On March 11, 2022, Beijing time, the table tennis Grand Slam tournament ushered in the first main day showdown, 16-year-old Lin Shidong took the lead on behalf of the national table tennis team to participate in the singles event duel, and his first opponent was Dior, an athlete from Sierra Leone, Africa, who won the battle 3-0 easily, becoming the first athlete to advance to the second round.
In addition to Lin Shidong, the Swedish youngster and the runner-up winner of the men's singles of the Xinke World Table Tennis Championships, Moregold, also defeated the Egyptian player 3-1 to advance, while the Chinese Taipei women's table tennis star Zheng Xianxing was upset in the first women's singles match, losing 1-3 to Singapore's Wei Ruixuan, who was only ranked 180 in the world, which was a big surprise.
Born in 2005, Lin Shidong is not yet 17 years old, is a very fast-moving athlete in the new generation of national table tennis players, last year he beat the Olympic champion Xu Xin, the world champion Lin Gaoyuan, got the favor of many parties - Liu Guoliang look forward to his opportunity to challenge Zhang Benzhihe, the Japanese media expressed concern about it, the International Table Tennis Federation franchise ranking is very low, he participated in the Grand Slam, it is really favored!
The opponent of Lin Shidong in this competition is a Relatively Average Level Sierra Leone athlete Dior, which should be a big problem, but this young player has not met African players, so there may be unfamiliar situations, do not be careless!
After the start of the game, Lin Shidong took the lead in launching, and Dior also played a unique explosive force of African athletes, creating a certain pressure on the young people, but after all, there was still a gap in strength, and then lost the first set 5-11. In the second set, Lin Shidong encountered more stubborn resistance, but still won 11-9. In the third set, Lin Shidong continued to work hard and finally won the whole game 11-5.
Moregold's opponent is also an athlete from Egypt, that is, Egypt's Saleh. The two sides drew 1-1 in the first two sets, but Moregold was still skilled in the end, and then ended the battle 3-1 (11-7, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9) in two consecutive cities, becoming the second male singles player to advance.
The first match in the women's singles was between Chinese Taipei's Zheng Xianshi vs hosts Wei Ruixuan of Singapore, and it was very surprising that Zheng Xianshi was beaten up just after playing, and finally lost 1-3, and the "round trip" was eliminated (9-11, 11-9, 8-11, 8-11, 8-11).
The first round of the game was unpopular, which was really unexpected! I hope that the national table tennis players can stabilize the position of the foreign war and strive not to drop the chain: Come on, everyone!