On March 12, Beijing time, the WTT Singapore Grand Slam tournament continued, and in a matchup in the men's singles field, the No. 4 seed Zhang Benzhi and the United States Kanak met. After four sets of competition, Kanak reversed in three sets in a row after losing one set first, and eliminated Zhang Benzhihe 3-1.
Zhang Benzhihe quickly entered the state in the first set, scoring five consecutive points and leading 6-1. He then led the way, taking six innings 10-4. Karnak trailed to 7-10, and Zhang Benzhihe scored another point to win the first set 11-7.
After the second set 2-2, Carnac scored four consecutive points to take a 6-2 lead. Zhang Benzhihe scored 3 consecutive points to chase 5-6, after 5-8 Zhang Benzhihe scored 3 points to chase 8 draws, and Kanak scored 2 more points to get the set point. Zhang Benzhihe saved the first set point, and Karnak recovered the first set 11-9.
In the first half of the third set, Zhang Benzhihe once led, Carnak rebounded 4-3, and Zhang Benzhihe took a 6-4 lead after taking 3 consecutive points. Karnak scored four straight points after 6-8 and won the set point 10-8. Zhang Benzhihe chased 9-10, and then Carnak scored another point to win the third set 11-9.
In the fourth set, Carnak took a 4-0 lead, Zhang Benzhi and confidence were all gone, after which Carnak continued to extend the advantage, 7-3 after four consecutive points, 11-3 easily won the fourth set.
In the end, after four rounds of competition, American Carnak defeated the No. 4 seed Zhang Benzhihe 7-11/11-9/11-9/11-9/11-3 to successfully reach the round of 32. Zhang Benzhi and the lack of opportunity to continue to move forward, breaking out the biggest unpopular since the beginning of this tournament.