On the first day of the Grand Slam tournament, it was a lot of cold spots, the biggest of which was undoubtedly the third seed Hugo of the tournament, who was actually eliminated by the qualifiers. However, Hugo's early exit is good for the national table tennis, especially Liang Jingkun, because the two of them are in the same 3/4 division.
As the world's top table tennis event created by WTT, the Singapore Grand Slam has attracted the world's top masters to participate, and the national table tennis is also an elite, including Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha and other world champions to participate. In the several games that have been concluded, Lin Shidong, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha and others have successfully passed the pass and advanced to the next round.
Compared with the waves of national table tennis players, the promotion process of foreign association players is much more difficult. The first to be blocked was a German sister, Solja, who was eliminated by Thailand's Sutasini 3-0 in the afternoon. The scores in the three sets were 8-11, 5-11 and 3-11. The result of the loss may not be surprising, but it is a bit surprising that Sorga did not win a game as a German star.
Another big unpopularity in women's singles is made by national table tennis. In the evening competition, 18-year-old Ku man defeated the world champion and host Feng Tianwei 3-1. You know, Kuman can play all the way from the qualifiers, and feng Tianwei, who can lightly win the host player and currently ranks 9th in the world, can see that Kuman has played well. However, the next round of Kuman will face the world's number one Sun Yingsha, which will be a bitter battle for both of them.
The biggest upset on the first day undoubtedly came from the men's singles arena. Brazil's Hugo, the third seed in the tournament and ranked third in the world, actually lost to qualifiers and Portugal's Girardo in the evening match, with five scores: 12-10, 3-11, 7-11, 12-10, 6-11. For Hugo, being eliminated in the first round of a Grand Slam is a brutal result. However, for the national table tennis, especially Liang Jingkun, who is in the same division, this is indeed a big positive, because he has one less rival.