malone saved two game points in both games and reversed the situation. he hopes that the outside world will not oversell him.
2024-10-04
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on october 3, in the third round of the wtt china grand slam men's singles, national table tennis captain ma long defeated his old rival li sangzhu in three straight games. in two of the games, he scored 4 points in a row when trailing 8-10 to stage a comeback. after the game, malone bluntly said that winning was a bit of a fluke, "fortunately, i handled the key ball well in the last game every time."
the 36-year-old ma long and the 34-year-old li shangzhu have met nine times in international competitions. the national table tennis veteran has an absolute advantage with 9 wins and 2 losses. but in the semi-finals of the busan world table tennis championships in february this year, malone lost to the latter 2-3. in this rematch, malone fell behind all the way in the first game, but saved two game points at the end of the game and achieved a "good start" with a 12-10 comeback. after winning the second game 11-4, he once again staged a comeback in the third game. when he was behind 8-10, he had a wonderful round with his opponent and secured the victory 12-10.
after the game, ma long said frankly that the game was very difficult and he was lucky to win. "every time i play against lee sang-soo, the scene is not very good, and i also lost this year, so i expected a lot of difficulties and entanglements before the game." "scenes." talking about his twice-turned-turning performance that was widely praised on the internet, ma long asked the outside world not to praise it too much, "i also have times when i am chased back. i hope netizens can view the game rationally and evaluate the athletes." there are a lot of ups and downs, and this is the charm brought by uncertainty.” he laughed and said that every player will encounter many such scenes in his sports career. “i hope i can catch up more times when i am behind and make less mistakes when i am ahead. error."
on the 4th, malone will face no. 2 seed and brazilian star calderano in the quarter-finals. prior to this, malone had not won a wtt singles championship. "i didn't expect to reach the fourth round." when asked about his goal, ma long said with a smile, "let's take it one round at a time." he bluntly said that he still loves table tennis very much, and he still has something to learn about himself. looking forward, "since i like it so much, i still hope to see how much potential i have in the limited time. when competing, i hope to go all out and do my best."
photo courtesy of wtt world table tennis federation
source: beijing news sports
reporter: wang xiaoxiao, zhao xiaosong
