May Day has arrived, and table tennis has ushered in good news! No, the Saudi Grand Slam will officially start the first round of the qualifying round at 3:30 p.m. today.
According to the schedule, the 12 main players of the national table tennis (Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi, Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidong) are all suspended, and the reason for the truce is because our world rankings are very high and we don't have to play the qualifying round. If fans want to see them, they will need to wait until the main game three days later.
Due to the large number of world-class masters gathered in the Grand Slam, some table tennis celebrities can only start the road to promotion from the qualifying round. Therefore, today's first day of competition will also have some household names. For example, Iran's Alamiyan will be the opener against Belgium's Nujtic at 15:30 p.m., while Singapore's Guo Yong will take on India's Ghanasekaran at 16:30.
Singapore's Fung Yiu Yan will take on Hong Kong's Lim Siu Heng at 18:30, Japan's Daito Shinozuka will take on Australia's Dixon at 19:30, Hong Kong's Lee Ho Ching will take on Italy's Monfardini at 20:00 and Spain's Robles will take on Brazil's Ash at 22:30.
It's no secret that a Grand Slam tournament is the pinnacle of the WTT series. The singles champion of the tournament will receive a prize of $65,000 and 2,000 points. The doubles champion will receive $8,500 and 2,000 points. The points are comparable to those of the Olympics and the World Championships, which would be a great help in improving the world rankings. Qian Tianyi, the main force of national table tennis, once soared in the world ranking because he won the women's singles runner-up!
The Grand Slam tournament has been held in Singapore many times, and this year's May Day Saudi Arabia will host the tournament for the first time, and when it comes to the National Day, Beijing will host the Grand Slam event again. It can be seen that Grand Slam tournaments have become more and more popular, and all masters in the table tennis world are also grinding and preparing to show their talents.
For the national table tennis, we sent the whole main force to play, and the main purpose was to focus on a big training before the Olympic Games. In addition, the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam is of great significance to women's table tennis duo Wang Manyu and Chen Meng, and the final result will determine who will compete in the Olympic singles.
At present, Wang Manyu is already half a position ahead, but Chen Meng is not completely out of chance, as long as he wins the championship, Chen Meng basically locks in the singles seat, but the difficulty coefficient is really high!
In the last Singapore Grand Slam, Wang Chuqin and Wang Manyu were the singles champions, and we will wait and see who will win the championship this time! Who do you think will win the men's and women's singles championships? Welcome to leave a message below to discuss.