DUSSELDORF, Germany, May 31 -- World No. 1 Ma Long opened his singles title defence in style with a comfortable 4-0 victory over Mihai Bobocica at the World Table Tennis Championships here on Wednesday.
Ma, also the Olympic champion in Rio, demolished the Italian in straight games 11-9, 11-5, 11-5, 11-5 to set up an second round match against Anton Kallberg of Sweden, who defeated India's Soumyajit Ghosh 4-2.
Ma's other four Chinese teammates, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, former world champion Zhang Jike and world championships debutant Lin Chaoyuan, all advanced to the second round.
World No. 3 Xu was the only Chinese player to suffer some scare en route to the victory. The 2013 World Cup champion dropped two games, including the first one, before winning 4-2 over Belarussian Tomas Polansky.
"I feel that in the first match of singles, I had trouble playing openly while the opponent was quite aggressive in his efforts. He is a young athlete that I have never played against before, so there was some potential threat in this uncertainty," said Xu.
"By the time we got to the last game, he had a chance of winning the match but did not take control of the opportunity. His excitement on the court became more intense and wavering, especially the second round of falling behind six to one."
Local hero and German No. 1 Dimitrij Ovtcharov also fought off tough challenge from Czech Lubomir Jancarik before winning 4-2 (11-9, 11-5, 6-11, 7-11, 11-5, 13-11).
Another German star Timo Boll wasted no time to dispose of Scotland's Gavin Rumgay 4-0.
Boll, 36, who has won the German champion 11 times, then paired with Ma to beat Indian duo Sharath Kamal Achanta and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran 4-1 to reach the second round of the men's doubles.
Boll and Ma, who were stopped in the second round two years ago in Suzhou, will next take on Chinese pair Xu Xin and Fan Zhendong.
"I think we played better today than in the first round, although the opponents are stronger. We have more harmony and fluency," Boll said.
"I am very much looking forward to the next match. We know the Chinese pair are strong but if we want to win the champion, we need to beat all the rivals."
江苏牛津二年级英语暑假作业练习题
小学英语一年级下册暑假作业
15年小学一年级英语暑假作业大全
小学英语一年级下册暑假作业
北师大版二年级英语下册暑假作业练习
苏教牛津版英语一年级下册暑假作业
译林版小学二年级英语下册暑假作业练习
小学英语一年级下册暑假作业练习
15年新编小学一年级英语暑假作业练习题
2015年二年级英语暑假作业练习题
2015一年级英语第二学期暑假作业
2015年小学一年级下册暑假作业练习试卷
小学英语一年级下册暑假作业习题
2015年闽教版小学二年级英语暑假作业
小学英语一年级下册暑假作业
15年小学英语一年级下册暑假作业
剑桥少儿英语预备级下册暑假作业
小学英语一年级下册暑假作业
小学一年级英语下册期末暑假作业
小学一年级英语下册暑假作业卷
小学2015一年级下册1B暑假作业试卷
2015牛津英语一年级暑假作业
2015年小学二年级英语暑假作业题
译林版小学英语二年级暑假作业练习(带答案)
人教版二年级语文暑假实践作业练习
小学一年级英语单词暑假作业
小学一年级英语暑假作业句型测试练习
2015小学一年级英语下册暑假作业
小学英语二年级知识点2单元
2015年一年级英语暑假作业精编
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |