At 15:30 on May 1, Beijing time, the first round of the table tennis Saudi Arabia Grand Slam qualifying tournament officially began. Iran's Alamiyan took on Belgium's Nuitik, who won in straight games (11-5, 11-5, 11-3) to get off to a flying start in qualifying.
The three-day qualifying tournament was played in a best-of-five format, with the losing side out immediately, and Alamiyan, who had beaten Japan's national champion Hayasuke Togami, played with a lot of character, using his backhand almost the entire time, and it is said that his forehand attack was affected by his own body and could not effectively counter his opponent.
In addition, he also has a signature move, often touching his shoelaces during the game, the picture is very strong, his younger brother Alamian is also a famous player in the table tennis world, and once defeated the Japanese main force Tomokazu Zhangmoto.
Against Nuitik, Alamiyan was full of confidence, and with a strong backhand attack, he swept the opponent 3-0 in three straight games and advanced to the next round of qualification!
In the other Women's Singles qualifying match, Ukraine's Solomya Brateko eliminated Belgium's Massat 3-0, 11-9, 11-6, 11-7. In this way, the two Belgian unknown players have already been eliminated in one round.
It is worth mentioning that the signal source at the game site appeared from time to time with a scene of camera shaking, and the score was not broadcast in time, which made fans call the organizing committee of the event simply a grass platform team. Previously, the team doctor in Hong Kong, China broke the news that the venue layout at the scene was very strange, and the signal screen would vibrate as soon as the athletes walked and jumped.
The grand slam tournament is also considered the highest level of the WTT series, but I didn't expect such a low-level mistake in the qualifying round. Fans thought they could watch a wonderful game during the May Day holiday, but they didn't expect the viewing experience to be very poor, and they hoped that the signal would be more stable when the national table tennis played in the main stage. What do you think of the performance of the organizing committee?