On March 14, Beijing time, the ITTF Singapore Grand Slam tournament was underway. What is going on is the men's singles round of 16 seat battle. National table tennis world champion Liang Jingkun faces Austrian veteran Gardos. In the first set, Liang Jingkun won the first set 12:10. In the second set, Gardos pulled back a set 11-4. Next, Liang Jingkun won two consecutive sets 11:6, 11:5, and the aggregate score was 3:1 to advance. Next, Liang Jingkun will face Kazakhstan's Glasmenko.
The men's singles competition continued, with world champion Chuang Ji-yeon facing South Korea's men's singles star Ahn Jae-hyun. In the first set, veteran Zhuang Jiyuan took the lead, leading 6:3, and Ahn Jae-hyun made the first three boards to chase down to 5:6. Subsequently, Zhuang Zhiyuan had obvious advantages in the holding link, and he got the set point at 10:6. Zhuang Zhiyuan scored with a high ball, and in the end, Zhuang Zhiyuan won the first set 11:7, leading 1:0.
In the second set, the two sides started 1:1, and Zhuang Zhiyuan scored with each other to lead 2:1. Today, South Korean youngster Ahn Jae-hyun made more mistakes, and veteran Chuang Ji-won easily won the set point 10:4. Ahn Jae-hyun began to fight, chasing three points in a row, 7:10. Subsequently, Zhuang Zhiyuan requested a suspension. Ahn Jae-hyun won the bronze medal in men's singles at the World Table Tennis Championships, and veteran Zhuang Jiyuan won the Men's Doubles Championships at the World Table Tennis Championships. After many years on the field, Zhuang Zhiyuan is very experienced.
After the suspension, Zhuang Zhiyuan served directly to score, did not miss the opportunity, and won another set 11:7, leading 2:0. In the third set, South Korean youngster Ahn Jae-hyun fought back and started with a 3-0 lead. Ahn Jae-hyun, in the situation of falling behind, exploded into potential and began to roar. Ahn Jae-hyun started with a 5-1 lead. Veteran Zhuang Jiyuan made more mistakes, and Ahn Jae-hyun started with a 7-1 lead. In the end, Ahn Jae-hyun won the set 11:5.
In the fourth set, Ahn Jae-hyun took advantage of the victory to lead 2:1. Veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan has a strong ability to entangle, and the two sides are 4-4 drawn. During the standoff, Ahn Jae-hyun scored again to take a 5-4 lead. Ahn Jae-hyun became more and more courageous, and in the middle of the game, Ahn Jae-hyun opened the score gap 9:5. Chuang Ji-won made a mistake, and Ahn Jae-hyun won another set 11:5, and the two sides drew 2:2. The game goes to the decider.
In the decider, both sides played very cautiously, and the score alternately rose, and there was no gap. The two sides drew from 1:1 to fierce fighting to 7:7 draw. After 7 draws, Zhuang Zhiyuan won the match point 10:7. Ahn Jae-hyun rebounded and won the match point 11:10. At 12:10, Ahn Jae-hyun locked in the victory. Ahn Jae-hyun, who was 0-2 behind, won three consecutive sets and came back in a 3-2 comeback.
Chinese world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan was eliminated. In this open tournament, 8 world champions have been eliminated. It is worth mentioning that another South Korean men's singles player, Lin Zhongxun, is a 3:0 clean sheet national table tennis world champion Lin Gaoyuan.