There are really too many excellent qualities in Ma Long, among them, at the WTT Beijing Grand Slam, the quality of respect for teachers and gratitude was once again vividly displayed.
In the semifinals of the WTT Beijing Grand Slam men's singles, Ma Long won four games in a row and defeated Liang Jingkun with a score of 4:0.
In an interview after the game, Malone took the microphone and said with a smile that today's right to speak is still more important.
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It turned out that the day Ma Long entered the men's singles final was Qin Zhijian's birthday. And Qin Zhijian was Ma Long's mentor in the past, and he accompanied and helped Ma Long a lot.
Ma Long said in an interview: This day is the birthday of Director Qin, that is, my former teacher, and now the vice chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, and I hope to send him the most sincere birthday wishes at this important moment.
After Ma Long said this, there was applause at the scene, everyone was applauding Ma Long, and they were also applauding Qin Zhijian.
Applaud Ma Long, for Ma Long's gratitude and respect for the good quality of the teacher. Applauded Qin Zhijian, for Qin Zhijian to teach such a good disciple.
As a veteran, Ma Long can enter the WTT Beijing Grand Slam men's singles finals, it stands to reason that he is relatively busy, and he must have put most of his body and mind into the game, but in addition to the busy game, he can still remember the birthday of his past mentor Qin Zhijian, and even in an interview, the first thing that came to mind was to wish his mentor a happy birthday.
It's just that when Ma Long said this, Qin Zhijian was not at the scene. Otherwise, what a beautiful picture it would have been for the former master and apprentice to be in the same frame.
A rough man actually has a delicate heart.
Of course, Ma Long's excellent qualities are not limited to gratitude and respect for teachers.
Ma Long will lead by example and become a beacon to guide the national table tennis players in the right direction and become the spiritual leader of the national table tennis team. Fan Zhendong, who is also a table tennis grand slam, regards Ma Long as an idol.
Ma Long dared to speak out, to be the "sober in the world" in the table tennis world, and reminded netizens and fans in front of the camera to watch the game rationally, don't blow the players into the sky as soon as you win, and demote the players to the ground when you lose.
After decades of playing the game, Ma Long has lived a very transparent life, seen a lot clearly, seen a lot, and made himself a model and example in the table tennis world.