On March 15, 2022, Beijing time, the Singapore Table Tennis Grand Slam began to compete for the 5th day of the main tournament, and the women's doubles decided the final four. National table tennis world champion Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha reversed Tian Zhixi / Liang Xiayin 3-1, and it was difficult to pass. In the other match, Ito Mimachi / Hina Hayata scored three straight sets to sweep their opponents to advance to the semifinals. These two pairs are the biggest favourites for women's doubles to win the championship, and it is very likely that they will meet again in the final.
On this match day, the national table tennis remained strong, and several foreign games were won. In the men's singles field, Liang Jingkun eliminated Glasmenco 3-1. In the women's doubles, Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha eliminated Tian Zhixi / Liang Xiayin 3-1. Unfortunately, there are still two derby games in the singles arena, Ma Long eliminated Wang Chuqin 3-2, Chen Meng eliminated He Zhuojia 3-0, and Wang Chuqin and He Zhuojia regrettably stopped.
The competition in doubles is fierce, and the pressure of national table tennis is very high, after all, each project only sends a pair of combinations to participate, and it is all picked by young players. The women's doubles sent the world table tennis champion combination Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha, the two were stubbornly blocked in the 1/4 final, facing the South Korean combination of Tian Zhixi / Liang Xiayin, Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha first lost a set and then fought back strongly, and finally won 3 consecutive sets to advance to the final four.
In the women's doubles semifinals, Wang Manyu/Sun Yingsha faced Luxembourg duo Ni Xialian/Denut, who eliminated the German duo of Winter/Miltheim 3-1.
No. 2 seeds Ito Mimachi / Hina Hayata won more easily, and the two fell three straight sets to sweep the Indian combination of Kamas / Batra, with a three-set score of 11-7, 11-4, 11-8, and the advantage was quite obvious. Ito/Hina Hayata will face Szokos/Polkanova in the semi-finals, who eliminated the South Korean duo of Choi Hyo-joo/Lee Shi-win 3-0.
In the men's doubles, the Japanese duo of Yukiya Utada / Hayasuke Toue eliminated Exeqi / Szudi 3-1 to advance to the semifinals, and the semi-finals were against the winner between Jang Yu-jin / Hayashi Jong-hoon and Chuang Ji-won / Chen Jian'an. The German duo of Qiu Dang/Duda fought hard for 5 sets to win 3-2 against Haberson/Galdos, and the winning Duda/Qiu Dang will face Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin in the men's doubles semifinals.
Wang Chuqin lost to Ma Long 2-3 in the men's singles three games a day, he only rested for more than half an hour, and then played in the men's doubles match, facing the Singaporean combination Of Fu Shaofeng /Zhou Zheyu, Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin lost the first set 11-13, some surprises. However, Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin is strong after all, the two adjusted in time, and then took control of the game situation, and soon won three consecutive sets, completed the reversal, and advanced to the men's doubles final four!