Ma Long once again appeared domineering and easily swept Zhou Qihao.
On the evening of December 24, the 2023 Table Tennis Super League men's team final battle staged a focus of attention. Olympic champion and Grand Slam veteran Ma Long led the Shandong Luneng team to face the Shandong Weiqiao team led by the national team master Zhou Qihao, and Ma Long won 3-0 against the opponent, showing that he still has the strength to participate in the Paris Olympics.
As a legend in the table tennis world, Ma Long holds 28 world championship titles, and is also the only top player in the men's table tennis field to achieve two Grand Slams and win the singles championship of the Olympic and National Games. Such achievements are unprecedented, and it is difficult to find anyone in the future. However, there has never been a winning general in the arena, and Ma Long has also lost to many opponents, including Zhou Qihao.
Zhou Qihao defeated world champion Ocharov and others in this year's foreign war, which is also very powerful, and he has defeated Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun and other main forces in the team battle. This time, he led the team to take on the role of Shandong Weiqiao's single and challenged Ma Long's strength.
After the start of the game, Zhou Qihao was completely led by Ma Long's nose and wanted to rush in the near stage, but he couldn't find a chance, and he couldn't prevent Ma Long's attack. After a few rounds, Malone quickly took a 10-2 lead and took as many as eight game points, and then easily won the first place 11-4, which was a one-sided hanging and no pressure to win.
In the second game, Ma Long was like a bamboo, and he scored 5 points in a row, and then Zhou Qihao was so nervous that he made a direct service error and continued to lose points, and Ma Long immediately took an 8-0 lead, and soon won 11-3, and Zhou Qihao was forced into a desperate situation.
In the third game, Ma Long once again took the advantage and forced Shandong Weiqiao to call a timeout to adjust. After returning to the court, Ma Long continued to suppress Zhou Qihao, and finally ended the battle 11-5, thus scoring a valuable 1 point for Shandong Luneng.
At present, it seems that Ma Long's strength is indeed still the world's top level, although he is 35 years old, but in the face of a national team master like Zhou Qihao, he can still win so easily, he is really worthy of being a legend in the table tennis world. Next year is very likely to compete in the World Table Tennis Championships and the Olympic Games again, and Zhou Qihao still has to ask for advice and learn from his senior brother.
Ma Long's performance has also inspired more young players to become their idols. In addition to Ma Long, the Chinese table tennis team has many outstanding players, some of them such as Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, etc. also have the strength to participate in the Olympic Games, it can be said that the Chinese table tennis team is still the strongest in the world!
In short, Ma Long's victory once again proves the status and influence of table tennis in China. We are looking forward to the performance of Ma Long and other Chinese players at the World Table Tennis Championships and Olympic Games next year, and we believe that they will win glory for Chinese table tennis!