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when the 35-year-old ma long and the 19-year-old lin shidong met in the final, it was a battle of inheritance for the national table tennis team.

on october 6, beijing time, lin shidong performed in the wtt china grand slam men’s singles final.storm, defeated malone 4-3, advanced to the wtt grand slam men's singles final for the first time and won the championship.

lin shidong came back from behind to win.

this is malone's first event after the paris olympics. malone, who plays at home, also revealed in an interview that this wtt china grand slam may be his last international event: "after experiencing so many games, i am really thinking about the future path. . the beijing grand slam has special feelings for me, and this may be the perfect ending.”

deng yaping also revealed that in order to prepare for the wtt grand slam, malone also came to the gym to train alone on the players' days off. with such attention, malone's promotion path was very strong - in the five men's singles games, malone played against pitchfort, zeng beixun, lee shangzhu, hugo and liang jingkun. except for one game won by zeng beixun, malone played the other four games. malone won with a sweep.

looking forward to the men's singles final with lin shidong, ma long said with a smile: "his technical and tactical abilities are there. no matter whether the main player of the chinese team or opponents from foreign associations, there is no big advantage against him. with my current ability, it’s really a downswing.”

ma long's praise of lin shidong is not unrelated to the latter's recent performance. this is lin shidong's third consecutive appearance in the men's singles finals after almaty and macau. at the same time, lin shidong, who plays three events in this tournament, also made it to the finals in both mixed doubles and men's doubles.

this is the first time lin shidong has advanced to the wtt grand slam men's singles final.

at the beginning of the men's singles final, lin shidong took the lead to seize the advantage and quickly won the first game. however, malone immediately made adjustments and won two games in a row to take the lead. in the fourth game, the two sides fought to a tie at 13, and malone seized the opportunity and won 15-13. in the fifth game, lin shidong, who was standing on the edge of the cliff, fought hard and won another game. in the sixth game, lin shidong received a yellow card when leading 3-1. then, malone took the opportunity to catch up with the score. however, lin shidong stabilized the situation and dragged the game into the deciding game.

in the last game, ma long withstood the pressure and started 3-0, but as the game progressed, lin shidong led the score 10-8. in the end, the 19-year-old youngster went all out to lock the score at 4-3 and win the championship.

this is the first time lin shidong has advanced to the wtt grand slam men's singles final. he defeated ma long and won the men's singles championship. it also gave the 19-year-old him a good start in the los angeles olympic cycle.

congratulations to lin shidong!