On May 3, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam is about to usher in the third day of the showdown, ending all the competitions in the qualifying tournament and giving birth to a complete list of the main event, but the twelve singles players and five pairs of doubles pairs of national table tennis will still not appear, but will officially participate in the main competition on the next day (May 4).
At present, the masters of all walks of life in the qualifying tournament have suffered heavy losses, and well-known athletes such as Kawa Ruiji, Garcini, Gionis, Gananasekaran, and A. Mukherjee have all been eliminated, and the next Shinozuka Daito and others will hit the main competition places, which is worth paying attention to!
Because of the high ranking of the national table tennis players in this Grand Slam tournament, all of them are exempted from the examination and go straight to the main competition without participating in the qualifying duels in the first three days. Originally, everyone thought that the competition in the first stage would not be very fierce, but they did not expect that many masters would fail and sink into the sand.
In Men's Singles, Japan's national champion Ruiki Kawa lost 0-3 to Slovakia's Pisteje, India's Ghanasekaran lost 1-3 to Singapore's Guo Yong, Croatia's Gasini lost 1-3 to Belgium's Martin, and Greek chipper Gionis lost 2-3 to Spain's Robles. In women's singles, Indian dark horse A. Mukherjee, who won Sun Yingsha in the World Table Tennis Championships, also lost 0-3 to Aylland of the Netherlands.
Japan's Shinozuka Oden has already made it past the first round of qualifying and will next face Portugal's Monteiro on 3 May at 19:35 – and although not as successful as the men's singles title at the National Championships like Ruiki Kagawa, Shinozuka has performed significantly better than his teammate in the past and will face India's Takar for a spot in the main draw if he advances.
Spain's world runner-up Robles will face Slovenia's Kozur at 20:30 on May 3 after falling behind 0-2 and winning three games in a row against Gionis.
Another athlete to watch out for is Iran's Alamiyan, as an athlete who has defeated Wang Liqin, Lin Gaoyuan and other national table tennis players, he easily advanced all the way to the qualifying round, swept Belgium's Nurdink and Denmark's Andrews 3-0 in two consecutive games, and will next face Egypt's Mohammed at 24:00 on May 3.
In Women's Singles, although A. Mukherjee has been defeated, her teammate S Mukherjee, who once teamed up with her to defeat Chen Meng/Wang Yidi, is still fighting, and she will face the winner between Elland and Zhang Xuan at 21:05 in the evening, or she may have a chance to avenge her sisters, which is worth watching.
The qualifying tournament is expected to end in the early morning of May 4, waiting for the national table tennis players to appear in the main competition.