On March 13, the WTT Singapore Grand Slam played the second round of the men's singles main tournament. After a hard battle, Malone defeated Anuna, an African brother, to advance to the men's singles round of 16. Before Ma Long advanced, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha had successfully won the game, and Qi Qi broke into the round of 16!
As a double-lap Grand Slam, Malone is one of the greatest athletes in the history of table tennis, and even one of them can be removed. At the age of 33, Malone still maintained his top level and continued to fight on the field. Aruna from Nigeria is a table tennis "mudslide", an African brother who has been fighting alone for many years, without a coach, but always able to contribute to wonderful games.
In the face of the powerful Marlon, Aruna also dared to fight, which brought a lot of pressure to Brother Long, but Malone was still skilled and defeated Aruna 3-1.
In the first set, Malone entered the state very quickly, quickly took a 7-1 lead, Aruna scored 2 consecutive points 3-7 behind, Malone won 7 innings 10-3, 11-4 took the lead; in the second set, Aruna started 2-1, 7-3 to expand the advantage, the increased number of mistakes Malone has not been able to save the decline, Aruna won a set 11-5;
In the third set, Aruna chased the score to 5 draws in the backward situation, Malone scored 3 points in a row, opened the gap again at 8-5, won 11-6, and the total score was 2-1 again; in the fourth set, the two sides fought from 4 draws to 6 draws, 9 draws, and Aruna, who was struggling to chase points, has not given up, and Malone finally stabilized at the critical moment and locked up the victory at 11-9.
In the first two games, Wang Chuqin swept England star Peecheford 3-0, and Sun Yingsha swept the little sister Kuman 3-0. In the next game, Ma Long will face off against his disciple Wang Chuqin. In the Macau Championship, Wang Chuqin performed well, defeating all opponents, including Ma Long, to reach the top of the men's singles championship.
In this Singapore Grand Slam reunion, Ma Long must fight to defeat Wang Chuqin and avoid a losing streak. The young and vigorous Wang Chuqin is eager to defeat the big brother Ma Long again, and use the victory of one important competition after another to march towards the place of the Paris Olympic Games! In this showdown between old and new, who are you more optimistic about laughing at the end?