For 33-year-old Malone, the whole process of preparing for the Tokyo Olympic Games is in a state of high load and fatigue. After defending the Olympic Games, there will be the most difficult National Games, Table Tennis Super League and World Table Tennis Championships in June 5438+065438+ 10. Due to physical and injury considerations, Malone also withdrew from the men's singles competition in the National Games.
In the men's team competition, he still shows his control over the game. Malone is the anchor of the World Table Tennis Championships. Although he didn't take part in the men's singles in the National Games, Malone swept Zhou, who had defeated himself in the straight race before, in the men's team final, and was also in the leading position in the match against Fan Zhendong. Fan Zhendong can sweep the king wildly in the men's team, and no one can stop the arc of forehand and backhand violence. However, after meeting Malone, the "tactical master", Xiao Pang's powerful and fierce attack "converged" a lot. Instead, Malone controlled the short man, put the short man on the stage, and then the dragon team took the lead in rushing to Xiao Pang.
In fact, Malone 10: 9 got the match point in the fourth game, but the forehand attack was too fierce, which led to mistakes and let Xiao Pang hit the deciding game. In the deciding game, Malone also got the match point at 10: 6. Maybe there is something wrong with his physical strength. He is a little conservative, which was eventually reversed by Xiao Pang. Through this game, we still saw Malone's control and technical ability in the game. Besides Malone, the young choice of Rainbow and Qin Chu still has great ups and downs. Wang was almost eliminated by Xu Yingbin in the eight-in-four competition.
Lin was eliminated in the first round of men's singles. Liang Jingkun, who has been focusing on training, only finished fourth in the men's singles, and his performance was not as good as that of the dark horse Liu Dingshuo who reached the final. Looking at the performance of the men's team, Malone and Fan Zhendong are the most stable. Liu definitely doesn't want to be marginalized by the weighty men's singles gold medal in the World Table Tennis Championships. With Fan Zhendong's killing and Malone's old future bringing up the rear, we should talk about the role of double insurance, which is more reassuring.
Malone has won the National Games championship for two consecutive years at the National Games, which is hard to surpass. However, it is reasonable for the 33-year-old Dragon Team to participate in the competition selectively in order to make their sports life longer.
There is no dispute about being selected for the World Table Tennis Championships. If the World Table Tennis Championships win, it will create a new history. If veteran Liu wins the World Table Tennis Championships by default, if Malone doesn't win the first place in the Table Tennis Super League, but he also wins the World Table Tennis Championships by default, his selection dispute is relatively small. Compared with women's teams Manyu Wang and Sun Yingsha, they have been successful continuously, while men's team players still lack the ability to play big games. Malone has won the World Table Tennis Championships three times before. If he reaches the top again in Houston, he will become the first person in the history of the World Table Tennis Championships.
Now Malone's performance is hard to be surpassed. Every time he wins the championship in the competition, it is a new record. But to reach this new record, 33-year-old Malone can't compete for the championship in every game like 24-year-old Fan Zhendong. After all, his body and age no longer allow him to compete for every championship.
Do you think it will be controversial for Malone to win the World Table Tennis Championships if it is finally decided by the coaching staff?