In the early morning of May 7th, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam continued, and the national table tennis Grand Slam veteran Ma Long was hit by the South Korean star Zhang Yuzhen, and the two had a fierce duel in the men's singles round, and Ma Long, who won the World Cup men's singles championship not long ago, was swept away 0-3, thus stopping at the top 32 of the men's singles.
Prior to this, the three main forces of national table tennis Liang Jingkun, Wang Manyu, and Lin Gaoyuan have been eliminated in foreign wars, and now Ma Long has also lost to Zhang Yuzhen.
Zhang Yuzhen is a strong rival of national table tennis, he has defeated Zhang Jike, Xu Xin, Liang Jingkun and others, and this year defeated Wang Chuqin at the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, almost eliminated the Chinese men's team with his teammates, but his performance is very unstable, can only occasionally cause upsets, can not form a long-term threat, and the South Korean Olympic champion Liu Chengmin is somewhat similar.
In the past contest with Zhang Yuzhen, Ma Long has maintained a three-game winning streak undefeated, but Wang Chuqin has never lost to him in the past, which shows that this opponent may be upset at any time, and Ma Long cannot relax his vigilance.
After the start of the first game, the two soon launched a very fierce attack, Zhang Yuzhen used his forehand to break the defense, playing a lot of unexpected snowboard quality, while Ma Long limited Zhang Yuzhen's play through more comprehensive control ability, as a result, Zhang Yuzhen won 13-11 after wasting many game points, constantly yelling and cheering for himself on the court.
In the second game, Zhang Yuzhen still played very strongly, although Ma Long once bit the score, but then he was still disrupted by the opponent's attack, and he made frequent mistakes, as a result, Zhang Yuzhen won 11-6, and even the backhand attack was very numerous, Ma Long was in a critical situation!
In the third game, Ma Long was already fighting against the water, but the result was behind at the beginning, and he failed to come back to life after calling a timeout, and finally Zhang Yuzhen locked up the victory with 11-8, thus breaking through the main defense of the Chinese team for the second time this year and advancing to the top 16 of men's singles.
At present, it seems that although the performance of athletes like Zhang Yuzhen is very unstable, it is very difficult to get into the state, mainly because there are few athletes with such a strong forehand in today's table tennis world, so it is difficult for ordinary people to adapt when he is crazy.