On March 12, Beijing time, the ITTF Singapore Grand Slam tournament was underway. In the just-concluded match, the national table tennis men's singles Xiang Peng was cold out, and Xiang Peng lost to Denmark's Gross on aggregate score of 0:3, and he did not have the opportunity to qualify, and suffered a round of the main game. Xiang Peng is also the first player in the open competition of this station, the national table tennis player who was eliminated. In the last Oman Open, Xiang Peng eliminated Wang Chuqin.
Next, the women's singles competition continued, with Olympic champion Chen Meng facing Japanese chipper Hitomi Sato. Chipper Hitomi Sato is very difficult, having defeated the main player of national table tennis many times, including two victories over Olympic champion Ding Ning. In the first set, the scores of the two sides alternately rose, and Hitomi Sato once led 6:5. In the middle of the game, Chen Meng overtook 8:6, and then Hitomi Sato chased down to 8:8. Chen Meng scored three consecutive points to win the first set 11:8.
In the second set, Chen Meng started 2:1. Hitomi Sato hit the counter-attack and played very tenaciously, equalizing the two sides 2:2. Hitomi Sato was forced to retreat by Chen Meng, Chen Meng made a mistake in putting a high ball, and the two sides drew 4:4 again. Although Chen Meng was leading by the score, he played very hard, and Hitomi Sato kept clinging to the score, and the two sides drew 5:5 again. Chen Meng led 7:5, and then Hitomi Sato requested a timeout.
After the timeout, Chen Meng continued to lead by a large score, 9:6. Olympic champion Chen Meng won the set point 10:7, Sato Hitomi pulled the ball wrong, Chen Meng won another set 11:7, the big score of 2:0 lead. In this game, Chen Meng's off-field coach is the meritorious coach Marlene.
In the third set, Hitomi Sato scored first, leading 1-0. Chen Meng scored 5:3. Outside the court, Ma Lin, the meritorious coach of national table tennis, stood up to applaud her beloved disciple, and Ma Lin kept watching Chen Meng's play. Chen Meng, who was furious, finally locked up the victory 11:9, dropped three straight sets, and eliminated Japanese chipper Hitomi Sato 3:0 on aggregate. Although winning, Olympic champion Chen Meng did not win easily.
In another match, Japan's Yoshimachi Ito appeared, also against chipper Han Ying of Germany. At the beginning of the game, Ito Mimachi quickly cut through the chaos, winning two consecutive sets 11:3, 11:5, and leading 2:0. Ito Mimachi has obvious advantages in the first three boards, does not entangle too much with Han Ying, and there are not many balls in both sides. In the third set, Han Ying stepped up the spin, Ito Mimachi's state declined, and Han Ying pulled back a set 11:9, falling behind 1:2.
In the fourth set, Ito was in full swing and started 7:2. Han Ying was overwhelmed, Ito Mimachi locked up the victory 11:5, refused to be upset, and eliminated chipper Han Ying 3:1 on aggregate, successfully advancing to the women's singles second round. At present, Japan's single Hayata Hina and Ito Mimachi have successfully advanced to the women's singles second round.