In the first round of the women's singles of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam Qualifiers, India's little-known Akula defeated South Korean domestic selection champion Lee Shi-win 3-1 (11-8/8-11/11-6/11-2) to advance to the second round of the women's singles qualifiers. Akula eliminated Yang Huijing, the champion of the 2017 National Games, in the final round of the Oman Qualifying Round, and eliminated the top seed Diaz sisters of Puerto Rico in the women's doubles competition with his teammates, undoubtedly becoming a group of recent dark horses!
The WTT Oman Challenge National Table Tennis Championships won 5 titles, but the Indian team also had a full harvest, finishing runners-up in the mixed doubles and women's doubles events. The Indian table tennis team has not been outstanding in the history of table tennis in the past, but the Tokyo Olympic cycle has sprung up, the men's team led by Achanta, Ghanaese Karan and the Indian women's team led by Batla have begun to appear frequently in the international table tennis world and can achieve certain results, Batra has won the women's singles championship of the Commonwealth Games with long glue play and even Ke Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu, and the last two women's teams of The Akula play has attracted many attention, defeating Yang Huijing, the champion of the women's team of the National Games, in the last stop, As soon as this stop came up, he encountered Lee Shi-win, the winner of the Korean Selection Competition.
Akula's playing style integrates the characteristics of Eurasia, and the holding of the middle and far platforms, with physical fitness can be hard to carry multiple rounds, near the platform also has speed and technical support, the first three boards have the delicacy of Asian players, the South Korean player Lee Shi-win in this game is the champion of the Korean domestic women's team selection competition, but also a more powerful player in South Korea, the result is that Akula is not afraid, after 4 rounds of fighting, the score is more and more relaxed, and successfully eliminated Lee Shiwen to enter the second round of the qualification round. This game can also be seen that Li Shiwen's technical characteristics are not distinct, there is not much competitiveness in the international arena, even if selected for the World Table Tennis Team and the Asian Games lineup, it is difficult to bring threats to the Chinese and Japanese teams.
In other women's singles matches: India's Camas lost 2-3 to Romania's Chobanu, Italy's Pickering lost 2-3 to Croatia's Jaeger, and Thailand's Savitabutt beat Egypt's Ajiz 3-0. In the men's singles qualifier, Denmark's Lind upset 3-2 to eliminate France's Alex, Belgium's Newdink beat Singapore's Lucas 3-0, Iran's Hodaj defeated Belgium's Davos 3-1, and Belgium's Oleglo beat Egypt's Halid 3-0.
National table tennis young players Ku Man and Xiang Peng will appear in the singles qualification round of the Grand Slam tournament, last week Oman Xiang Peng defeated Wang Chuqin to reach the semifinals, and Ku Man is a women's singles champion, such strength in the qualifiers is difficult to have opponents, due to the strong players in the Grand Slam, after entering the main draw uncertainties are too many factors, Ku Man and Xiang Peng may encounter strong enemies or teammates in the first round of the singles main match, it is also possible to sign good luck, avoid teammates in the first few rounds, and first unanimously external.