The WTT Grand Slam tournament has produced three mixed doubles final four places, with Chinese Taipei duo Lin Yunru/Zheng Yijing, national table tennis duo Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, and Hong Kong combination Huang Zhenting/Du Kaixuan taking the lead in advancing to the semifinals.
Lin Yunru and Zheng Yijing took the lead in the mixed doubles quarterfinals, and swept Ghanaese Karan/Batra 3-0 to win. As the number one seed of this tournament, Lin Yunru's combination automatically fell to the top half. As Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen gradually withdrew from the mixed doubles competition, Mizutani Hayabusa and Ito broke up the combination, which is undoubtedly a world-class combination for Chinese Taipei, and the biggest obstacle on the way for Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha to win the championship.
In this game, Lin Yunru and Zheng Yijing cooperated tacitly, although the first set was difficult to win 11:8, but the next two sets were more and more smooth, the second set only let the opponent get 3 points, and the last set was won 11:6. Lin Yunru's combination won easier, and the next semi-final was the difficulty.
The national table tennis duo of Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha advanced to the semi-finals 3-0 in a row, winning 3-0 against Jonescu / Szokos. The opponent was a strong combination from the European region, but Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha took the lead and won the first set 11:4 easily. In the next two sets, Jonescu and Szokos changed their strategy and made the national table tennis combination uncomfortable, but Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha grasped the key points with excellent personal ability and finally won the game.
Since the national table tennis only sent a pair to participate in the Grand Slam, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha must reach the final without fail, otherwise the national table tennis can only compete for the mixed doubles championship in advance. With the successful promotion of Lin Yunru's combination, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha need to study this number one opponent in advance, after all, Lin Yunru and Wang Chuqin's singles ability is comparable, and the competition between the two post-00s table tennis stars is worth looking forward to.
The most surprising thing was the Japanese combination of Zhang Benzhihe/Hayata Hina, who lost 0-3 to Huang Zhenting/Du Kaixuan. Tomokazu Jang and Hina Hayata are a mixed doubles duo of The day table tennis in the Paris cycle, used to replace Hayabusa Mizutani/ Mishimasa Ito. Last year's World Table Tennis Championships they reached the final and performed well, but they did not expect to perform poorly in this game, not as smooth as Huang Zhenting and Du Kaixuan. After all, Huang Zhenting and Du Kaixuan were once the third place in the mixed doubles of the World Table Tennis Championships, and the elimination of the Japanese post-00s combination was not upset.
After losing the mixed doubles match, Zhang Benzhihe collapsed in the doubles at the Grand Slam, and did not achieve good results in singles and mixed doubles. After the game, it can be clearly seen that Zhang Benzhihe is depressed, and even with tears in his eyes, it is not ruled out that the Japanese table tennis executives will change the mixed doubles candidates in the future. Zhang Benzhihe and Hayata Xina are also the second strongest opponents of the national table tennis combination, and with their fiasco out, the national table tennis combination can focus on Lin Yunru / Zheng Yijing.