On March 7, Beijing time, the ITTF Singapore Grand Slam tournament is underway. In the just-concluded match, the national table tennis opponent, the South Korean players were unfavorable, and 2 people were eliminated. Among them, South Korea's women's singles player Lee Shi-moon lost to India's Akula 1:3 on aggregate, encountering a round of travel. South Korea's men's singles Cho Seung-min also lost 1:3 to Germany's Walter and did not qualify.
In the first round of the men's singles qualifiers for the WTT Singapore Grand Slam Tournament, South Korea's Cho Seung-min took on Germany's Walter. The latter Walter is very strong, and once won the open 11:0 national table tennis world champion Yu Ziyang. Zhao Shengmin also has a good record, defeating the national table tennis world champion Liang Jingkun. At present, Cho Seung-min is the key training object of the Korean men's team.
In the first set, Walter took the lead 11:7 and won the first set. In the second set, Zhao Shengmin pulled back a set 11:7, and the two sides drew 1:1. In the third set, the two sides fell into a battle, the two scores alternately rose, Zhao Shengmin had a strong impact, Walter withstood the pressure, and locked up the victory at 11:9, leading 2:1. In the fourth set, Walter took advantage of the victory to lock in the victory at 11:7.
In this way, Germany's Walter defeated South Korea's Cho Seung-min 3:1 on aggregate and successfully advanced to the second round of the men's singles qualifier. South Korea's women's singles player Lee Shi-win lost to India's Akula 1:3 on aggregate and missed the promotion. The latter, Akula, defeated national table tennis player Yang Huijing in the Oman Open. In this case, in the first game of WTT Singapore Grand Slam, South Korea has already eliminated 2 people, which can be described as a disadvantage.
In other men's singles matches, Hodaj eliminated DeVos 3:1 on aggregate, Oleglo lost three straight sets to beat Khalid Asal 3-0 on aggregate, and Chinese Taipei world champion Chen Jian'an also beat Robinott 3:0 on aggregate.
National table tennis teenager Xiang Peng appeared today to face Iran's famous Alamyan. Xiang Peng defeated world champion Wang Chuqin in the Oman Open. Facing Alamyan, at the beginning of the game, Xiang Peng won two consecutive sets 11:8, 11:8, with a big score of 2:0, and victory was in sight. Next, Alamyan pulled back a set 11:9, 11:9, and the big score was 2:2. In the decider, Xiang Peng started with a 2:7 trail, but Xiang Peng did not give up, 11:8 reverse to lock in the win, the total score of 3:2 thrilling promotion.
Although it is not easy to win, I believe that such a difficult competition will give the young general Xiang Peng more inspiration and competition experience. Next, Xiang Peng faces European Linde. There are three rounds of men's singles qualifiers. The other main players Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Shidong do not need to participate in the qualification round.