The WTT Singapore Grand Slam Tournament will be held on March 10, a new event launched by the ITTF and the highest level of competition, with generous prize money and points, and also attracting the top players. At present, the signing positions of various projects are completely released, and the first round of women's singles has ushered in a strong confrontation, with 3 games being the focus, Wang Yidi vs Chen Xingtong, Kuman vs Feng Tianwei, Chen Meng vs Sato Hitomi are all super-first-class confrontations.
Wang Yidi vs Chen Xingtong
Wang Yidi is currently ranked No. 5 in the world, and last year won the bronze medal in women's singles at the World Table Tennis Championships and the runner-up in women's singles in the World Cup, improving a lot and becoming the fourth player in China's women's singles. Chen Xingtong is currently ranked 13th in the world and has always been super first-class, but her signing is as bad luck as ever, and she met Wang Yidi in the first round.
This signing is the least desirable, because there are only 8 seeded players in the Grand Slam, and the rest of the players are randomly assigned, so that the world's 5th and 13th world meet in the first round.
Chen Xingtong and Wang Yidi are provincial and national team teammates in the domestic competition, the two are very familiar, the strength is also very close, there are wins and losses for each other, they are destined to be out of the first round, which is a pity. Judging from the current state, Wang Yidi's winning rate is higher, because in the just-concluded Omani tournament, Chen Xingtong lost to the young player Ku Man and did not qualify for the women's singles quarterfinals.
It is predicted that Wang Yidi will narrowly defeat Chen Xingtong to advance.
Kuman V. Feng Tianwei (Singapore)
Kuman is a rising star in Chinese women's table tennis, 18 years old this year, and will turn into adult competitions in 2022. After moving to the adult event, Kuman has now won 10 consecutive women's singles titles, winning the Oman Women's Singles and Women's Doubles titles, and the momentum is very strong. Feng Tianwei was once the strongest opponent of Chinese women's table tennis and still remains one of the world's top players, currently ranked 9th in the world.
Ku Man currently has a strong strength, she won the last game to win Chen Xingtong. She needs to test her strength with more foreign masters, and in this competition, Kuman has experienced 3 consecutive qualifiers and advanced to the main tournament. Her opponent in the first round was the powerful Feng Tianwei, which was a test of Kuman's performance against foreign first-class players.
It is optimistic that Kuman will win, after all, her strength has improved for all to see.
陈梦 VS Hitomi Sato (Japan)
Chen Meng, ranked No. 2 in the world, won the Olympic women's singles championship and the world table tennis women's singles runner-up last year, and his form and strength are the best. Hitomi Sato is mainly a chipping ball, combined with counter-attack, once defeated Ding Ning, Hirano Miyu and other strong forces, the strength should not be underestimated. Chen Meng was very uncomfortable with cutting the ball for a while, and often fell into a passive situation.
Although Chen Meng's strength in playing the ball has increased now, she has not yet completely passed the cutting level. Hitomi Sato won the place in the team competition of the World Table Tennis Championships in the just-concluded World Table Tennis Championships in the just-concluded World Table Tennis Championships Selection Tournament, and her morale is high, and she may have a super level of play.
Predicting that Chen Meng's victory will be very difficult, the process will be very difficult.
In the first round of the Grand Slam tournament, a series of strong confrontations began, and the fans had a good eye. China's veterans, Mesozoic and young players are all on the battlefield, and they are now preparing for the Paris Olympic cycle, and the competition has begun.