On the evening of January 10, table tennis WTT Doha Star Tournament ushered in a focus of the showdown, the Chinese men’s table tennis team 2019 World Cup men’s doubles champion pair Ma Long / Wang Chuqin appeared on the scene, and the Swedish 2021 World Cup men’s doubles champion pair of Falk / Carlsson, the results of the two sides fierce fighting 4 games after Ma Long / Wang Chuqin 3-1 to take the game, successfully advanced to the last eight.
Although they lost the match, we can see that the Swedish pair is really good, worthy of being the pair that beat the Chinese men’s doubles team to win the World Championships, so it is still worthwhile to pay attention to and be careful in the future! Please see below for more details.
Match Focus
Ma Long/Wang Chuqin and Falk/Carlson are both top men’s doubles pairs in the world of Ping, and as mentioned, they are very overpowered as they won the men’s doubles gold medals at the World Championships in 2019 and 2021 respectively.
However, the strength of these two pairs has declined significantly in recent years, in which Wang Chuqin has been paired with Fan Zhendong for most of the time, and has not been working with Ma Long for a long period of time, while Falke/Karlsson has gradually begun to go downhill after reaching the top of the World Table Tennis Championships. Therefore, it is difficult to predict who will be able to achieve a victory in this tournament, and whoever loses and whoever wins may be able to win, and China’s men’s table tennis team will still be slightly more dominant in a relative sense.
How the match unfolded
In the first set, the Chinese pair took the lead in the attack and soon took a 10-5 lead. However, Falk/Karlsson, after all, are top players who have experienced a lot of matches, and quickly adjusted to the unfavorable situation, and then saved 4 game points by using powerful fast hitting and looping to break the defense, but finally lost 9-11 by only 2 points, and the Chinese table tennis team succeeded in taking the first place.
The second game of the Swedish combination of state continues to rise, the two began to speed up the impact of Ma Long / Wang Chuqin, the effect is very good, but the lead was counterattacked by the other side, 7-8 was reversed, despite the backwardness of the timeout called to make adjustments, the game was thus interrupted!
However, after returning to the court, Falke / Carlsson still did not get out of the slump, and then it is a breath of 3 points in a row collapsed to 7-11 to lose another game, the score also became 0-2 behind was forced into a desperate situation. In the third set, Falk/Karlsson did not get discouraged, and once again suppressed Ma Long/Wang Chuqin in the opening set, this time with 11-9, avoiding the situation of being shut out.
In the fourth set, Ma Long/Wang Chuqin stopped giving their opponents any more chances and tried to grab as many points as they could, eventually ending the battle with 11-8, eliminating the World Champion duo with a big score of 3-1, and successfully advancing to the top eight of the Men’s Doubles: congratulations to both of you!
Technical and tactical comments
Although in recent years not much time to cooperate, but Ma Long, Wang Chuqin’s own singles level has been maintained at a very high level, while Falck, Carlsson’s status has been declining, although doubles is not a simple 1 +1 = 2, but the strength of the individual is also very much affected by the play, which led to the two defeat of the root cause.
In terms of the specific battle, Falck / Carlsson is more threatening is a sudden attack, and once into the hold, then it will obviously fall into the wind, the loss is also considered a reflection of the normal strength of the contrast: once again, congratulations to the Chinese team!
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