The WTT Grand Slam is still in the second round of singles competition, with national table tennis wild card Player He Zhuojia defeating Canada's Zhang Mo 3-1 to advance to the round of 16. Zhang Mo participated in the Tokyo Olympic Games, coupled with the experience of the competition, the second half of the competition still created a lot of difficulties for He Zhuojia. Fortunately, He Zhuojia entered the state quickly, and won the first set easily 11:5, laying the foundation for the victory of the game. In the last round of the game, He Zhuojia eliminated veteran Ni Xialian 3-0 and was able to win 2 consecutive grand slam tournaments, and He Zhuojia did not live up to this wild card.
Sun Yingsha continued to maintain a hot competitive state, and partner Wang Manyu swept Zheng Xianzhi / Liu Xinyin 3-0 to advance to the women's doubles quarterfinals. As the Women's Doubles Champion of the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu cooperated tacitly and won the first set 11:5 easily. Although the second set encountered stubborn resistance from opponents, Zheng Xianzhi and Liu Xinyin lacked hard strength and could not get key points at all, and the national table tennis combination scored two consecutive sets 11:7. The third set was even more rapid, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu only let the opponent get 2 points, so that the opponent could get a clean sheet.
With the women's doubles event reaching the quarterfinals, Sun Yingsha advanced to the red line 3, worthy of being the world's first. Before the women's doubles match, Sun Yingsha scored 3-0 in the round of 16 in a singles match, eliminating Germany's Winter and teammate Kuman, and took every game very seriously. But the quarter-finals will face veteran Liu Shiwen, and Sun Yingsha has the most difficult match since the beginning of the tournament. Mixed doubles partner Wang Chuqin also successfully reached the quarterfinals, and Sun Yingsha played in four games without losing.
Being able to play in three tournaments at a Grand Slam is a test for the coaching staff. There is no doubt that Sun Yingsha has decided to participate in the Paris Olympic Games, and with her status as the runner-up in singles in the last Olympic Games and her super mixed doubles ability, Sun Yingsha faces the heavy responsibility of performing three sports at the Paris Olympic Games. If you can't adapt to the third-line combat in daily competitions, then there is a certain crisis in Sun Yingsha's Paris road. At present, Sun Yingsha can fully adapt to being a three-pronged person. Although Wang Manyu only participated in two sports competitions, his overall performance was not lost to Sun Yingsha, and he also won 2 consecutive wins in singles matches to advance to the round of 16, and the women's doubles event became Sun Yingsha's good partner.
The South Korean team suffered heavy losses in the first two rounds of singles matches, with Tian Zhixi, Lee Sang-so, Jang Woo-jin, Choi Hyo-joo and Leung Ha-yin all out. I thought that the results of the South Korean team would plummet, but I did not expect that the two young players would play a dark horse. In the case of Ahn Jae-hyun trailing 2 sets, he won three consecutive sets to reverse the elimination of the famous player Zhuang Zhiyuan, and the mentality of the competition is worthy of praise. The last time An Jae-hyun was mentioned by everyone was to reach the final four of the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships, and now he has shown dark horse ability, and the national table tennis players need to pay attention to this opponent.
Ahn Jae-hyun has already given birth to a dark horse player in the South Korean team, and Lin Jong-hoon eliminated the main national table tennis player Lim Jong-hoon 3-0 in the first round of men's singles. If Ahn Jae-hyun and Lim Jong-hoon can both reach the quarterfinals, the previous crisis of the Korean team can be lifted.