On March 8, 2022, the table tennis Grand Slam tournament continued, the singles qualifier came to the second round, the national table tennis two advanced, first Ku mann 3-0 victory over the host youngster Shu Linqian, and then Xiang Peng 3-1 reverse Danish player Linde, and then win one more game to advance to the main tournament, the other team members are directly from the main match, tomorrow afternoon draw, when the International Table Tennis Federation will reveal the final answer.
18-year-old Xiang Peng has performed well in the near future, first successfully defending the men's singles champion of the World Youth Championship, and then partnering Lin Shidong in Oman, eliminating Liang Jingkun/Wang Chuqin, and finally winning the men's doubles championship, the men's singles victory over Wang Chuqin to advance to the final four, and finally defeating Liang Jingkun out, it can be said that this year, Xiang Peng and Ku man have made the most progress, showing strong personal ability, which is expected by outside fans.
The first round of the qualifiers to Peng hard five sets, eliminated Alamyan difficult to advance, the second round against the Danish player Linde, the latter 23 years old world ranking 97th, Linde has a certain ability to hold between the middle and far platform, but the first three boards are too poor, the receiving and serving changes are not much, for Xiang Peng, as long as the normal level, his odds of winning must be greater, depending on whether the young player's on-the-spot play is stable.
In the first set, Xiang Peng played steadily and steadily, taking a 3-1 lead, Linde's veneer quality was not high, but it was easy to score when he came to the COSCO platform, Xiang Peng scored consecutively, pulled the point difference to 6-3, Linde chased points continuously, limited the opponent by changing the serve, Xiang Peng stabilized his position, 8-7 consecutive points 2 points 10-7 to get the set point, the key moment xiang Peng suddenly dropped the line, Linde made a strike, scored 5 consecutive points to reverse 12-10.
In the second set, Xiang Peng was affected by the previous reversal, there were some senseless mistakes, Linde took advantage of the chase, took a 4-2 lead, Xiang Peng scored 2 points to chase 4 draws, both sides scored 3 points, Xiang Peng called a timeout, came back to Peng 10-9 to get the set point, then won 12-10, the third set Xiang Peng 2 drew 5 points 7-2, and soon exploded 11-5 to win another set, Xiang Peng gradually adapted to the rhythm of the opponent.
In the fourth set, Xiang Peng led the way in an all-round way, both sides scored 3 points each, Xiang Peng scored 5 consecutive points to 8-3, the game was basically lost in suspense until now, Linde's strength was limited, if it was not for Xiang Peng's mentality, there was a full chance to end the game 3-0, and then Xiang Peng scored 3 points in a row, banged out 11-3 to end the game, and finally won three consecutive sets 3-1 to reverse Linde, advance to the final round of the qualifying round, and compete for the main stage seat tomorrow.
In the match that ended earlier, Ku man blasted out two 3-0, defeating France's Migut and host youngster Shu Linxi, the two national table tennis advanced, only one victory away from the main match, as for the specific matchup, it will be waiting until the end of the draw ceremony tomorrow.