Xinhua News Agency, Zhengzhou, December 13 (Reporter Liu Gaoyang, Li Jiannan) the final of the International Table Tennis Federation tour entered the second day of the competition on the 13th. In the battle of focus, Malone defeated South Korean player Zheng Rongzhi 4:2, advance to the top eight.
In the first two games, the two sides fought for 1:1 Ping. At the beginning of the third game, Malone fell behind 2:4. After being sentenced to service fault called by the referee, Malone failed to challenge “Eagle Eye. After that, Zheng Rongzhi scored continuously and won the bureau, rewriting the big score to 2:1.
Malone, who was behind in the score, adjusted his status. First, he won the game 11:2 in the fourth game, and then he continued to win the fifth game 11:7. The overwhelming Malone quickly took the 9:1 lead in the sixth game and won the bureau at 11:3, thus winning the nine-position victory against Zheng Rongzhi with a 4:2 score.
“In fact, every time I played with Zheng Rongzhi, I was prepared to play six or seven games before the game.” After the game, Malone said, “My state is gradually recovering. Now it is not easy for me to win every game. This time I hope I can be more active on the present.”
In other men’s singles competitions, Lin Gaoyuan defeated German player ocharov 4:2, Japanese Zhang Benzhi and 4:0, German player franzska, Japan’s Jun Mizutani 1:4 Lost to Brazilian player Hugo caldrano.
In the quarter-finals, Xu Xin will play against Zhang benzhihe, Liang Jingkun will carry out “civil war” with Malone, Lin Gaoyuan will challenge Lin Yanru in Chinese Taipei, and Fan Zhendong will play against caldrano.