When the first stage of the direct Zagreb selection tournament ended, the national table tennis players immediately started their journey again. In February, there will be two open tournaments on the ITTF Tour, and the Chinese table tennis team will send people to participate in the competition.

The first stop was the Qatar Open, Ye Hao and Marin both participated in this match, and the result was not the slightest surprise, and the final of the men's singles was the successful meeting of the two. As a result, after six rounds of battle, Ye Hao was even better and defeated the opponent 4:2 and won the championship.

The next leg of the Open Tournament was held in Kuwait, and the Chinese men's team sent Wang Liqin and Ma Long to participate. After four rounds of competition, Ma Long and Wang Liqin both entered the men's singles finals.

This year is of great significance to Ma Long, although it is only February, but he has already achieved good results. In the three ITTF Tour Open Championships in January, Ma Long participated in two of them, and both entered the finals, although he did not win the championship in the end, losing to Ye Hao and Ma Lin respectively, but he can enter the finals in a row, which means that his strength is now extraordinary.

What's more, in the straight-through selection competition a week ago, Ma Long also performed exceptionally well and won the third place. Everything shows that 2007 is likely to be the year of Ma Long's rise, and the only thing he lacks now is honor, that is, the championship!

The two singles finals did not dampen Ma Long's strong will to win the championship, and he once again came out strong, breaking into the men's singles final of the Kuwait Open, fighting for his first Open title.

After the start of the first game, Ma Long was the first to enter the state, he played very actively, attacked without mercy, and soon took a big lead with a big score of 7:2. On the contrary, Wang Liqin could not play his own state, and made mistakes again and again to send points, so that the opponent had no pressure and passed the test easily. As a result, Ma Long won the first game 11:4 and took the next game first.

In the second game, Wang Liqin adjusted his state in time and soon took a certain lead in the opening game with 4:1. Subsequently, Wang Liqin did not let his guard down, he continued to attack actively, controlled the rhythm on the court, and pulled back a game with 11:5.

In the first two games, Ma Long and Wang Liqin played to a 1-1 draw, and the game came to a stalemate. The next two games also became unhurried, and the two took turns to show their powers. In the third game, Wang Liqin made persistent efforts, taking advantage of the victory in the previous game, he still played strongly, and went to the next city at 11:7, overtaking the total score to 2:1.

In the fourth game, it was Ma Long's turn to show time, and he changed the decadent situation when he lost the first two games, readjusted his condition, and brought the game into his own rhythm. With the multi-shot hold of the forehand and the sudden attack of the backhand, Ma Long showed his technical characteristics to the fullest, opened up his offensive firepower, and took a 6:0 lead in one fell swoop.

Later, although Wang Liqin began to actively catch up with the score, but the score was too far away, and he was finally powerless to return to the sky, so he could only lose the game 5:11, and watched Ma Long pull the total score to a 2:2 draw, and the game returned to the balance again.

In the fifth game, the game came to the most important node, and whoever can win the game of Tianwang Mountain will take the lead on the road to the championship. At this critical moment, the young Malone seized the opportunity, and at the beginning of this game, he played smoothly, dividing the score by dividing the score by two.

The 2:5 opening deficit situation made Wang Liqin become agitated, making his attack crazy and out of order. Ma Long took this opportunity to play steadily, not frightened by the opponent's seemingly terrifying offensive routine, but took advantage of the opponent's mistakes to play a defensive counterattack.

At this time, Wang Liqin's strong attack did not have the slightest effect, but Ma Long's calmness and calmness greatly improved the efficiency of his counterattack, and repeatedly gave Wang Liqin a fatal blow, making the opponent's efforts fall short. At 11:8, Malone won the crucial fifth game.

The victory in the fifth game was very important for Ma Long, his spirit was completely raised, and his obsession with winning the championship deepened more and more. In the sixth game, Ma Long completely let go of his hands and feet, and soon took a 3:1 lead in the opening game.

Although then Wang Liqin readjusted his tactical play and chased the score to 3:3. But then Ma Long played well, and the use of techniques and tactics was reasonable, killing the opponent's chance to turn the tables. At 11:5, Malone won the final game and won the first singles title of his career on the professional circuit with a total score of 4:2.

The Kuwait Open victory has given Malone immense confidence, and his ambitions have become even greater, and he is no longer satisfied with the name of the so-called promising young player. Ma Long's vision became wider, and his ambition was in the sea of stars, in the desolation of the universe......

With the second stage of the World Table Tennis Championships in Zagreb approaching, Ma Long is no longer satisfied with fighting for a place, or even a singles qualification, he has regarded these as his own things.

In Ma Long's eyes, there are still several mountains in front of him, namely Ye Hao and two kings and one horse. All he needs to do now is to accumulate energy and wait for the opportunity to surpass and climb over these mountains.

Just as Malone was eager to try, the second phase of the selection for Zagreb arrived, and the second phase of the selection to Zagreb began. This time it will be a round-robin format, but unlike the previous stage, this stage will be more brutal and tougher.

Because this stage of the game will not be played on a six-point system, but will revert to the usual eleven-point system, which means that the intensity of the game will be much higher than the previous one. The same four days, the same fifteen games, the difference is that it has been changed to five games and three wins, but this is still a great challenge for the physical strength of all the players.

In addition to the slight changes in the format, the selection at this stage has become more difficult. On the other hand, due to their poor performance in the first stage of the competition, the core players such as the two kings and one horse could not ensure that they won the quota and singles qualification for the World Table Tennis Championships. So this will inevitably lead them to go crazy collectively in the second stage of the competition and strive for better results.

The big war is about to break out, and the atmosphere in the Chinese table tennis team has become more dignified than the last time, and everyone is high-spirited and murderous. The only one who is incompatible with this environment is Ye Hao, he is confident that his strength is strong enough, coupled with the top result in the previous stage, he doesn't have too many troubles......