Table tennis WTT Grand Slam fierce battle is in full swing, Beijing time on the evening of March 9, 2022, the qualifying stage of the battle came to an end, the only female world champion, South Korea's famous Liang Xiayin played a stable, although from Croatia and Hungary players impact, but she still won two games, only lost one round to advance, and blasted out an 11-2 point difference, in good shape.
Next, Liang Xiayin is about to participate in the battle of the main stage, although the first opponent of the main competition is from Brazil and the level is average, but the next duel will definitely become more and more difficult, and the time has come to test her!
Born in 1994, Liang Xiayin was once the core main force of Korean women's table tennis, and in 2015, she cooperated with national table tennis player Xu Xin to win the gold medal in the mixed doubles event at the Suzhou World Table Tennis Championships, thus becoming the only world champion of the Korean women's table tennis team in the past 29 years.
However, with the rise of young players such as Shen Yubin, Liang Xiayin gradually began to fall behind, and he was not selected for the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021, and the news of retiring was once reported. This year, Liang Xiayin's state began to recover significantly, winning 2 gold and 1 silver in the Korean National Championship, and this Grand Slam tournament has also become an important opportunity to test her ability to fight abroad.
Due to the serious decline in the world ranking, Liang Xiayin had to start fighting from the qualifiers. But because her points are not at the bottom, she has a direct bye in the first round and only needs to participate in 2 games to advance to the main tournament.
In the second round of the women's singles, Liang Xiayin's opponent was Croatia's Maloba Beach, although Liang Xiayin swept 3-0, but the small score was still thrilling (11-9, 15-13, 11-3); in the third round, Liang Xiayin's opponent was the Hungarian athlete Habrich, who lost a set this time, but finally won 3-1 (11-7, 8-11, 11-2, 12-10).
According to the lottery grouping, Liang Xiayin's first opponent in the main competition is brazilian athlete Bruna, which is not very difficult. But then it may be difficult to face the obstruction of Zheng Yijing, Ishikawa Jiachun, He Zhuojia, Chen Meng and other masters, and every level is not good - many fans believe that with Liang Xiayin's singles performance in recent years, it is very good to survive the second round.
So will the famous player who once won the world championship with the national table tennis be a blockbuster again? The main event kicks off on March 11, so let's wait and see what happens!