On the evening of March 12, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Singapore Grand Slam ended the fifth match day of competition, the 16 singles players of the national table tennis have all appeared, achieving a record of 14 wins and 2 losses, of which the women's singles all passed, the men's singles Xiang Peng lost to Zhang Benzhihe, Yuan Licen lost to Alex, a round of games was eliminated, as for the doubles national table tennis temporarily only played 2 games, maintaining a complete victory undefeated.
In terms of foreign associations, there are currently 4 world champions who have stopped the singles qualification round and the first round, namely Chen Jianan, Ni Xialian, Ochalov, Karlsson, while Misei Ito, Yoshijun Ishikawa, Miyu Hirano and others have successfully passed the test, see below for details.
The number of participants in this Grand Slam tournament is large, so the first round of singles took two days to finish, and the national table tennis remained undefeated on the first day, and the second day also won more and less, among which the top ten main players Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi, Wang Manyu, Chen Xingtong all advanced, and no one dropped the chain.
In terms of non-main players, Fan Siqi, Zhang Rui and Qian Tianyi of the women's team all passed the test, and Lin Shidong of the men's team once again made meritorious contributions and eliminated the Swedish world champion Karlsson, but Xiang Peng lost 2-3 to Zhang Benzhihe and Yuan Licen 1-3 to Alex, and did not have the opportunity to advance.
In terms of doubles, there are only two pairs of national table tennis so far, of which mixed doubles Fan Zhendong/Wang Manyu narrowly defeated the Egyptian pair Omar/Mechelf, women's doubles Chen Meng/Wang Yidi swept Zhang Jingling/Chen Yuning, and the other three pairs were temporarily rested.
Through the two-day competition, we can still clearly see that the pressure of the national table tennis men's team is much greater than that of the women's team, because the former has to guard against opponents from all continents at the same time, and may lose foreign battles at any time, and the main opponent of the women's team is basically the Japanese, although other associations are not without masters, but their strength and island players still have a significant gap.
In terms of foreign associations, Zhang Benzhihe once again became the leader in breaking through the national table defense line, narrowly winning Xiang Peng, who defeated him last year. Alex and his younger brother Felix went hand in hand, eliminating Yuan Licen and Simon respectively to advance. As for Mimato Ito, Yoshijun Ishikawa, Miu Hirano, Miyu Kihara and others also successfully qualified, Khoo Dang swept Pichford, and Hugo narrowly defeated Cho Shengmin 3-2.
Next, Guoping will face a severe test, Qian Tianyi challenges Mimato Ito, Wang Yidi against Miyu Hirano, Wang Manyu blocks Miyu Kihara, Lin Gaoyuan encounters Zhang Yuzhen; In addition, a civil war will break out between Ma Long and Lin Shidong, and only one can be left.
Then let's sit back and wait for the new showdown to begin!