On January 19, 2022, the table tennis Macau tournament ushered in a focus battle, the first round of mixed doubles Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha against Ma Long / Qian Tianyi, this is the first time in the new season to appear the main player showdown, the result wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha 3-0 elimination of Ma Long / Qian Tianyi, advanced to the mixed doubles quarterfinals, Ma Long became the first out of the main team, of course, this result has been expected, the gap between the two pairs is large.
Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha is the number one seed, just last year's World Table Tennis Championships, Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha defeated the Japanese combination Zhang Benzhi and / Hayata Xina to win the mixed doubles world championship for the first time, the two have long been partners, the cooperation is very tacit, many times in the international arena to achieve good results, this time the main competitors are Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen and Lin Gaoyuan / Wang Manyu, other combinations are difficult to bring them too much impact.
Ma Long / Qian Tianyi is a temporary partner combination, this is The first time Ma Long signed up for the mixed doubles event in the international arena, he once partnered With Ding Ning to win the Mixed Doubles Championship of the National Games, but the main energy is still focused on singles, so he and the young player Qian Tianyi team up to participate, but also by many fans of attention, how the results are not the most important thing, I hope Ma Long can enjoy the fun brought by the game.
It is worth mentioning that Qian Tianyi was reused by the coaching staff during this time, the current women's team lacks a left hand, doubles very much needs her, last year's World Table Tennis Partner Chen Meng women's doubles bronze, and now arranged to team up with Ma Long to participate, is to hope that Qian Tianyi will grow up as soon as possible.
In the first set, Ma Long/Qian Tianyi played well, and Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha did not lose the wind in the attack, the score alternately rose, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha took the initiative through the change of rhythm, and at the end of the innings came to 7 draws to score 2 points and 9-7 lead, Ma Long/Qian Tianyi chased back 1 point, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha took the initiative to attack, played 11-8 first, there was a gap in the strength of the two pairs, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha was too stable.
In the second set, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha stepped up the offensive, Ma Long/Qian Tianyi lost 6 points in a row, both sides scored 4 points, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha won the set point 10-4, followed by another set of 11-5, Liu Guoliang sat on the field, in the third set Ma Long/Qian Tian fought backwaters and took a 5-2 lead, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha made a 4-point start, scored 4 consecutive points to 6-5, Ma Long/Qian Tianyi called for a timely suspension adjustment.
Next Ma Long/Qian Tianyi chased to 6 draws, Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha played steadily, the end of the game 10-8 to get the match point, and then ended the game 11-9, 3-0 elimination of Ma Long / Qian Tianyi, Wang Chuqin double-line to advance to the quarterfinals, he won 3-0 in the first round of men's singles Xue Fei.
After the first round of mixed doubles, Ma Long still has men's singles to fight for, he will play against Liang Jingkun in the first round, if there is no accident, he will have to win wang Chuqin and Xu Xin in a row later, in order to break through from the second half to advance to the final, but also let us look forward to Ma Long's performance in the singles arena.