On March 12, 2022, Beijing time, the Singapore Table Tennis Grand Slam continued. In the first round of men's singles, world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan narrowly defeated Germany's Philus 3-2 to advance to the round of 32. The South Korean team was hit again, following the departure of Lee Sang-so, Tian Ji-hee and Choi Hyo-joo, Jang Woo-jin and Liang Xiayin were also eliminated, and the game had just come to the second matchday, and the 5 main players of the South Korean team were already out.
Entering the second matchday of the Grand Slam, the national table tennis suffered its first defeat, and Xiang Peng lost 0-3 to Denmark's Gross. Subsequently, Chen Meng eliminated Hitomi Sato 3-0, and Fan Zhendong eliminated Portuguese player Apollonia 3-1, and the national table tennis still maintained a strong position, especially the main player, who was in quite good shape.
In addition, world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan fought hard for 5 sets to win 3-2 against Germany's Philus. Hong Kong's Huang Zhenting eliminated South Korean star Zhang Yuzhen 3-1, and this result was also a blow to South Korea. On the first matchday, South Korea's Lee Sang-so, Tian Ji-hee and Choi Hyo-joo were out one after another. On this match day, the absolute main player of the South Korean team, Jang Yu-jin, was eliminated again, and in addition, Liang Xiayin lost 2-3 to Brazil's Takahashi Bruna. The second matchday was just halfway through, and south Korea's five main players were out and suffered heavy losses.
In the Japanese team, Hitomi Sato was out of the first round, Kato Miyu was also eliminated, Kato Miyu and Zheng Yijing played a full 5 innings, she dragged the game into the decider in the case of two times behind, and saved multiple match points in the last moment, but unfortunately lost the decider 15-17, the big score was 2-3 against Zheng Yijing, and did not qualify for the 32nd round. Zheng Yijing, who struggled to pass the test for 5 innings, shouted that she had a singles round trip at Muscat Station, this time facing a japanese player with good strength, which was able to withstand the pressure.
However, the Results of the Japanese team were significantly better than those of the South Korean team, with Ito Defeating Han Ying 3-1 and Masataka Morien sweeping Wang Yang 3-0, and the two successfully advanced to the next round.
So far, the national table tennis has remained stable, but our opponents have suffered heavy losses, like Zhang Yuzhen, Li Shangsu, Hitomi Sato, Kato Miyu are our fierce enemies, but they were eliminated early, which is really surprising. Of course, there are also some young players who deserve our attention, such as Qiu Dang, who easily eliminated Assar 3-0, and the improvement is really obvious. There is also South Korea's Ahn Jae-hyun, the recovery momentum is obvious, and it will become our main opponent in the future!