The 2024 Macau ITTF World Cup ended last night, and Ma Long staged a Jedi counterattack to defeat Lin Gaoyuan 4:3 and win the World Cup men's singles championship for the third time. Sun Yingsha also experienced seven rounds of hard fighting, reversing Wang Manyu to win the World Cup women's singles championship for the first time.
"Today Gao Yuan and I played very well, and also played a lot of beautiful balls! In fact, I never expected to win the championship along the way, before the game I said that if I can score in the top four, I can complete my dream! Really come to the semi-finals and finals, I believe everyone has seen that I played very relaxed, and the feeling on the court is also very good, and thank you for always cheering for us, and thank you for not giving up after falling behind 0-3!"
The 2024 Macau ITTF Singles World Cup came to an end at the Macau Galaxy Arena last night, and a dramatic scene was staged again in the final men's singles final, the 35-year-old veteran Ma Long, a double Grand Slam winner, won four cities in a row in an unfavorable situation of 0-3 behind, reversed teammate Lin Gaoyuan 4-3, and won the World Cup men's singles championship for the third time. In fact, I don't think it's easy to play before the finals, it can be said that the top four has exceeded the goal of this competition, especially in the semifinals and finals, or meet their teammates, especially against Wang Chuqin in the past two years, or lose more, against Lin Gaoyuan The last two encounters have also lost, so there is not much pressure and baggage on the court, these two games are very relaxed, which is also the main reason for these two games to play well. ”
Different from the previous two championships, Ma Long said that this time it can be described as a headwind to win the championship, "First of all, I have won so many championships before, most of them are the championships that were led at the beginning and won all the way to the wind, which is also a very headwind situation to win the championship, at this stage I still give myself a lot of confidence, and at the same time win Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan and other teammates, it is undoubtedly a booster for me." ”
At a time when the pace of rushing towards the Paris Olympics is becoming more and more urgent, Ma Long said that to prepare for the Paris Olympics, it is still necessary to do a good job and live every day, "It is true that the Paris Olympics are getting closer and closer, and there will be fluctuations in my state and competition results every day, but first of all, I still have to do a good job in the present, do a good job every day, there are still a lot of training and competitions in the middle, in fact, there are a lot of uncertainties, and it is very important for me to compete every time now." ”
In the previous women's singles final, Sun Yingsha was also in the unfavorable situation of falling behind 1-3, won three games in a row, narrowly defeated Wang Manyu 4-3, and won the women's World Cup singles championship for the first time. I was also behind for a while, and then I chased back point by point, and when I got to the tiebreaker, I was tied again, and in the end I won the game by two points, which is the charm of competitive sports. I feel like Manyu and I are in the final and we are both winners. ”
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