Fan Zhendong reversed the victory over Ma Long Guangdong Liaoning won the table tennis men's and women's team championships

Xi'an, September 21 (Xinhua) -- On the 21st, the 14th National Games table tennis team competition staged the final peak showdown, Fan Zhendong desperately defeated the Tokyo Olympic men's singles champion Ma Long, helping Guangdong to win the men's team championship of the National Games after 24 years. Chen Xingtong played well, defeating Tokyo Olympic women's singles champion Chen Meng, helping Liaoning team win the women's team gold medal 3:1 against Shandong.

The two men's teams in Guangdong and Beijing are luxurious, and the six players on the field are all national players. The Guangdong team sent Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan and Zhou Qihao, while the Beijing team sent Ma Long, Wang Chuqin and Yan An to the team. In the first two matches, the more powerful Fan Zhendong and Ma Long won the opponent 3:0 respectively, and the two teams fought a 1:1 draw. In the third game, Lin Gaoyuan won the key point after a bitter battle of 3:1 to beat Yan An.

The fourth powerful dialogue unfolds between Ma Long and Fan Zhendong. In the men's singles final of the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics, Ma Long defeated Fan Zhendong to defend his title. At the beginning of this game, Fan Zhendong appeared to be more active, Ma Long had more unnecessary mistakes, and Fan Zhendong went to the next city first.

However, from the middle of the second set, Malone used the game experience to quickly make adjustments, the offensive and defensive ends were retracted freely, the balance of victory gradually tilted to Malone, chasing two consecutive innings and leading 10:9 in the fourth set to get the match point, Fan Zhendong returned the ball high, but Malone snatched the opportunity ball out of bounds, and then lost two points of the game and was dragged into the final battle.

Malone led the way in the decider, and soon the score came to 10:6 with four match points in hand. But Fan Zhendong, who was in a desperate situation, let go and played a high-quality attack continuously, while Ma Long was too conservative, the scene was very passive, and the consecutive points were chased to 10 draws. After Malone wasted the match point again at 11:10, Fan Zhendong finally staged a stunning reversal at 13:11 and won this wonderful match.

After the game, Ma Long said: "Competitive sports are to lose and win, and it is a pity that he did not grasp the opportunity, but Fan Zhendong really deserves this victory."

In the women's team final, Shandong team Gu Yuting lost to Liaoning team Li Jiayi and lost a key point. Shandong team fell behind 1:2, Chen Meng once again put on the team and failed to withstand the pressure, 1:3 lost to Chen Xingtong, who played more well, and finally the Liaoning team, which had a more balanced team strength, defeated Shandong team 3:1 and won the championship.

In the three- and four-place battle that ended earlier, the Hebei women's team led by Sun Yingsha and the Hebei men's team led by Liang Jingkun defeated the Sichuan team and the host Shaanxi team respectively, and both won bronze medals.