a row and reversed. Ma Long won 11-8 in the fourth game, 11-6 in the fifth game, and 11-4 in the sixth game, and took the lead in the tie-break to take a 9-4 lead to set the tone, and finally successfully defeated Lin Gaoyuan to win the championship.
So far, Ma Long has won the men's singles World Cup for the third time and the 30th world championship in his career, as follows:
Olympic Games (5 crowns): 2012 Men's Team, 2016 Men's Singles, 2016 Men's Team, 2020 Men's Singles, 2020 Men's Team.
P (14 crowns): 2006 Men's Team, 2008 Men's Team, 2010 Men's Team, 2011 Men's Doubles, 2012 Men's Team, 2014 Men's Team, 2015 Men's Singles, 2016 Men's Team, 2017 Men's Singles, 2018 Men's Team, 2019 Men's Singles, 2019 Men's Doubles, 2022 Men's Team, 2024 Men's Team.
World Cup (11 titles): 2009 Men's Team, 2010 Men's Team, 2011 Men's Team, 2012 Men's Singles, 2013 Men's Team, 2015 Men's Team, 2015 Men's Singles, 2018 Men's Team, 2019 Men's Team, 2023 Mixed Team, 2024 Men's Singles.
Ma Long talked about his reversal of Lin Gaoyuan to win the championship after the game, he said: "The first time I won the championship under a very headwind situation, at this stage, I still have a lot of confidence in myself, and at the same time win opponents like Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan, it will be like a heart booster for me!"
Looking ahead to the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Ma Long said: "I think the first thing is to do a good job in the moment and do a good job every day, because there are still 100 days and a lot of training competitions in between. Actually, there are a lot of uncertainties, just like this competition, I think sometimes I can't tell the difference between a big game and a small game, and every game is very important to me, so I hope to have such a mentality!"
Ma Long updated social media to post a series of photos, and wrote: "A magical and magical journey, 12 years is also a reincarnation, at any time, there is a better choice than giving up, thank you for not giving up, thank you to all of you who cheered for us." ”