On March 15, Beijing time, the ITTF Singapore Grand Slam tournament is underway. Ongoing is a battle for a place in the women's singles quarterfinals, with Japan's Yoshimachi Ito facing Chinese-American Yuan Jiannan. In the first set, Ito played the advantage of the first three boards, easily won the set point at 10:5, did not miss the opportunity, won the first set 11:5, and led 1:0.
In the second set, Ito Mimachi was a little impatient, there were many mistakes, and the veteran Yuan Jiannan was experienced and actively seeking changes, pulling back a set at 11:7, and the two sides drew 1:1. In the third set, Ito Mimachi dropped the line, and Yuan Jiannan began by controlling the landing point, leading 8:2. Subsequently, Ito stabilized and successfully chased the score to 8:9. Yuan Jiannan stopped the situation of losing points, and won another set 11:8, leading 2:1.
In the fourth set, veteran Yuan Jiannan started 3:1. Subsequently, Olympic champion Mimachi Ito requested a suspension. After the suspension, Ito Mimachi still did not have much to do, Ito Mimachi was depressed, very sad and lost, Yuan Jiannan led 8:2. In the end, Chinese veteran Yuan Jiannan locked up the victory 11:7, and defeated Olympic champion Mimachi Ito 3:1 on aggregate to successfully advance to the women's singles quarterfinals. Ito mimakoto had no chance to play against the national table tennis. After the loss, Ito stood on the court with his waist crossed, sad and lost.
In terms of national table tennis singles today, Olympic champion Ma Long fought in five sets, defeating teammate Wang Chuqin 3:2 on aggregate and successfully advancing to the men's singles quarterfinals. Next, Malone will face the winner between Lin Yunru and Dako. After the game, Ma Long praised his disciple Wang Chuqin, who said that Wang Chuqin had improved very quickly in the past two years and was one of the most outstanding young athletes, and he thought that this game was very difficult before the game.
It is worth mentioning that this is the first time that veteran Malone has participated in a WTT Grand Slam competition, so Malone said that he hopes he can do his best, so in the case of a 1:2 behind in the big score, Malone did not give up and played one point at a time. Talking about the next opponents Lin Yunru or Dako, Ma Long said that they are the main opponents of national table tennis at present.
As we all know, this Singapore Grand Slam tournament, before the semi-finals, is a five-set, three-win event, so there is a certain degree of contingency. Lin Yunru and Dako have been rising strongly recently. Darko has just won the European Round of 16 men's singles title. Moreover, the DakoKu Tokyo Olympics eliminated Zhang Benzhihe, and the Open Tournament eliminated Lin Shidong. Lin Yunru is an athlete that fans are very familiar with, full of spirit.