Zhendong lost to Chinese Taipei teenager Lin Yunru and missed the championship.
On July 21, 2019, Zhu Yuling celebrated winning the women’s singles final of the T2 Diamond Tournament Malaysia. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhu Wei
The women's singles final was played between two Chinese players Wang Manyu and Zhu Yuling. Zhu Yuling was very energetic after the start. She succeeded in her forehand and backhand attacks and won two consecutive games with 11:9 and 11:6. In the third game, Wang Manyu reduced his mistakes and regained the game at 11:7. In the fourth game, the two sides had many exciting exchanges, but Zhu Yuling was more stable in key points and won another game with 11:7. The game then entered the "FAST5" mode. Zhu Yuling won another game with 5:2 and won the championship. .
Zhu Yuling said after the game that she lowered her attitude to compete with her opponents in every game she participated in. She said that she had not played against Wang Manyu for a long time, and their previous records were similar. Today, she handled the key points slightly better.
Wang Manyu serves in the game. Photographed by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhu Wei
The men's singles final pitted Fan Zhendong against Chinese Taipei teenager Lin Yunru. In this competition, Lin Yunru, who is not yet 18 years old, performed very well. He defeated and Malone in the previous competition. In the final, Lin Yunru controlled his mistakes and won two games in a row with 11:7 and 11::4. In the third game, Fan Zhendong improved his condition in time and relied on his stable offensive ability to win the game 11:8. Fan Zhendong made too many mistakes in the key points of the fourth game and lost another game at 5:11. After entering the "FAST5" mode, Lin Yunru played more and more smoothly, scoring 5 points in a row, and won the championship with a big score of 4:1.
In the earlier men's and women's singles third place battles, Xu Xin and Ding Ning both won.
htmlOn July 21, Lin Yunru returned the ball during the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhu Wei This event adopts a special competition system. The game is a best-of-seven game. Each game within 24 minutes is an 11-point system. The first player to score 11 points wins. After a tie at 10, there is no need to score two consecutive points to win. If neither player wins 4 games within 24 minutes, all games starting after the 24-minute timer will adopt the "FAST5" mode, that is, a 5-point mini-game, and the first team to score 5 points wins. One player takes the lead in winning 4 games.
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