As a fan of Ma Long, watching the WTT China Grand Slam men's singles final between Ma Long and Lin Shidong yesterday, my heart is really "heaven and man fighting".
Ma Long, as a "double-lap Grand Slam", but lacks the WTT Grand Slam men's singles champion, emotionally hopes that he can realize his dream. But from a rational point of view, 19-year-old Lin Shidong has made rapid progress, if he can win three WTT men's singles championships in a row, soar to the top three in the world, and become the absolute main force of national table tennis, it will definitely be a great thing for national table tennis. Moreover, it is to take away the championship from the old captain Ma Long, the real "snatching the class and seizing power", the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the generation is stronger than the generation.
Until the last ball landed, the winner was divided, and suddenly he was relieved. The two dedicated a classic duel, and Ma Long, who is about to turn 36 years old, can fight to this extent, as he himself said: "I didn't fail." His performance deserved applause from the fans.
In fact, when Ma Long's 3-1 lead was chased to 3-3, he had a premonition that this game was going to be overturned by Lin Shidong. In the case of Ma Long's 8-4 lead in the tiebreaker, Lin Shidong still dared to shoot neatly with his forehand. At a young age, the score of the deciding game was 4 points behind, and in the face of the Dragon team, the mentality had not collapsed, Lin Shidong in addition to his football skills, his psychological quality was also different from ordinary people. At this time, it was almost certain that Lin Shidong was going to win. After all, Ma Long's age is here, and he has played a tiebreaker, whether it is physical strength and energy, he is definitely not as good as a young player. As long as Lin Shidong does not fight with Ma Long for short balls in the table, and plays against each other simply and directly, then from the perspective of the quality of the board or the pace of movement, Lin Shidong has an advantage. It's just that I didn't expect that Lin Shidong would directly take away the game with a wave of 7-0.
I watched a lot of games, and I could more or less have a premonition that I would win or lose the game. For example, in the seven-game battle between Fan Zhendong and Zhang Benzhihe at the Paris Olympics, Zhang Benzhihe led 7-6 in the decisive game, but Fan Zhendong dared to send a long ball to fight, and the fight was successful, so he knew that he had the determination and ability to win this game. As a result, he scored 5 points in a row at the end of the game and won the tiebreaker 11-7.
Malone didn't need to pause, some people interpreted it as "releasing water", which I don't approve of. In the intra-team match between national table tennis players, there is no off-court guidance, no matter whether it is suspended or not, it is up to you to decide how to play next. What's more, even if Malone has off-field guidance, he basically has the final say. Ma Long is a player who plays with his brain, and he can think clearly about various techniques and tactics without pausing. Ma Long sent a backhand long ball at 8-6, which is a fighting style of play, but it was resolved by Lin Shidong. At 8-7, he changed his serve to the middle of the forehand, but he lost the backhand again. So Ma Long's tactics are very clear in every point, but the final stage is "really can't be beaten".
Ma Long definitely wanted to win the championship, but when he saw that he was a 17-year-old teammate who won him, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that "the future is terrifying", and at the same time he was quite relieved about the future of the national table tennis men's team, and finally turned into a "knowing smile".