On March 15, Beijing time, the WTT Singapore Grand Slam Tournament continued. Today's main singles quarterfinals, men's and women's doubles quarterfinals and mixed doubles semifinals, after a day of competition, doubles semi-finals and mixed doubles finals have been released (see the end of the article). The singles only played a part of the quarterfinals, and a total of 6 members of the national table tennis team advanced to the quarterfinals in advance.
In the men's singles, the two main players of national table tennis, Ma Long and Wang Chuqin, contributed a wonderful showdown to everyone. In the first set, Malone quickly exerted his strength and took a 5:1 lead, Wang Chuqin chased after one point and one point, and after chasing 4 points in a row, he chased Ma Long 10:10, but in the end, Ma Long was skilled and won 12:10.
In the second and third sets, Wang Chuqin changed the serve, And Ma Long had some problems in receiving the serve, and finally Wang Chuqin seized the opportunity to chase 2 consecutive sets at 11:6 and 11:8. But the veteran is a veteran after all, after hundreds of battles, Ma Long quickly adjusted and suppressed Wang Chuqin again, 11:5, 11:5, the big score 3-2 reverse Wang Chuqin to end the battle.
This competition is also an experience for Wang Chuqin, hoping that he can become more and more excellent and become another "shoulder handle" of the men's team.
Fan Zhendong, who finally appeared on the scene, also fought an uphill battle. He played against Han Ping-Pong's only seedling Ahn Jae-hyun (before that, Lin Jong-hoon was eliminated by Yukiya Utada 3-1), Ahn Jae-hyun was ranked 45th in the world at the age of 22, and his professional highlight was three years in the previous table tennis tournament, defeating Jang Ben-chi and losing to Falke, and finally winning the men's singles bronze medal. In recent years, the record has been mediocre, but this Grand Slam match Ahn Jae Hyun performed well, successfully reaching the round of 16.
In the first set, Fan Zhendong won 11:4, and in the second set, An Zaixian, who knew that his strength was not as good as Fan Zhendong, began to fight, and the effect was not bad, and Fan Zhendong also made some mistakes, and finally An Zaixian won back a set 11:6. In the third set, the two sides launched a fierce competition, as the ball came and went between the rackets, the score came to 6:6, Ahn Jae-hyun scored 3 consecutive points and won the set point at 10:7, Fan Zhendong withstood the pressure to chase to 10:10, 11:11, but finally lost the set.
In the fourth set, Fan Zhendong, who lost two consecutive sets, adjusted his personal rhythm, strengthened his attack to avoid entanglement, and sent 11:5 after the start of 7:1. In the final round, Fan Zhendong started 7:1 again, but suddenly An Zaixian chased 5 points in a row, fortunately, Fan Zhendong stabilized his position in time, and after scoring two consecutive points, he expanded the point difference again, and finally 11:7, the big score was 3:2 to advance to the next round. Next, Fan Zhendong will fight Xu Xin, as long as Xu Xin can defeat Francesca, the two main forces of national table tennis will meet.
In the women's singles, a big cold goal broke out today, and the third seed of the tournament, The Japanese table tennis ace Ito Mimachi, fell in front of the top 8 goal. She is against the current world ranking 67th French 36-year-old veteran Yuan Jianan, Yuan Jianan is a member of the Chinese table tennis overseas corps, her playing style is very rare, is a cross-cutting rubber player, so the average person is very unfamiliar with her ball path. Mimako Ito is a cross-shot rubber player and a special playing player.
In the first set, Ito played steadily and naturally won 11:5. But from the second set, Ito was obviously a little uncomfortable, making more and more mistakes, and finally lost 7:11. In the third set, Yuan Jiannan started 6:2, and Ito Mimachi chased after the score difference to 8:9, but in the end it was won by Yuan Jianan 11:8.
In the fourth set, Ito made a bad start, and she had to call a timeout after falling behind 1:3. After the suspension returned, Ito mimachi was still defeated, while Yuan Jiannan extended the score advantage to 8:2 with a forehand and backhand conversion, and won the set point at 10:4. At the critical moment, Ito Mimachi chased 3 points in a row, but with a lucky side ball of Yuan Jiannan, the game ended, and finally Yuan Jiannan defeated Ito Mimachi 3-1 with a big score of 11:7.
I have to say that sports competition is really a fickle victory or defeat!
Results on March 15
Liang Jingkun 3-1 Glasmenko, Wang Chuqin 2-3 Ma Long, Carlberg 1-3 Qiu Dang, Lin Zhongxun 1-3 Yukiya Utada, Fan Zhendong 3-2 Ahn Jae-hyun
Li Haoqing 1-3 Hina Hayata, He Zhuojia 0-3 Chen Meng, Wang Yidi 3-0 Miltham, Wang Manyu 3-0 Diaz, Yuan Jiannan 3-1 Ito Mimako
Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha 3-1 Tian Zhixi / Liang Xiayin, Szokos / Polkanova 3-0 Cui Xiaozhu / Li Zhien
Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin 3-1 Fu Shaofeng/Zhou Zheyu, Habison/Gardos 3-2 Qiu Dang/Duda
Exechi/ Szudi 1-3 Yukiya Umada / Hayasuke Tokami, Jiyuan Chuang / Jian'an Chen 3-2 Jang Yu-jin / Lin Jong-hoon
Lin Yunru / Zheng Yijing 3-0 Lebezson / Yuan Jiannan, Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha 3-1 Huang Zhenting / Du Kaixuan
March 16 fixtures
13:30 Yoshinori Ishikawa vs Zheng Yijing
14:00 Lin Yunru vs Dako
14:10 Duda vs Carlson
14:40 Sun Yingsha vs Liu Shiwen
14:50 Yukiya Utada / Hayabusa Tokami vs Tomoyuki / Chen Jian'an
15:20 Szokos / Polkanova vs Hina Hayata / Yoshimachi Ito
15:45 Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha vs Denut / Ni Xialian
16:00 Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin vs Qiu Dang / Du Da
19:00 Xu Xin vs Francesca
19:40 Sutasini v Polkanova
20:20 Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha vs Lin Yunru / Zheng Yijing (Mixed Doubles Final)