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The WTT Saudi Grand Slam will be held in Saudi Arabia from May 1 to May 11, with qualifying rounds from May 1 to May 3 and the main draw on May 4. The national table tennis will send a full main lineup of 12 people, except for the women's team Kuo Man was replaced by Qian Tianyi, the other 11 people are the same as the previous Macau World Cup participants, the national table tennis teenager Kuo Man performed poorly in the Macau World Cup, and is the only player in the group stage among the national table tennis generals.
The specific list of national table tennis participants is as follows
Men's team: Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidong
Women's team: Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi.
The Saudi Arabia Grand Slam has five competitions: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles, and the National Table Tennis Association participates in all individual competitions. In addition to all 12 national table tennis players participating in the men's and women's singles, Ma Long/Wang Chuqin will participate in the men's doubles competition, Wang Manyu/Chen Meng will partner in the women's doubles competition, and Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha will continue to partner in the mixed doubles competition.
The exact schedule is as follows
May 1-3 Qualifiers
May 4 Men's and women's singles 1/32 finals, mixed doubles 1/16 finals
May 5 Singles 1/32 finals, doubles 1/16 finals
May 6 Singles 1/16 Finals, Doubles 1/16 Finals, Mixed Doubles 1/18 Finals
May 7 Singles 1/16 finals, doubles 1/8 finals, mixed doubles 1/4 finals
May 8 Singles 1/8 Finals, Doubles 1/4 Finals, Mixed Doubles Semifinals
May 9 Singles quarterfinals, doubles semifinals, mixed doubles finals
May 10 Singles semi-finals, doubles finals
May 11 Singles Final
Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, doubles use a best-of-5 system, a best-of-5 system for singles qualifying, a best-of-5 system for the knockout rounds, and a best-of-7 system for the semifinals and finals.
The Saudi Grand Slam is the most important table tennis event before the Paris Olympics, in addition to the generous prize money and world ranking points, it is reported that the total prize money is as high as 2 million US dollars, and the championship points are 2000 points. More important is the Olympic points within the national table tennis, the singles champion will receive 3000 Olympic bonus points, and 3000 Olympic points will be deducted if you lose to the foreign association, the current women's team Wang Manyu has 1500 more Olympic points than Chen Meng, this Grand Slam will determine which of the two of them can qualify for the Olympic women's singles in addition to Sun Yingsha, and the national table tennis will also announce the list of participants in the Paris Olympics after this Grand Slam event. It is hoped that the national table tennis crowd will continue to show the dominance of the national ball and win the five gold medals of the Saudi Grand Slam.