On March 11, the WTT Singapore Grand Slam played the first round of the men's singles tournament. In a contest that belongs to the world championship, Wang Chuqin, a brother of the national table tennis 00, defeated Sweden's famous Fark to win the first grand slam tournament and advance to the men's singles round of 32.
In the main opponent of national table tennis, Fark is not the most powerful, but the results of the competition are outstanding, he once reached the men's singles final of the World Table Tennis Championships, lost to Ma Long and won the second place. At the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, with the tacit understanding of Falke/ Carlsson's big outbreak, two pairs of national table tennis pairs Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun / Lin Gaoyuan were picked down in a row, and finally won the men's doubles championship. At this point, Fark also has his own world championship title.
Wang Chuqin has not yet had a very good record in singles, but has gained a lot in doubles. Wang Chuqin and Ma Long won the Men's Doubles Championship at the World Championships, and sun Yingsha won the Mixed Doubles Title at the World Championships. With excellent doubles ability, Wang Chuqin has the hope of winning a place in the Paris Olympic Games, of course, in the singles scene of foreign war must also have a good performance.
Facing Falke, Wang Chuqin still encountered two fierce resistances, but finally swept the opponent 3-0 and advanced strongly.
In the first set, the two sides started to play anxiously, the battle to 4 draws, Fark led 6-4, Wang Chuqin scored 3 points to win 7-6, Fark overtook again, fought to 8 draws, Wang Chuqin won 2 innings at 10-8, Fark chased to 10 draws, 11 draws, Wang Chuqin did not waste any more opportunities, 13-11 first;
In the second set, Wang Chuqin started 3-0, 6-1 lead, Falke made many mistakes, it was difficult to organize effective resistance and counterattack, Wang Chuqin went down two cities 11-4;
In the third set, Falk still failed to change the predicament, 3-6 behind called a timeout, Wang Chuqin still controlled the initiative after returning, wasted 2 match points after taking a 10-8 lead, Falke scored 3 points to 11-10, Wang Chuqin stabilized his position, and took 3 points in a row, and finally locked up the victory at 13-11;
At present, the national table tennis team has 3 players in the main game, won 3 consecutive wins, did not lose a game, the total score is 9-0 victory. Before Wang Chuqin defeated Falke, youngster Lin Shidong swept Dior 3-0 and Sun Yingsha beat Winter 3-0.
In this Singapore Grand Slam competition, the national table tennis only has two people and three battles, that is: Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha, this arrangement is a great test for Shatou, which is also the coaching team's intention to temper the two. From the current situation, Wang Chuqin/ Sun Yingsha is a mixed doubles combination that the national table tennis team focused on building in the Paris Olympic Games cycle, and there is great hope for participating in the Mixed Doubles Games.