On the evening of March 17, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Grand Slam tournament ended the 7th main day of competition, and decided the list of the top four men's and women's singles: as many as 7 people in the national table tennis were promoted, and only 1 foreign association athlete was shortlisted, that is, the big dark horse of the Japanese team and the national champion Yukiya Utada.
In addition, Yukiya Utada will also cooperate with Hayabusa Tokami in the men's doubles final with the Great Warring States Table Tennis Duo Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin, which is really not to be underestimated! And the women's doubles final is also a Sino-Japanese battle, Ito Mimachi / Hayata Hina once again challenged Sun Yingsha / Wang Manyu, so at present, only Chinese and Japanese players are left in the Grand Slam, which is really a veritable Sino-Japanese table tennis showdown!
On March 17, the Grand Slam tournament was all arranged singles quarterfinals, and its Chinese table tennis players ushered in 7 foreign matches, resulting in 7 victories - in the men's singles, Ma Long eliminated Chinese Taipei's talented youngster Lin Yunru in 5 sets, Fan Zhendong swept the German star Francesca 3-0 to "avenge" Xu Xin, and Liang Jingkun swept the Swedish world champion Carlsson 3-0.
In the women's singles, Sun Yingsha won 3-0 and swept Japan's world runner-up Hina Hayata; Chen Meng eliminated Japanese world champion Yoshinori Ishikawa 3-1, in which a single set blasted a 11-0 score; Wang Yidi defeated the French Chinese dark horse 3-1 and eliminated Ito Mimachi Yuan Jiannan; Wang Manyu swept Austria's Polkanova 3-0.
The only 1/4 final of the singles without Chinese athletes was Yukiya Utada's direct shooting against the German Chinese direct shooting star Qiu Dang, the two sides were of equal technical level, and Qiu Dang's father Qiu Jianxin was also the ace coach of the Japanese national team, so he and Yukiya Utada also had a good fate: the two fought viciously for 5 rounds to win and lose, and Utah Yukiya narrowly won 3-2 to advance to the semifinals.
According to the arrangement, at 19:00 on the evening of March 18, Chen Meng and Wang Yidi took the lead in competing for tickets for the women's singles final, and then Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu will appear at around 19:45 to usher in the peak showdown! At 20:30, the final round of men's doubles began, Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin battled Yukiya Utada / Hayabusa Tokami, wonderful and worth paying attention to!
Finally, I wish the national table tennis team can beat the Japanese players to win the championship, and also look forward to the four golden flowers of the women's singles can play to the fullest, and strive to leave no regrets: Come on, everyone!