China News Service, Yan'an, September 22 (Reporter Wang Yu) On the evening of the 21st, the Shaanxi National Games Table Tennis Men's Team finals staged a peak showdown.
Fan Zhendong, the champion of the Tokyo Olympic men's team, scored two points in two games and saved five match points in the fourth game. He defeated Malone and helped Guangdong team defeat Beijing team 3-1, and won the National Games table tennis men again after 24 years. League champion.
As the favorites of the men’s team at this National Games, the Beijing team with Ma Long and Wang Chuqin and the Guangdong team led by Fan Zhendong and Lin Gaoyuan successfully broke through from the group stage and defeated Hebei, Shaanxi and other teams in the knockout stage. .
The two teams each had a men’s team championship experience: Guangdong team won the National Games men’s team championship in 1997. Now team coach Li Zhaomin is also one of the team champions at that time, while the Beijing team’s victory has to be traced back to more. The distant 1993.
Before the start of the final, the lineup of the two teams was announced: Fan Zhendong played a single number for Guangdong team, young teenager Zhou Qihao played as the number two singles, and Lin Gaoyuan played three singles.
For the Beijing team, Wang Chuqin played the first single, Ma Long played the second single, and Yan An and Lin Gaoyuan faced off.
In the first game, Fan Zhendong played against Wang Chuqin, a teammate of the national team.
Fan Zhendong, who was the first to enter the state, quickly won the game 3:0.
Then Ma Long, who played for Beijing, also defeated the teenager Zhou Qihao 3-0 to equalize the big score.
In the third game, Lin Gaoyuan faced Yan An. The former, who was more dominant regardless of age or technique and tactics, defeated his opponent 3:1 and helped the Guangdong team lead the Beijing team 2:1.
In the fourth game, Ma Long and Fan Zhendong faced each other again after the men's singles final at the Tokyo Olympics.
Fan Zhendong took the lead to win the first game with 11:7.
In the second game, after Malone strengthened his control and changed the rhythm of the game, he pulled back one game at 11:8.
In the third game, Malone took advantage of the victory and used his forehand attack to gain an advantage, leading the lead with 11:7.
In the fourth game, the two sides fought inextricably and fought all the way to 10:10. In the end, Fan Zhendong seized the opportunity and dragged the game into the decisive game at 12:10.
At this time, the competition for the men's team championship has heated up.
Malone got a 5:2 lead in the opening of the decisive game; after the exchange of venues, Malone continued to expand the lead to get the match point 10:6, but Fan Zhendong chased 4 points tenaciously to tie the score.
In the end, after successfully saving 5 match points, Fan Zhendong secured the victory at 13:11 and defeated Ma Long with a 3:2 reversal. He reported his "one stone vengeance" for losing to his opponent in the men's singles final of the Tokyo Olympics and helped Guangdong team 3: 1 Defeated the Beijing team and won the men's team championship after a lapse of 24 years.
After defeating Ma Long for the first time in the finals of the National Games, Fan Zhendong admitted that belief is more important than skills and tactics. It affects my determination and confidence."
Speaking of defeating his own Fan Zhendong, Ma Long also generously praised: "Both sides played a very high level in this game. Competitive sports have lost and won. I don't know what the result will be until the last goal. Fan Zhendong today Did what he was supposed to do, so he deserves to win this game."
Fan Zhendong said that the Guangdong team is a very cohesive and combative team. “The cohesion of the team is what supports us to perform better on the court and have a more tenacious will (the reason).” (End)