On May 2, 2024, the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam continued, and the next day the national table tennis was suspended again, but it was necessary to send representatives to participate in the draw ceremony, India's Ashika Mukherjee played in the singles qualifying round, and Japan's Ruiki Kawa also ushered in the debut.
In the first round of the qualifying round, men's singles Singapore's Guo Yong eliminated India's Garanasekaran 3-1, Japan's Shinozuka Daito reversed Australia's Dixon 3-1, Shinozuka Daiden is an Olympic player, women's singles Indian player Sutirta Mukherjee swept Croatia's Arapovic 3-0, Sweden's Bogaard reversed India's Kamas 3-2, and fell behind 0-2 to win three games in a row.
Because of the higher world ranking, the national table tennis players do not need to participate in the first three days of qualifying, directly from the main match to start playing, all in all, the preparation time is very sufficient, the focus of fans at this stage is naturally the next draw, as well as the Olympic singles qualification, of course, to ensure that not to lose the foreign war or the premise, no matter how to compete internally, at least to meet teammates, do not let the foreign association take advantage.
In fact, the specific lottery rules, I believe everyone has a certain understanding, take singles as an example, the top seeds Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha are in the upper half of the district, and the second seeds Fan Zhendong and Wang Manyu are in the lower half of the district.
Of course, there are objective factors, after all, everyone's position is different, the coaching staff puts forward strict requirements, especially the pressure of foreign wars, Wang Chuqin is three, relatively speaking, it must be harder, in addition, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu women's doubles is also very critical, Sun Yingsha mixed doubles is always the focus of preparation, it is impossible to concentrate all on singles, concentration is inevitably affected, and difficulties can only be overcome by themselves.
National table tennis has absolute strength, there is no doubt about this, but in the face of the top masters of foreign associations, it is often not too easy to win, like the level of the Grand Slam, it is normal for the process to have twists and turns, so everyone is still very concerned about the signing situation, because of the time difference, the later games will be very late, and the draw ceremony is to wait until 22 o'clock on May 2, and you need to be psychologically prepared.
The key schedule on May 2 was announced: 15:30 Aishika Mukherjee vs Illand, Aishika won Sun Yingsha this year, the special style of play should not be underestimated, 19 o'clock and Chuan Ruiji vs Pisteje, and Chuan Ruiji once participated in the World Table Tennis Championships, the level is okay, but it relies on on-the-spot play, the national table tennis has no appearance task, the draw result is worth paying attention to, let us wait and see.