On August 23, 2008 (July 23, 2008 in the lunar calendar), Ma Lin won the gold medal of the men's table tennis singles at the Beijing Olympic Games for the first time. On August 23, 2008, Ma Lin won the gold medal of the men's table tennis singles at the Beijing Olympic Games for the first time. The final of the table tennis men's singles was held at the Peking University Gymnasium. In the end, Ma Lin defeated Wang Hao 4-1 to win the gold medal. Due to Wang Liqin's previous victory over Swedish veteran Person in the three or four finals, the Chinese table tennis team won three medals in the table tennis men's singles event at this Olympic Games, which was also the 49th gold medal won by the Chinese delegation at this Olympic Games. Like the women's table tennis singles that ended yesterday, today's competition has also become a civil war between Chinese players. Ma Lin and Wang Hao are both right-handed straight-board players. Ma Lin inherits all the characteristics of the traditional Chinese straight-board fast-break style of play, while Wang Hao is a typical representative of the new technology of straight-board horizontal play. After the game started, Ma Lin took the lead in the opening two games, and Wang Hao's attack power did not play out. In both games, Ma Lin first won the game point, and then Wang Hao chased the score to 9-10, but in the end Ma Lin seized the opportunity and played two games in a row with 11-9. After the third game started, the score of the two people was relatively tight, and the score was tied all the way. After the two sides tied at 6, Wang Hao took advantage of his strong stalemate ability to score continuously, while Ma Lin made many mistakes in the stalemate and was pulled back 6-11 by Wang Hao. In the fourth game, Wang Hao's ball path changed more, and he attacked Ma Lin's forehand many times. However, Ma Lin also used her forehand to tie the score to 7. Then Ma Lin played her own momentum, and the large angle change of the forehand attack allowed Wang Hao to miss several balls in a row. Ma Lin won another game 11-7 after scoring 4 points in a row. In the fifth game, both sides were rushing to solve the opponent in the first three boards. Obviously Ma Lin had the upper hand and took the lead 7-2. After that, Wang Hao increased the intensity of the fight, while Ma Lin used passive defense to let herself lose points in a row. After the score was 7-5, Ma Lin grabbed the initiative back in a sideways grab and took the lead in the game, 10-6. The subsequent game was very similar to the previous two games. Wang Hao was scored 9-11 by Ma Lin when he chased 9-10. The game took 47 minutes. Ma Lin won her first Olympic men's singles gold medal 4-1, and helped the Chinese team win the men's singles gold medal back to China after 8 years. After Wang Hao lost to Liu Chengmin in the men's singles final of the last Olympic Games, he missed the gold medal again in this Olympic Games. China's three-player Tigers will win medals in the men's singles event at the Olympic Games for the first time, showing the world the strength of China's table tennis "dream team". Comment: Ma Lin finally realized her dream of an Olympic gold medal in men's singles.