On March 16, Beijing time, the ITTF Singapore Grand Slam tournament was underway. At present, the doubles four strong list has been released. In terms of singles, the schedule is halfway through. In the women's singles, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi, Wang Manyu, Hayata Xina, Yuan Jiannan and other five people successfully advanced to the eight-strong list. Olympic champion Ito Mimachi was out of the game, losing 1:3 on aggregate to French veteran Yuan Jiannan.
In the men's singles, the world's no. 1 Fan Zhendong fought in five sets, with a thrilling victory over South Korean youngster Ahn Jae-hyun 3:2 on aggregate, Germany's Qiu Dang eliminated Sweden's Carlberg by an aggregate score of 3:1, Japan's Yukiya Utada eliminated South Korea's Lin Zhongxun in a 3:1 aggregate score, Liang Jingkun defeated Kazakhstan's Glasmenko on aggregate, and Olympic champion Ma Long eliminated teammate Wang Chuqin 3:2 on aggregate.
Today's game continues, and it is gratifying that CCTV continued to broadcast the whole process live today. Starting from 13:00 p.m., CCTV will broadcast WTT's schedule live. In the women's singles, today's Chinese Taipei star Zheng Yijing faced world champion Ishikawa Yoshijun, both of whom are first-class masters of the foreign association, and their strength is between Bo Zhong. Olympic champion Liu Shiwen faced Sun Yingsha, the two sides competed for tickets to the quarter-finals, in addition, Sutasini faced Austria's Polkanova.
In terms of men's singles, today, Chinese Taipei youngster Lin Yunru faced Slovenia's Dako. The latter, Dako, has been in hot form lately, eliminating Lin Shidong in the Open Tournament, winning the recently concluded European Round of 16 and defeating Zhang Benzhihe at the Tokyo Olympics. Lin Yunru's mixed doubles in this open tournament have advanced to the final. Sweden's Karlsson faced Germany's Duda, in addition, Xu Xin faced Germany's Francesca.
Final tickets for the men's doubles and women's doubles will also be decided today, as well as the mixed doubles champions. In the men's doubles semifinals, Japan's Yukiya Tosuke Yado played against Chinese Taipei Zhuang Zhiyuan Chen Jian'an, and Fan Zhendong Wang Chuqin faced the German duo Qiu Dang Duda. In the women's doubles semifinals, Szokos Polkanova faced the Japanese team Ito Makoto Hayata Shina, and the national table tennis Sun Yingsha Wang Manyu faced Luxembourg veteran NiCharlene Nate. In the mixed doubles final, Lin Yunru Zheng Yijing faced Sun Yingsha Wang Chuqin.
At present, 7 people have been eliminated by the national table tennis team, namely Chen Xingtong, Ku Man, He Zhuojia, Lin Shidong, Lin Gaoyuan, Xiang Peng, and Wang Chuqin. Today, Sun Yingsha's battle against Liu Shiwen also means that today's national table tennis women's singles has another person eliminated. The confrontation between Liu Shiwen and Sun Yingsha can be called a showdown between the new and old strength of the national table tennis women's team, and it is expected that the two will play a wonderful confrontation.