In this Macau World Cup, 36-year-old Ma Long once again amazed the world, winning the World Cup again after 12 years, the long wait of 12 years corresponds to the 12 years of love between Ma Long and Xia Lu.
People say that the 36-year-old Ma Long can have such a good competitive state? His military medal is also half of Xia Lu's virtuous help: giving up his bank job for Ma Long, Xia Lu is also the behind-the-scenes hero of Ma Long's 30th world championship.
Turn the clock back to autumn 12 years ago.
Ma Long and Xia Lu met each other for the first time in a youth cultural and sports exchange activity in Nanjing. At that time, Ma Long was not as good as a world champion, and Xia Lu was just a college student.
Xia Lu, born on August 16, 1990, is a smart and beautiful girl, graduated from the Law Department of Hohai University, and worked in a bank in Nanjing after graduation. She has had a strong interest in table tennis since she was a child, a national table tennis fan, and later became a die-hard fan of Ma Long.
In that event, Xia Lu actively participated and was assigned to the same group as Ma Long, which became an opportunity for them to get acquainted, and after leaving each other on the phone, they soon started a long-distance relationship.
Ma Long, as an internationally renowned table tennis player, his life is full of challenges and pressures, especially in those years, he always lost to the bitter master Wang Hao. However, with Xia Lu's support and companionship, Ma Long has become stronger and more confident.
Their love is full of drama and touching, from acquaintance to love, they have experienced many ups and downs in life together, especially the appearance of Kasumi Ishikawa.
As we all know, Kasumi Ishikawa has a sincere relationship with Ma Long, and he once confessed: Ma Long is my idol, and I can only be her little fan sister. Now, after liking Malone for 9 years, 31-year-old Kasumi Ishikawa is still single.
Under the CP scandal of Ma Long and Ishikawa Kasumi, Ma Long and Xia Lu got married in Beijing on January 12, 2017, Ma Long and Xia Lu's wedding was quite low-key, they did not hold a grand wedding ceremony, but only invited the relatives of both parties to reunite together as a witness to their happy moment.
At this time, Ma Long was already an Olympic champion, and Xia Lu was still an ordinary bank clerk, which was in stark contrast to Ma Long's status as a professional table tennis player. Although their fields of work are different, bank clerks are also an iron job, but in order to take better care of Ma Long, Xia Lu resolutely resigned.
Over the years, Xia Lu has experienced various black material incidents, many of them say that she is not worthy of Ma Long, that she is not as good as Ishikawa Kachun, but she also gave up the iron job of the bank for Ma Long, and also gave up her personal social media account for Ma Long, in the heyday of Ishikawa Kachun and Ma Long's CP, she was also jealous, and felt that she was not as good as Ishikawa Kachun, but she never made trouble and did not force marriage.
Now, Ma Long is 36 years old and can still win his 30th world championship, Ma Long has thanked his wife for stabilizing the rear of the family for her, so that he can play with peace of mind, such a woman is worthy of being Ma Long, she also belongs to part of the glory of national table tennis.