8 national table tennis players broke into the round of 32! Malone defeated a strong opponent, and Liu Shiwen said that she was enjoying the game. The competition for the first day of the 2022 WTT Singapore Grand Slam Tournament has all ended, and the national table tennis team has won 8 consecutive victories in the men's singles and women's singles events, and a total of 8 players have advanced to the round of 32, namely Ma Long, Liu Shiwen, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Ku Man, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, Lin Shidong, two veterans Ma Long and Liu Shiwen have welcomed strong opponents on the first day.
Malone played against European champion Portugal's Freitas. In the first set, Malone took the lead, starting 5-0, then Freitas chased two consecutive points, and Malone scored four more points to extend the lead 9-2 and win the first set 11-5. In the second set, Freitas played very actively, pulling back the set 11-5. In the third set, Malone regained the initiative on the pitch and quickly won 11-3. In the fourth set, Malone didn't give his opponent much chance, locking in the win 11-5 and thus winning 3-1. Several other male table tennis players also won, including Wang Chuqin's 3-0 sweep of Sweden's Matthias Fark, Liang Jingkun's 3-1 victory over France's Simon Goetz, and 16-year-old Lin Shidong's 3-0 sweep of Senegal's Ibrahim Dior.
Liu Shiwen against South Korea's famous Tian Zhixi, in the latest edition of the world rankings, Liu Shiwen ranked 17th, Tian Zhixi ranked 10th, the two ranked relatively close, so this game is destined to be very intense. In the first set, Liu Shiwen and Tian Zhixi fell into a fierce battle, the score was drawn many times, and when the score was 11-11, Liu Shiwen scored 2 consecutive points to win the first set 13-11. In the second set, Liu Shiwen took advantage of the victory to pursue, Tian Zhixi did not react to the score was pulled apart, Liu Shiwen won another set 11-6. In the third set, Tian Zhixi fought backwaters, the competition between the two entered a white-hot stage, when Tian Zhixi led 6-3, Liu Shiwen won consecutive attacks, 10-9 to get the match point, and then Tian Zhixi chased the score to 10-10 draw, at the critical moment, Liu Shiwen scored 2 consecutive points, ending the game at 12-10, thus winning 3-0 on aggregate and advancing to the women's singles round of 32. After the game, Liu Shiwen also thanked the fans for their support in an interview, saying that she was enjoying the game now and hoped to achieve good results.
The records of several other female table tennis players are that Sun Yingsha swept Germany's Sabine Winter 3-0, Wang Manyu defeated Chinese Taipei's Liu Xinyin 3-0, 17-year-old Kuman defeated the world champion 3-1, Singapore's famous Feng Tianwei, and in the next round, Sun Yingsha will usher in a derby against Ku man.