The 36-year-old Ma Long once again created a miracle, and when he played against Wang Chuqin, Ma Long's subversion of his playing system was admirable. As everyone knows, in the last few games against Wang Chuqin, because of his age and familiarity, Ma Long has lost more and won less, and is at a disadvantage.
In order to prepare for this game, Ma Long also completely subverted his style of play and gave up his usual killing moves, which also made Wang Chuqin completely blind, and finally Ma Long swept Wang Chuqin 4:0 to reach the final. In the final, Ma Long encountered Lin Gaoyuan, lost 3 games at the beginning, fell behind 0:3, Ma Long won 4 games in a row, defeated Lin Gaoyuan with a big score of 4:3, and won the men's singles championship of the Table Tennis World Cup for the third time.
won the men's singles championship of the Table Tennis World Cup, from Ma Long's action of stroking the racket in the game, we also understand that this is most likely Ma Long's last trip to the World Cup, after all, it is almost impossible to let Ma Long hold on until 2 years later. And after winning the championship, when he was interviewed, Ma Long also made a showdown.
For this game, Ma Long said: Interview after winning the championship: I played well with Gao Yuan, I never thought of winning the championship along the way, and I said before that playing in the top four would be considered to complete my dream, so I played very relaxed.
Ma Long also expressed his gratitude to the people who supported him along the way, Ma Long said: Thank you for always cheering for us, thank you for not giving up after falling behind 0-3. I believe that everyone will feel the charm of table tennis more and more, and I hope that everyone can continue to support us, and we will give back to everyone with our best performance.
In the interview, Ma Long also officially announced his decision, that is, "accept your current self." Ma Long said that with the increase of age, it is difficult to play as much as he wants, and he needs to accept his current self in order to start better. Subsequently, Ma Long also gave his own expectations for the Paris Olympics in France, and Ma Long shouted that he hoped to go all out to impact the Paris Olympics.
36 years old, still has such a peak state, Ma Long is admirable, after the Tokyo Olympics, many fans thought that Ma Long would retire, and even Liu Guoliang named Ma Long on the summary program of the Tokyo Olympics and said: "With Ma Long's state, do you want to recommend him to retire to make room for young people." ”
Three years have passed, Ma Long with love to carry it, Ma Long also came to the gate of the Paris Olympics, although Ma Long may not be able to get a men's singles ticket, but with Ma Long's strength and the rules of national table tennis, Ma Long must have no problem going to Paris, I believe that at this time, Liu Guoliang will also approve Ma Long's request, so that the Dragon team will shine the most beautiful light in their last Olympic Games.