In the early morning of May 2, Beijing time, the 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam ended the first day of competition in the qualifying tournament, with 21 players from each gender taking the lead in the first round. Among them, the Chinese Taipei team won 3 wins and 1 loss, Feng Yixin, Jian Tongjuan, and Huang Yihua advanced to the second round of the qualifying round, and Liao Zhenting traveled in the first round; the Hong Kong team won 2 wins and lost 1, Lin Zhaoheng and Li Haoqing successfully advanced, and Wu Yonglin was out of the tournament 0-3.
Men's Singles Qualifying Day 1 Match Day Results
Zone 1/8: Álvaro Robles 3-1 Witte Ash, Panagiotis Gionis 3-1 Liao Zhenting, Feng Yaoen 0-3 Lin Zhaoheng, Daniel Kozur 3-1 Brian Afanadore
All four players from the region who advanced to the second round of the qualifying round were announced: Álvaro Robles vs. Panagiotis Gionis, and Lin Zhaoheng vs. Daniel Cozu.
Zone 2/8: Feng Yixin 3-0 Guillerme Teodoro, Lubomir Jancharik 1-3 Robert Gados, Marcelo Aguirre 0-3 Santiago Lorenzo, Mihai Bobersica 0-3 Hamette Desai
All four players from the region who advanced to the second round of the qualifying round were announced: Feng Yixin vs Robert Gados, Santiago Lorenzo vs Hamet Desai.
Zone 3/8: Manaver Vikashi Taka 3-2 Mehdi Bloss, Benedek Ola 3-0 Daniel Gonzalez, Xavier Dixon 1-3 Shinozuka Oden
Zone 4/8: Marco Madrid 1-3 Ma Jinbao, Guo Yong 3-1 Shatian Gananasecaran
Zone 5/8: Mohamed Elbeyali 3-1 Joseph Abdul Aziz, Filip Zeliko 1-3 Matteo Muti, Lilian Bad 1-3 Andres Levenko, Cedric Nuitik 0-3 Noshad Alamiyan
All four players from the zone qualified for the second round of qualification: Mohamed Elbeali vs. Mateo Muti and Andreas Levenko vs. Nossard Alameyan.
Zone 6/8: Liang Jishan 3-0 Hadi Abu Alashi
Zone 8/8: Kahn Akuzu 3-0 Satyem Alsuwalem, Snehit Sulawajura 3-1 Khled Assal, Alberto Mino 3-2 Ahmed Saleh
Women's Singles Qualifying Day 1 results
Zone 1/8: Jian Tongjuan 3-0 Arantesa Cosio Aceves, Solomia Brateko 3-0 Lilou Masat, Zhou Jingyi 0-3 Huang Yihua
Zone 2/8: Hana Matlova 0-3 Yadira Silva, Sutirta Mukherjee 3-0 Hana Arapovic, Wu Yonglin 0-3 Zhang Xuan
Zone 3/8: Margarita Pesocska 1-3 Yashas Vini Golpad, Shulinsi 1-3 Sibel Altinkaya, Zogia Picorin 3-0 Anna Cordina, Camille Lutz 3-2 Deborah Vivarelli
All four players from the zone who qualified for the second round of qualifying were announced: Yaszweeni Gorpard vs. Sibel Altinkaya, and Zogia Picolin vs. Kamil Lutz.
Zone 4/8: Li Haoqing 3-2 Gaia Monfatini, Anna Hussey 2-3 Audrey Zarif, Natalie Marchetti 3-2 Maryam Al Khodabi
Zone 5/8: Barbara Balazova 1-3 Leah Lacavachi, Zuzana Vilgos 3-2 Lucy Mobarek, Filipa Bogard 3-2 Azana Girish Camas, Liao Guihua 1-3 Charlotte Lutz
The four players who qualified for the second round of the qualifying round in the zone were: Leah Lacavachi vs. Zuzana Vergos and Filipa Bogard vs. Charlotte Lutz.
Zone 6/8: Juliet Takahashi 3-0 Paulina Vega, Brianna Burgos 0-3 Jenny Shao
Zone 7/8: Catherine Wegsen 3-0 Josella Helmy
Zone 8/8: Melanie Diaz 1-3 Giorgina Porta
May 2 is the second match day of the qualifying tournament, and the remaining 22 matches of the first round of the singles qualifying round will be completed, followed by the second round of some qualifications.
Detailed schedule on May 2
The remaining matches of the first round of qualifying:
15:30 Edward Ionescu vs. Said Hussein Hodaei, Aishka Mukherjee vs. Brett Illand
16:00 Eric Juti vs. Jules Rowland, Sarah Denut vs. Mattia Yegger,
16:30 Ibrahim Dio vs. Adrian Larsenfuss, Ivana Malobabic vs. Wanyuan
17:00 Gustavo Gómez vs. Maciej Kubic, Rachel Moret vs. Sabina Surjan
17:30 Martín Allegro vs Andrea Gacchini, Genipa Savitabt vs Wang Xinru
18:00 Wang Yang VS Paul Jinkhor, Lin Yinuo VS Zheng Lixian
18:30 Yakubu Dias vs. Niag Stoyanov, Sarah Hanford vs. Linda Lochlebi
19:00 Ruiki Chuan vs. Lubomir Pisteje, Dora Madarac vs. Anna Wegssing
19:30 Mohamed Kasab vs. Joao Monteiro, Ho Tian Tian vs. Isabella Luprescu
20:00 Turki Almuteri vs Chen Haohua, Hender Fati vs Ivana Singelzan
20:30 Miloš Redzimski vs. Huang Yancheng, Marwa Al Khodabi vs. Yelena Zaharia
From 21 o'clock, the second round of the qualifying round will be contested. In the second round of the qualifying round, there will be 16 matches in each of the men's singles and women's singles, and 8 of them will be played on this match day.
The schedule for the second round of the qualifying rounds is as follows
21:00 Andres Levenko vs. Noshad Alamyan, Solomya Brateko vs. Huang Yihua
21:35 Feng Yixin vs Robert Gados, Yadira Silva vs Sutirta Mukherjee
22:10 Santiago Lorenzo vs. Hamet Desai, Filipa Bogard vs. Charlotte Lutz.
22:45 Yassawini Gorpard vs. Sibel Altinkaya, Snecht Surawajura vs. Alberto Mino
23:20 Álvaro Robles vs. Panagiotis Gionis, Zogia Picolin vs. Camille Lutz
23:55 Mohamed Elbeali vs Matteo Muti, Takahashi Juliet vs TBD
00:30 (+1) Manaver Vikashi Taka vs Benedek Ola, Li Haoqing vs Audrey Zarif
01:05 (+1) Lin Zhaoheng vs Daniel Kozu, Leah Lacavach vs Zuzana Vilgos