Now Malone has stood at the peak of table tennis, and the honor of double grand slam is supreme, but behind the honor is also a hard and muddy road step by step. Turn back the clock and see the beginning of Anshan pony.
Like many established stories, five-year-old Malone was sent by his father to learn table tennis because of his poor health, but he was already king at a young age. As a child, he seems to be more sensible than his peers. The story of Anshan pony began in Anshan. In 200 1 year, 13-year-old Malone was once eliminated by the provincial team. However, when the coach of Beijing Xicheng Sports School went to Liaoning to choose seedlings, the coach Guan Huaan took a fancy to Malone and took him from Liaoning to Beijing to continue studying table tennis. Malone has reached the level of table tennis that no one can match. The road he takes is bound to be accompanied by loneliness.
At that time, although Malone was young, his technical style had already taken shape as a "hexagonal warrior", like an enhanced version of Kong Huiling. During the period of two kings and one horse, the name Malone will appear among the opponents that these super-class athletes are most afraid of meeting. Although Malone's early backhand strength is not as perfect as it is now, he already has the consciousness of landing point and line, and his defensive ability is the platform area advantage second only to several tall athletes. Malone is one of the athletes with the most delicate ball control, and he can compete with Marin at the peak, but Marin has almost no way to face Malone's technical advantage. What is commendable is that Malone's whole technical system serves his excellent forehand. Malone is still a dexterous athlete on the whole. His forehand quality is not particularly outstanding, but his value lies in excellent continuity. When playing ball, he serves and receives the ball, rubbing long and short, which is extremely delicate. After the kick-off, it is a continuous and rapid forehand attack, and the backhand is also impenetrable, although it is not like Fan Zhendong's shell backhand. Malone's backhand is like an athlete born for backhand benefit. It is difficult for opponents to break through backhand, but Malone can force opponents to make mistakes through the constant change of landing point and the grasp of rhythm. In my opinion, the best thing about Malone is his forehand and backhand connection. Zhang Lei, the coach of Beijing team, mentioned that when he first met Malone, he was very flexible. Many people say that Malone's talent is not good enough to compare with someone or someone, relying on hard work; My view is just the opposite. I think Malone's greatest talent is his excellent coordination ability. Forehand and backhand are as smooth as doves. Liu commented on Malone and Kong, saying that even if they forgot their surnames, they would not forget to bring them back. The speed and rotation of the ball in the era of small balls are unimaginable now. At that time, it was often difficult for athletes to be all-rounders. For example, Liu's fast break and death near Taiwan Province were all due to the weakness of COSCO Taiwan Province. Or perhaps Wang's backhand is simplified to iron and blood defense (and there are reasons for his injury), serving his super forehand wholeheartedly; Hole, on the other hand, takes a two-sided style, but at the expense of the decline in hitting quality. At that time, some people jokingly called it the feminization of male drama. After changing the inorganic glue, the speed and rotation of the ball decreased, which gave Malone ZhangJike and other athletes a better format advantage. Malone is like an enlarged version of Kong Huiling, with better cohesion and stronger double-sided attack quality. In table tennis, a sport that pays attention to active attack, what he is best at is winning with backhand, strong forehand and excellent coordination. This is Malone's talent, which is difficult to achieve with practice.
After analyzing Malone's skills, we will turn our attention to the mental journey of the table tennis captain. In 2003, after he joined the national team at the age of 0/5, he won a series of small-scale competition awards. In 2004, the runner-up defeated Wang Hao on the way to the national championship, and the third runner-up defeated Ma Lin in the 2005 National Games. The 2007 Kuwait Open and the 2008 year-end finals were won by two kings and one horse. According to the statistics of the 2005-08 season, Malone won or lost against Wang 13 and 12. Such dazzling achievements, such amazing talent, but there has never been a good breakthrough in the singles results of the three competitions. He met a man, a talented backhand master-Wang Hao. At that time, Anshan pony's backhand was not successful, because it relied too much on forehand and could not resist Wang Hao's powerful backhand attack. Wang Hao's backhand is powerful, continuous and quality, and now no one can match it. It seems as if destiny takes a hand. Malone, who is good in the first three boards, can't receive Wang Hao's hook serve, but Wang Hao can easily twist the serve and play his high-quality attack. At this time, Malone's teammate ZhangJike suddenly appeared. The application of inorganic glue broadens the application range of twisting and drawing technology. For forehand, ZhangJike sometimes chooses to run to the backhand to pull the board. Three games, often semi-finals, Malone met his victim, Wang Hao, who knocked Malone off the court, met ZhangJike in the final, and finally lost to Ji Ke. 10, Malone narrowly beat Bohr in Moscow and Wang Hao in the World Table Tennis Championships. Lose the Olympic singles qualification. Life is like this, even if Malone has been moving forward steadily, he can't resist the sudden leap of his opponent. In 445 days, ZhangJike achieved a Grand Slam. Created the history of the fastest grand slam. /kloc-in 0/3, Malone lost to Wang Hao three times in the 56-game winning streak of the World Table Tennis Championships. At that time, there was a fan message-3: 22 am in Paris, too long a night, how did you endure it?
In 20 14, Malone was 26 years old, and there was only one world cup singles champion in his hand. The dream of a grand slam seemed out of reach. At the World Cup in Dü sseldorf that year, he and teammate ZhangJike met in the final and fought to the deciding game. The score rises alternately, 10- 10. After serving, Malone counted ZhangJike's turn and habitual sideways, but Ji Ke chose a big forehand angle with higher challenge difficulty coefficient. With a domineering twist, table tennis crossed a beautiful arc on the table, as if it had penetrated Malone's hard heart. ZhangJike finally broke the rumor of his slam and turned around and kicked the baffle behind him. It seems that he is not Japanese yet. He ran across the table and accurately kicked Malone's endorsement of double happiness. No one seems to notice the sombre table tennis captain at the scene.
Time is up to 20 15. This year's World Championship was held in Suzhou, China. It seems that everyone is beaming at the international activities held at home. Before the game, coach Liu suggested that Malone change his backhand position. Although it will lead to a certain degree of power decline, it can be exchanged for better rotation and change. He is 27 years old, and he is determined to make a change, not only in the equipment, but also in the mind of the table tennis captain.
Malone is the first seed in this competition, and people are surprised to find that his eyes are shining with the desire to win. Wang Hao, who once defeated him again and again in the tournament, has completed his mission and retired with honor; However, a dark horse appeared in this competition. His name is Fang Bo, and he is ZhangJike's classmate. In this game, Fang Bo, with his powerful and unstoppable forehand, chopped Xu Xin ZhangJike under his horse one after another, and the San Ballard Cup seemed not out of reach for him. But unfortunately, this time he met Malone, and Malone's peak career finally began this year. The two presented a wonderful forehand fight, and the cheers of the surrounding audience grew louder and louder. This time, Malone won. He jumped up and jumped on the table. In the bright light, he can finally listen to the cheers of the audience around him, which really belongs to him.
20 16 Rio Olympic Games was held as scheduled. Marlon Xu Xin and ZhangJike belong to the Three Musketeers era. They were the three strongest people at that time. Malone wears hair gel, and he is undoubtedly the most dazzling one on the field. Zheng Rongzhi, a table tennis player from South Korea, watched and analyzed Malone's video games repeatedly after learning that he was going to play Malone. This is a traditional game for Korean players. Like an assassin, the target is firm and will hit the target. This time, Zheng Rongzhi is full of confidence. He believes that he will succeed against the Dragon Destroyer of the Empire like his predecessor Ryu Seung-min.
I have watched this game many times, and every time I watch it, my eyes can't help but get wet. In the face of Zheng Rongzhi's rapid offensive, even Malone was at a loss at first. The momentum of Koreans is gradually rising. They actually won the first two games. After the second game, Liu looked at Malone's dejected appearance and said to him, Change your clothes. Liu said that if you walk out of this venue and come in again, it means that God has given you another chance to start over. Malone has changed his jersey, new tactics and new serve, which Zheng Rongzhi never expected. He carefully prepared for a month, but he faced a brand-new Malone. This Malone won a game from himself, four in a row, and the game was over. After the game, they finally burst into tears, but Malone and Liu were relieved. There is no denying that Zheng Rongzhi is an admirable opponent.
Two athletes from China met in the men's singles final of table tennis at the Rio Olympic Games in Brazil on the other side of the world. They are Malone and ZhangJike, and the eyes of the whole world are focused on them. At this moment, Ji Ke is already covered in injuries. He controlled his own half well and won the gold medal and silver medal in table tennis. ZhangJike was in high spirits at the London Olympics. At this moment, he is not at his peak. In the face of Malone, who dominated the ball, he finally lost the game. At this moment, Malone achieved the honor of super slam, and he finally got all the awards he could get. In a burst of cheers, he looked at the audience, teammates and opponents across the table with his hands.
After having so many honors, Malone thought about retiring, but in the end he didn't. He began to concentrate on preparing for the next world table tennis championship. Or Dusseldorf, which was once the night of his life, and he came back full of glory. ITTF changed the material of table tennis again, which is the first international competition after the change. No one can be sure of the result of the game.
Malone made it all the way to the final. This time, his opponent is Fan Zhendong, a genius older than Xiao Jiu, with amazing physical fitness and more advanced and fierce technology. When two people fight, Mars will touch the earth. This is an unreserved battle. Two people use eighteen kinds of martial arts. Malone's physical fitness did not decline seriously. Comprehensive technology, rich routines, trying to limit Fan Zhendong. Fan Zhendong broke free from Malone's rope with stronger hitting quality and amazing skills. Until the deciding game, until the last point. At the moment, Malone used his best serve attack routine. Fan Zhendong didn't seem to realize that Malone also seemed to hide this routine in this game, as if for this last point. Sure enough, Fan Zhendong was cheated, and Malone won the St. Ballard Cup for the second time. At this time, on the China Internet, netizens discussed and argued about who was the first person in table tennis history, Malone or Waldner.
Ma Long, born in 1988, is thirty-one years old in 20 19. Most of his predecessors chose to retire at this age. Although Malone plays science like a textbook, knee injuries are inevitable. After a long absence from the competition, he has fallen out of the top ten in the world rankings. At this year's World Table Tennis Championships in Budapest, he came out as a veteran and ranked at the bottom of several athletes sent. Dramatically, Xu Xin, who won a good hand in the second half, lost to European Simon; Fan Zhendong, the first seed of the tournament, lost to Liang Jingkun, a big fat girl. Malone passed all the way, but he made it to the final. But this time, even the battle-hardened Malone was once nervous to retch. I don't know how many years passed. For the first time, foreigners appeared in the final of the World Table Tennis Championships, and Malone felt a mountain of pressure for the first time. Liu personally sparring for Malone, making Malone adapt to the rare forehand. Table tennis is round, and no one can guarantee the result of the game, even if this person is Malone. Fortunately, Malone won the game despite his poor condition. He also won the San Ballard Cup for the third time. At the same time, ITTF also prepared a replica cup of St. Ballard for him. This flowing trophy will truly belong to Malone.
After the World Table Tennis Championships, Malone's long-dormant injury finally reached the point where he had to be treated. /kloc-in August of 0/9, he went to the United States for surgery. At this time, the Tokyo Olympic Games has not been postponed. He has less than a year to recover. After the operation, his muscles atrophied, he practiced hard and thought about the Tokyo Olympics on the other side of the ocean. 19 June World Cup semi-final 12 June year-end finals runner-up 20 years Asian Cup runner-up 20 years World Cup runner-up 20 years all-China competition runner-up. Experienced various losing methods and won numerous runners-up. Finally, at the end of the 20th century, he won the final and the first stop of the WTT League. Looking back on this period, Malone can be said to be reborn after death. Also lost to the young Zhang Benzhi and Lin Yunru, facing the domestic rookie will feel powerless. But he is Malone, he persevered, and he proved himself to the world. Only Malone can do it.
Time finally came to 202 1, another year of Olympic Games. Athletes from all over the world have been preparing for this day for five years. Malone and Fan Zhendong went to Tokyo as the main force. Before the singles competition, Xu Xin and Liu's mixed doubles team was not as good as the younger and more advanced Japanese team, and the next competition seemed to be shrouded in a dark cloud. In the semi-final, Malone met his old rival, Ochalov, the strongest backhand in Europe. The German veteran is the same age as Malone. He was defeated by Malone 18 times, but this time he is like Zheng Rongzhi 16. He came prepared. Malone began to eat Ochalov's serve frequently, but his serve was warned by the referee or even deducted directly. With rich experience and physical fitness that seems to reproduce the peak period, Malone and Ochalov fought fiercely for seven games, and finally won by two points. He shouted at the sparse table, he couldn't beat me!
Compared with the difficulty of the semi-final, Fan Zhendong, a teammate who met in the final, was too nervous and out of shape. Malone won again with his own experience and perfect technology. This time, he compared his arms to the shape of love and paid tribute to the audience and Fan Zhendong.
The Tokyo Olympic Games finally achieved Malone, the first men's doubles grand slam in history. He is Malone and my favorite athlete. I am lucky to witness the best table tennis player in history. For me, Malone is more than just a table tennis player. I don't know how long he will bring me spiritual support. Maybe I will never forget it after decades.