On March 11, 2023, Beijing time, the Singapore Grand Slam began the first day of competition, and the national table tennis successes were frequent, and all the players who had appeared won victories, and the national table tennis showed its strong overall strength. At the same time, the four major rivals of national table tennis are out, namely world champion Ochalov, South Korea's Ahn Jae-hyun, Croatia's Pukar, and Germany's Franceska, which can be said to be an upset in the first round of the main event.
Grand Slam tournaments have high points and rich prize money, and best-of-5 matches are more likely to be upset, and the men's singles first round has exploded a lot of upsets. World champion Ochalov struggled for five sets, losing two consecutive games with a 2-1 lead to a 3-2 defeat to Japan's Hayasuke Togami. South Korea's Ahn Jae-hyun also played five games and lost 3-2 to Iran's Aramyan, whose world ranking is lower than Ahn Jae-hyun, which is of course a big upset.
Croatia's Pukar is also an excellent player, he has been named by the main players of the national table tennis and is also the team's key research rival. However, Pukar's performance was not consistent enough, and he lost 3-1 to qualifier Feng Yixin, also suffering a round. Another German star Francesca lost three consecutive games with a 2-0 lead and lost 2-3 to Falk. Ochalov, An Jae-hyun, Pukar, and Francesca are all fierce rivals of national table tennis, but they have all been eliminated by players ranked lower than themselves, which can be called a big upset.
In addition, Sweden's Jon Persson lost three consecutive sets with a 2-0 lead to a 3-2 defeat to Gados. India's Achanta lost 3-0 to Singapore's Guo Yong, which was a cold-catcher. National Table Tennis played well in the men's singles arena, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun all passed 3-0, and the presence was indeed excellent.
So far, the men's singles have been confirmed for the second round matches: Fan Zhendong vs Apollonia, Lin Jongxun vs Alamyang, Hayasuke Togami vs Grado, Gados vs Moregaard, Falck vs Guo Yong, Lin Gaoyuan vs Zhang Yuzhen, Liang Jingkun vs Feng Yixin.
In the women's singles, Chen Xingtong eliminated Matrova 3-0, Zhang Rui eliminated Liu Yangzi 3-1, Wang Yidi swept Szokos 3-0, Qian Tianyi swept Chen Siyu 3-0, and Fan Siqi eliminated Ni Xialian 3-1. Polkanova, Yuan Jianan, Ito Mimako, Hirano Miyu, Han Ying, Tian Zhixi and other famous players also passed the test successfully. Compared with the men's singles, the women's singles are not many unpopular, most of the matches are won by higher-ranked players, and Fu Yu's 2-3 loss to qualifier Jian Tongjuan is a cold.
So far, the matches that have been confirmed in the second round of the women's singles include: Chen Xingtong VS Tian Zhixi, Han Ying vs Mei Shev, Zhang Rui VS Porta, Wang Yidi VS Miyu Hirano, Qian Tianyi VS Misei Ito, Fan Siqi VS Yuan Jianan, Polkanova VS Jian Tongjuan.