On March 15, 2022, Beijing time, the Singapore Table Tennis Grand Slam ended the 5th day of the main tournament, and the national table tennis foreign war was completely won, and in the derby, He Zhuojia and Wang Chuqin lost and did not qualify for the quarterfinals. This match day also broke out a super big cold, the Chinese famous Yuan Jianan eliminated Ito Mimako 3-1, the latter's dream of competing for the women's singles title was once again shattered.
On the 5th matchday of the main competition, the national table tennis still handed over a brilliant report card:
Men's Singles: Liang Jingkun eliminated Glasmenko 3-1, Ma Long eliminated Wang Chuqin 3-2, and Fan Zhendong eliminated An Zaixian 3-2. Liang Jingkun, Ma Long and Fan Zhendong took the lead in advancing to the men's singles quarterfinals, and Wang Chuqin stopped in the men's singles round of 16.
Women's Singles: Chen Meng eliminated He Zhuojia 3-0, Wang Yidi eliminated Mitlum 3-0, and Wang Manyu eliminated Diaz 3-0. Chen Meng, Wang Yidi and Wang Manyu joined hands to advance to the top 8 of women's singles, and He Zhuojia regretted to stop the women's singles round of 16.
Men's Doubles: Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin eliminated Fu Shaofeng / Zhou Zheyu 3-1 to advance to the semi-finals, and the semi-finals against the German duo of Duda / Qiu Dang.
Women's Doubles: Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha eliminated Tian Zhixi / Liang Xiayin 3-1 to advance to the semifinals, and in the semifinals against Luxembourg duo Ni Xialian / Denut.
Mixed Doubles: Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha eliminated Huang Zhenting / Du Kaixuan 3-1 to advance to the final, and will compete with Lin Yunru / Zheng Yijing for the mixed doubles title.
The national table tennis performance is strong, but our opponents have been hit hard.
In the Japanese team, Ito Mimachi was upset and did not qualify for the women's singles quarterfinals, facing the Chinese player Yuan Jiannan, Ito Mimachi won one game first and then lost three sets in a row, losing 1-3 to Yuan Jiannan, which was a big surprise. In fact, Yuan Jiannan and Ito Mimachi are both one-day doubles, Yuan Jiannan played a mixed doubles match and lost, Ito Mimachi and Hayata Hina easily won in the women's doubles field. Therefore, Yuan Jiannan's consumption is greater than Ito Mimako, even so, she still made a head start, in such a high-level competition to break into the women's singles quarterfinals, and then play against Wang Yidi.
In addition to Ito's exit, other Japanese players who came on the stage performed well, Witha Hayata eliminating Li Haoqing 3-1 to advance to the women's singles quarterfinals, and Yukiya Utada eliminating Hayashi Jong-hoon 3-1 to advance to the men's singles quarterfinals. In addition, Yukiya Umeda / Hayabusa Toue eliminated Exechi / Szudi 3-1 to advance to the men's doubles semifinals, and Hina Hayata / Mimachi Ito eliminated Kamas / Batra 3-0 to advance to the women's doubles semifinals.
The South Korean team suffered five consecutive defeats on this matchday, the entire team was wiped out, and all five individual events were unable to compete for the championship. In the men's singles, Lim Jong-hoon lost 1-3 to Yukiya Utada and Ahn Jae-hyun lost 2-3 to Fan Zhendong. In the men's doubles, Zhang Yuzhen / Lin Zhongxun lost 0-3 to Zhuang Zhiyuan / Chen Jian'an. In the women's doubles, Choi Hyo-joo / Lee Shi-win lost 0-3 to Szokos / Polkanova, tian Zhixi / Liang Xiayin lost 1-3 to Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha.
Although the South Korean team was completely destroyed, they also had bright spots, such as Ahn Jae-hyun, who once led Fan Zhendong 2-1, and the progress was obvious, which is worth our attention!