On March 12, Beijing time, the ITTF Singapore Grand Slam tournament was underway. In the women's singles competition, South Korean world champion Liang Xiayin took on Brazil's Bruna Takahashi. In the first set, the scores of the two sides alternately rose, and after the 10:10 draw, Brazil's Takahashi held the key points well and won the first set 16:14.
In the second set, world champion Liang Xiayin pulled back a set 11:8, and the two sides drew 1:1. In the third set, Takahashi made many mistakes, and Liang Xiayin took advantage of the victory to chase and lock up the victory 11:5, leading 2:1 in the big score. In the fourth set, Bruna Takahashi pulled back a set 11:9, and the two sides drew 2-2. The game goes to the decider.
In the decider, the two sides held more balls, Takahashi Bruna won the set point 10:8, Liang Xiayin made a mistake, Takahashi locked up the victory 11:9, and the total score was 3:2 upset to defeat the world champion Liang Xiayin, and successfully advanced. As we all know, Liang Xiayin is the old partner of Xu Xin in national table tennis, and the two won the mixed doubles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships together. And Brazil's Brona Takahashi is a no-name player in table tennis.
It is worth mentioning that Liang Xiayin is the second world champion to be eliminated from the Open Tournament. Previously, the host world champion Feng Tianwei lost 1:3 to the national table tennis teenager Ku Man and did not qualify. At present, the South Korean women's singles has suffered heavy losses, and three people have been eliminated, namely world champions Liang Xiayin, Choi Hyo-joo, and Chinese player Tian Zhixi.
In other arenas, Chinese Taipei world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan withstood the pressure and fought five sets, with a thrilling victory over German chipper Philus 3:2 on aggregate, and successfully advanced. German-Chinese player Qiu Dang improved significantly, falling three straight sets to eliminate African Cup champion Omar, who had reached the olympic men's singles quarterfinals, 3:0 on aggregate.
The men's singles of the national table tennis team lost to Denmark's Gross 0:3, and South Korea's Ahn Jae-hyun eliminated Germany's Walter 3:1. Ito defeated chipper Han Ying 3:1, and Chen Meng eliminated Japanese chipper Hitomi Sato 3:0. India's Ghana Sai Karan defeated hosts Feng Yaoen 3:1 on aggregate.