Xu Xin 4-1 Malone won the Korean Table Tennis Championship
On July 7, in the men's singles final of the South Korea open of the International Table Tennis Federation, Xu Xin won four consecutive games after losing one game first, beating Malone 4-1 to win the championship.
Malone and Xu Xin met in the final after defeating South Korean players Zheng Rongzhi and Wang Chuqin respectively this morning. The two had fought many times before. This game was also a dialogue between the 'qinmen' division brothers.
In the first game, Malone 11-7 took the lead. Then Xu Xin won 11-6 and 11-9 in the two innings, surpassing 2-1.
In the fourth inning, Xu Xin led 5-1 at the beginning, and then led 8-3. Malone scored 3 points in a row and caught up with 6-8. Xu Xin called a pause. After a pause, Xu Xin scored 2 points in a row, leading 10-6 to get the game point. Then both sides scored 1 point, and Xu Xin played the next game 11-7. Xu Xin took the lead 3-1.
In the fifth inning, Xu Xin took the lead 6-2 at the beginning. After Ma Long chased for 2 points, Xu Xin started again and took the lead 8-4. After each scored 1 point, the score came to 9-5. After winning the multi shot stalemate, Ma Long chased to 6-9, and then took 1 point each. Xu Xin took 10-7 to get the match point. Xu Xin returned the ball out of bounds and Malone saved a match point. However, Xu Xin ended the whole game 11-8. In this way, Xu Xin defeated Malone 4-1 with a large score and won the championship of this competition.
The whole game lasted 48 minutes.