Yesterday at 3:00 p.m. the WTT Singapore Grand Slam Tournament Main Draw began, with Sun Yingsha and Xu Xin drawing on behalf of the national table tennis, and Brazil's Hugo and host Feng Tianwei drawing on behalf of the foreign association players. More than an hour later, the results of the draw came out, the men's singles were fine, and the women's singles were a bit narrow, because Sun Yingsha, who ranked first in the world, and Liu Shiwen, the veteran, were separated again after meeting at the WTT Macau Competition. Wang Manyu and Hong Kong's Du Kaixuan met again after the WTT World Cup, they met again in the upper half, while in the lower half Wang Yidi and Ito Mimachi also met again after the Houston World Championships, Chen Meng to face Japan's hitomi Sato, as follows:
1/4: Sun Yingsha Winter Feng Tianwei Kuo Man (Qualifier) Shan Xiaona Cui Xiaozhu Tian Zhixi Liu Shiwen Mei Shefu Li Haoqing Bergstrom Xu Xiaoyuan Wei Ruixuan Zheng Prophet Qualification Winner Hina Hayata
2/4: Wang Manyu Liu Xinyin (Qualifier Winner) Lin Ye Pota Qualifier Diaz Shao Jenny Wang Xinru Barazova Zhou Jingyi Solja Sutasini Polka Nova Szorks Du Kaixuan Illander
3/4: Wang Yidi Chen Xingtong Miyu Hirano, Yang Xiaoxin Alhodabi Mitrum Madaraz Samara Qualifier Fu Yu Yuan Jianan Su Huiyin Qualifier Chen Siyu Han Ying Ito Mi makoto
4/4: Yoshinori Ishikawa Zhang An Qualifier Matt Lova Qualifier Miyu Takahashi Kato Zheng Yijing Zhang Mo Batara Ni Xia Lian He Zhuojia Diaz Zeng Jian Hitomi Sato Chen Meng
It can be seen that the competition in the first half of the district is quite fierce, with 1/4 of the district Sasha and Xiaoju and Hayata Hina in this district, Kuman entering this district after three rounds of qualifying, as well as Feng Tianwei and South Korea's first sister Tian Zhixi. In addition, Japan's Hayata Hina, who is now in the limelight, is also in this district. Wang Manyu was in the 2/4 zone, the first round against a qualifier, and there were also European players such as Solja and Polkanova and Szokos in the same zone, but the strongest opponent was Du Kaixuan, because Wang Manyu had lost to Du Kaixuan once in the WTT World Cup Finals last year.
The number one opponent of national table tennis, Ito Mimako, is in the 3/4 zone, the first round against the German chipper Han Ying, Wang Yidi Chen Xingtong is also in this zone. However, the two Chinese players had bad luck because they met in the first round and determined that one person was out in advance. This district is also a narrow road, because last year's Houston World Championships Wang Yidi and Ito Mimachi were in the same district, and this time they are separated again. Ito Mimachi is also unhappy, because in addition to the two players of the Chinese team, Hirano Miyu is also in this district. So there is suspense in this district who wins hao.
Chen Meng is the second seed in the 4/4 zone, and she will face Japanese chipper Hitomi Sato in the first round, which is a test for Chen Meng, because chen Meng and Han Ying fought hard for seven sets in the 2020 World Cup, and everyone has some doubts about her ability to cut the ball. This time against Hitomi Sato, Chen Meng must seriously prepare for the battle. In addition to Chen Meng, there is also What Zhuo Jia in this district She wants to play against The Luxembourg veteran Ni Xialian. In addition, Ishikawa Yoshizumi and Zheng Yijing are also in this area, and the opponent's strength is actually not weak. Perhaps many fans are looking forward to Chen Meng and Ito Mimachi playing, after all, Chen Meng did not meet Ito at the Olympic Games and the World Championships, but this is a prerequisite, that is, Ito Mimachi has to reach the final four in order to meet Chen Meng in the semifinals.
So the women's singles point of view is out, Sun Yingsha and Liu Shiwen, Wang Manyu and Du Kaixuan, Wang Yidi and Ito Mimachi, Chen Meng and Hitomi Sato who will advance to the final four? Can Chen Meng meet Ito in the semi-finals?
Men's singles, Xu Xin and Fan Zhendong a district. Top seed Fan Zhendong was in the 1/4 zone, the first round against Portugal's Apollonia, the same district of the national table tennis players also Xu Xin, the first round against Singapore's Zhou Zheyu. In addition, South Korea's Jang Yu-jin and Ahn Jae-hyun, Germany's Francesca and Japan's Morien Masataka and Chinese Taipei veteran Zhuang Jiyuan are also in this weapon.
Lin Gaoyuan was in the 2/4 zone, the first round against the qualifiers of South Korea's Lim Jong-hoon, his main opponents are Japan's Famous Zhang BenZhihe and Germany's Bohr, in addition to Xiang Peng also entered this zone after the qualifying match, he played against Denmark's Grote, in addition, Germany's Qiu Dang Japan's Yukiya Utada players are good. Zhang Benzhihe's first-round match against the United States was Jaha Kanek, and Pol's Gustavo of Brazil in the first round.
In the 3/4 district where Liang Jingkun is located, there are many masters, including Simon Gautz, Brazilian strength player Hugo, and Germany's Duda. Liang Jingkun played against France's Simon in the first round. Gautz, Calderano Hugo's first-round qualifier, is a more balanced district than the others.
Ma Long is in the 4/4 district, which is fiercely competitive, because Lin Shidong and Wang Chuqin are also in this district, in addition to Sweden's Fark and African brother Aruna are also in this district, South Korea's Lee Sang-so, Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru is also in this district. Malone played against Portugal's Freitas in the first round, Wang Chuqin against Sweden's Fark in the first round, Lin Shidong against Senegal's Dior in the first round, and Lee Sang-so against Aruna, which shows that this district is the most difficult.
After reading the table, who do you think will be the men's and women's singles champions? Wait and see!