On the evening of September 21, Beijing time, the table tennis men's team final of the 14th National Games kicked off. Beijing Men's Table Tennis and Guangdong Men's Table Tennis had a peak contest. Fan Zhendong defeated Malone 3-2 in a head-to-head confrontation between the two teams, leading Guangdong to defeat Beijing Men's Table Tennis 3-1 and win the men's team championship. The Beijing team won the silver medal, the Hebei team and the Shaanxi team won three or four places respectively.
Beijing Men's Table Tennis and Guangdong Men's Table Tennis are the two teams with the strongest overall strength in the National Games. The former has Ma Long and Wang Chuqin are the two major players going to the Tokyo Olympics (Wang Chuqin is a P card). The latter's lineups are Fan Zhendong, Zhou Qihao, and Lin Gaoyuan are also enough to become favorites to win the championship.
In the previous group stage and knockout stage, Malone was actually strongly impacted by many young players, but the key semi-final battle was when Wang Chuqin was once again in class by and Hou Yingchao, and Malone stood up And showing the demeanor of the team's spirit, the veteran cannon who won the ball decisively ended the opponent's upset thoughts. It was even more difficult for the Guangdong team to win the semi-finals yesterday. Fan Zhendong made two appearances to score points. Together with Lin Gaoyuan's narrow victory over Liang Yanyu in the fifth set, the Guangdong team stumbled into the finals.
Fan Zhendong will face Wang Chuqin in the first set of the final tonight. The first two games showed a one-sided situation, Fan Zhendong had the absolute upper hand, and Wang Chuqin had no strength to fight back with two consecutive 11 to 4 games. In the third game, Wang Chuqin finally got better, the two sides tied 6-6 and entered the mid-game stage; but in the end, Fan Zhendong made a small offensive climax and won 11-7 again, setting the game at 3-0. Guangdong Men's Table Tennis made a good start.
In the second set, Zhou Qihao challenged Malone.In the first game, Zhou Qihao led by 8-6. In the final stage, he failed to grasp the opportunity and was 11-8 by Ma Longbiao with a 5-0 attack wave. Since then, Malone's offensive made it difficult for Zhou Qihao to parry, losing to Malone 4-11, 3-11 consecutively, a big score of 0-3 quick defeat. The Beijing team equalized the total points of both sides.
In the third set, Lin Gaoyuan played against the Beijing team veteran Yan An . Lin Gaoyuan quickly launched an offensive in the opening game. He played proactively in the first game and easily won 11-4. In the second game, Yan An held his footing and pulled back one city 11 to 8. The competition between the third and fourth rounds was very fierce. They were entangled to the key points before distinguishing the highs and lows. Lin Gaoyuan ended up handling more decisively, winning 11 to 9 and 12 to 10 in a row, 3-1 against Yan An. The Guangdong team once again exceeded the total score.
In the fourth set, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long once again staged a top-level duel after the Olympic men's singles final. Fan Zhendong quickly mobilized himself in the first game and played with great momentum, winning 11 to 7 first. In the second game, Malone's change of rhythm in the second half received good results. Fan Zhendong's speed and strength were somewhat restrained, and Malone pulled back one city 11 to 8. In the third game, Malone continued to control the field and won 11 to 7. In the fourth game, Fan Zhendong struggled to counterattack in a passive situation. The two sides fought to the extra stage, and Fan Zhendong chased the Osama to 2 to 2 12 to 10.
In the decisive game, Malone had a great momentum in the first half. He scored points through the extreme opening and closing multiple times and achieved a lead of 8 to 4, and then took a huge advantage of 10 to 6, but Fan Zhendong was on the order. Showing a big heart in a suffocating atmosphere, he saved 4 consecutive inventory points and caught up to 10-10 points; Malone took the lead again by 11-10, and Fan Zhendong chased the points again, but won the gold medal point 12-11. In the end, Fan Zhendong saved 5 points. After winning 13-11 and narrowly defeating Malone 3-2, he led Guangdong to win the championship.
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