On the afternoon of March 11, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Grand Slam tournament continued, in the first round of the women's singles competition, China's Hong Kong team famous player Li Haoqing showed no mercy to the Egyptian player Messerf, and blasted out the first 11-0 score of the tournament; while the Romanian famous player and the runner-up of the men's doubles of the World Table Tennis Championships, Jonescu, was eliminated in 5 rounds, and the "round trip" had no chance to qualify.
As we all know, the conventional system of table tennis in the past was 21 points per set, and it was very difficult to play 21-0 in one go. But since the 11-point system was changed in 2001, it is possible to win 11 points in one go, but in order to take care of the face of the opponent, many athletes choose to make 1 point when they are 10-0, but some people will not do this.
In the first round of the women's singles of this Grand Slam, although Li Haoqing's opponent Messerfu is a champion athlete in Africa, there is still a big gap compared with Chinese players, so if she plays normally, she is in an absolute disadvantage, everyone thinks that Li Haoqing will win, but did not expect that the gap will be so large.
After the game began, Li Haoqing was full of momentum in the first set, directly hitting 10-0 and did not choose to handicap points, and then took the lead 11-0. In the second and third sets, Messerf finally stood firm, but her counterattack still seemed pale and weak, and soon lost two consecutive cities 6-11, 7-11, and was swept out by the opponent's big score of 3-0: it really can't be beaten!
In the men's singles, Jonescu became the first world major player to be eliminated - before that, the Romanian player had been paired with Spanish athlete Robles across borders to reach the final at the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships in Budapest, but then lost to the national table tennis combination Ma Long/Wang Chuqin, but winning the silver medal also shows that they are strong.
However, doubles is a two-man battle after all, on the singles, the level of Jonescu and Robles is difficult to call the world's first, but this time against the Austrian veteran Gardos, Jonescu is not without a chance to win, but he was reversed after the 2-1 lead forced the opponent into a desperate situation, and the decisive game was 10-12 and failed to seize the opportunity.
At present, the competition of the Grand Slam is still very fierce, in addition to Ionescu, the Chinese Taipei team star Zheng Xianzhi was also eliminated in the first round, there may be more cold doors in the back, I hope that the national table tennis players can pay attention to all opponents and play every foreign war: come on, guys!