On May 5th, Beijing time, the ITTF wtt Saudi Arabia Grand Slam is underway. In this Open, the national table tennis coaching staff arranged for 12 people to register for the competition. All of them will directly advance to the main competition and do not need to participate in the qualifying rounds. However, because the Open Championship at this site is very valuable, the qualifying rounds are also very competitive. In the second round of the women's singles qualifying round, Ukrainian player Burateko fought fiercely for four games, with a total score of 3:1 against Chinese Taipei player Huang Yihua.
Indian women’s singles star Mukherjee was on full fire, winning three straight games with a total score of 3:0 against her opponent Yadira Silva. French player Lutz also won three games in a row, with a total score of 3:0, eliminating Swedish player Philippa Bogarde. Turkish player Altinkaya won three games in a row after losing one game first, with a total score of 3: 1 reversed Indian player Yashaswini Golpade.
Portuguese Chinese player Shao Jiani also won three games in a row, defeating Croatian player Mattia Yeager with a total score of 3:0. German Chinese player Wan Yuan played well and eliminated Thai player Genipa Savitab 3:0. special. Spanish Chinese player Zhang Xuan 3:0 Dutch player Erland. Romanian player Singelzan fought fiercely for four games, with a total score of 3:1 against Natalie Marchetti.
Next, the women's singles main match continues. The first round of the main match is a strong confrontation. In the women's singles 1/32 finals, Japan's famous player Hina Hayata plays against China's Hong Kong player Li Haoqing. The latter Li Haoqing is the Olympic third place winner and Liu Guodong's coach. His beloved disciple has great strength. Of course, Hina Hayata is more capable. In the first game, Hina Hayata won a good start at 11:7. In the second game, Hina Hayata took advantage of the victory and pursued it. Her connection speed was very fast and she won again at 11:5. One round.
In the third game, Li Haoqing started to fight, but her basic skills were still not as good as Hina Hayata's. In the end, Hina Hayata made a strong effort to seal the victory with 11:6, with a total score of 3:0, and successfully advanced. In this case, it is very regrettable that Liu Guodong's favorite disciple Li Haoqing lost to Japan's Hina Hayata 0:3 and suffered a first round trip. At present, Hina Hayata has won singles tickets for the Paris Olympics and is also the strongest opponent of the national table tennis women's team, if not one of them.
In the men's singles, the national table tennis world champion Lin Gaoyuan took the lead and faced off against the host player Abdulaziz B. Sulaibi. At the beginning of the game, Lin Gaoyuan completely suppressed his opponent, winning 11:4, 11:2. Win two games. In the third game, Lin Gaoyuan still had an obvious advantage and did not give his opponent too many opportunities. Lin Gaoyuan sealed the victory at 11:5 and won with a total score of 3:0. During the game, Lin Gaoyuan was kind-hearted and took the initiative to admit that his opponent had brushed aside and gave it to his opponent. One point, but Lin Gaoyuan still won the game in the end.