The first grand slam of the 2022 ITTF was played in Singapore, and in the first round of the singles qualifier, the Chinese beauty Wan Yuan of the German women's team defeated Serbia's sister Luplescu 3-2 (11-8/9-11/11/11/8-11/11-6) in five sets. Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru's men's doubles partner Liao Zhenju defeated India's anthony 3-1 (3-11/11-7/11-9/11-5) in the face of a disastrous defeat in the first set.
In the first round of the women's singles qualifier, Germany's Wan Yuan and Serbia's Luplescu are very familiar with each other, they often meet in Europe, and their strength is also very close, Wan Yuan eliminated the top seed Egyptian mecheliv in this year's Düsseldorf Challenge, is the rising star of the German women's team, and Serbia's Luprescu is also a first-class women's singles master in Europe.
In the first set of the game Wan Yuan took the lead in the state, launched quickly, in the backhand confrontation process with a faster speed and smooth connection, let the score lead all the way, her playing style reflects the characteristics of the Asian player Xiao Kuailing, although the quality of the snowboard is not as good as Luplescu, but with dexterity to score, it quickly won 11-8. In the second set, Luplescu strengthened the quality of the first three boards, and tried to hold wanyuan to the back of the board, because her pulling power rotation was superior to Wanyuan, the score was led to 8-3, at this time Wanyuan chased 4 consecutive points to force Luplescu to suspend, and after returning, Luplescu won 11-9. After both sides won the next set 11-8 each, the decider Wan Yuan used more accurate landing point control to increase Luplescu's mistakes, and finally advanced to the second round of the qualifying women's singles 11-6.
In the first round of men's singles, Chinese Taipei's Liao Zhenju and India's Anthony had a series of twists and turns. Liao Zhenju is Lin Yunru's men's doubles partner in international competitions, and is currently the 4th main force in Chinese Taipei, but the opening game has become Anthony's "one-handed covering the sky", Anthony used a rare squat slashing serve, causing great discomfort to Liao Zhenju's serve, and soon with the rush tactics, Anthony won 11-3 against Liao Zhenju. Liao Zhenju, who gradually adapted to Anthony's squat serve at the beginning of the second set, quickly took control of the situation after opening the situation in the receiver, and defeated Anthony 11-7, 11-9, 11-5.
In the first round of another men's singles qualifier, Hungary's men's doubles master Szuti welcomed the challenge of Romanian youngster Christian Paritti, and after four hard games, Szuti successfully passed the second round of qualifying rounds 3-1 (11-7/12-10/5-11/11-8), and the next round opponent will be South Korea's famous Lin Jong-hoon. South Korea's first match sunrise division, Lee Shi-wen and Cho Seung-min have been out of the first round of the qualifiers, Lin Jong-hoon once eliminated seeded Lin Yunru in the men's singles competition at the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, and reached the final in the men's doubles competition, where he and Szuti had a greater chance of winning against each other. On March 9, there will be a draw ceremony for the main stage players, and the winner's path to victory requires strength, and sometimes it depends on the signing luck.