On May 2, the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam qualifiers are underway, and the main draw will be played on May 4. The draw results were released, there are four national table tennis players in the upper half of the men's and women's singles, and Wang Manyu and Chen Meng, who will compete for the women's singles ticket to the Paris Olympics in this competition, are in the lower half of the women's singles.
In this competition, the main force of national table tennis played, Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidong 6 people played in the men's singles competition, Wang Chuqin partnered Ma Long, Liang Jingkun partnered Lin Gaoyuan in the men's doubles competition, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi 6 people played in the women's singles competition, Chen Meng partnered Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi partnered Chen Xingtong in the women's doubles competition, Wang Chuqin partnered with Sun Yingsha in the mixed doubles competition. The whole team carried out adaptive training on the second day after arrival, due to the limited training table, many people in the national table tennis shared a table, Wang Chuqin and Liang Jingkun practiced together, Fan Zhendong and Lin Shidong practiced together, Ma Long and Lin Gaoyuan practiced together, when the two used the table for training, others stood aside to watch and wait.
On the women's team, Sun Yingsha and her good friend and Puerto Rican player Diaz shared the stage to practice, and Diaz's father and coach sat on the sidelines to watch the two train. Wang Manyu and Chen Meng, two contenders for women's singles tickets to the Paris Olympics, were trained for hair extensions accompanied by their respective head coaches. The result of the Saudi Grand Slam will determine the second women's singles ticket to the Paris Olympics.
At the lottery ceremony held on the evening of May 2, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha appeared. As a result of the women's singles draw, there are four national table tennis players in the upper half of the zone, the top seed Sun Yingsha automatically entered the 1/4 zone, and faced Liu Xinyin of Chinese Taipei in the first round, Chen Xingtong and Qian Tianyi in the 1/4 zone, and the first round opponents were Romania's Samara's and Luxembourg's Ni Xialian. Third seed Wang Yidi moved into the quarter-finals and faced France's Parvard in the first round. The two competing for Olympic singles qualification are in the bottom half of the zone, with fourth seed Chen Meng moving into the third/quarter, first-round opponent Romania's Diaconu and second-seed Wang Manyu automatically moving into the quarter-finals and facing Thailand's Paranam in the first round.
In men's singles, the national table tennis also has four players in the top half of the zone, of which the top seeds Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan are in the 1/4 zone, and the first round opponents are Simon Goetz of France and Abdulaziz Bu Shulaibi of Saudi Arabia. Liang Jingkun and Lin Shidong are both in the 2/4 zone, and both are in the 3/8 zone, and only one of them will advance to the quarterfinals, while Liang Jingkun will face Denmark's Habesson and Lin Shidong will face Sweden's Moregard in the first round. Ma Long is in the 3/4 zone and is waiting for qualifiers in the first round, while second seed Fan Zhendong is in the 4/4 zone and faces Chile's Boggs in the first round.