In the early morning of May 4, Beijing time, on Youth Day, the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam Organizing Committee finally made up the "Welcome Dinner" on the last night before the start of the main event.
Sadly, dozens of eliminated players have left Jeddah in the previous two qualifying match days, and it was an unsatisfactory dinner.
At the same time, this dinner did not provide exquisite and chic table meals, but a buffet prepared according to the normal format of the hotel, which gave people the feeling of lack of sincerity.
The national table tennis rarely gathered all 12 main forces of men and women in the photo session of the dinner this time, but basically everyone did not deliberately wear costumes, let alone makeup, and basically came to Saudi Arabia in private clothes.
On the men's team, Lin Gaoyuan's flower peacock jacket and Wang Chuqin's 50,000 yuan expensive pants are the most eye-catching, and the uncivilized 19-year-old Lin Shidong even came in a big shorts at will.
The most eye-catching thing about the national table tennis women's team is Qian Tianyi's long legs, even if she takes care of her teammates and deliberately collapses her shoulders and necks, she is still a lot taller than everyone. Sun Yingsha is still wearing a domestic Li Ning, Wang Manyu and Chen Xing have a cool black shape all over the body, and Chen Meng is still a cartoon pattern sweatshirt on the road when he came. Wang Yidi grinned in his big open coat, and smiled the most when taking pictures, obviously very satisfied with his signing.
The four major male soldiers of the Japanese team, Tomokazu Zhangmoto, Teruku Matsushima and Hayasuke Togami seemed to have discussed, and they all wore black ones, only Yoshimura Maharu was not notified, and wore a white beach suit and a bag frame mirror.
The Japanese girl still retains the title of "the most joyful" in the photo session, and Hina Hayada is wearing a cool summer dress and the only sandals in the audience. She and Miyu Nagasaki also took additional smiling photos. The Japanese women's team took a selfie with Nagasaki Miyu, and Hina's stereotyped LOOK was also taken by Nagasaki Miyu, and it has not been brought out to participate in a singles match for a long time, and Nagasaki Miyu is really excited. But she is going to start a "smiley civil war" with Miyu Kihara in the first round, and I don't know if she will be able to laugh at that time.
In terms of external cooperation, the photos of the dinner that can be seen again are the photos of the Egyptian team's first sister and brother Meshef and Omar Assal.
While the welcome dinner was underway, the results of the Saudi Grand Slam qualifiers were made.
[8 players who advanced to the main round of men's singles]
Robles, Feng Yixin, Akuzu, Guo Yong, Allegro, Shinozuka Daito, Alamyan, Jinkhor
Among them, Allegro became Ma Long's first-round opponent. It is estimated that his trip to Saudi Arabia will end here.
[Women's Singles 8 Finalists]
Jenny Shao, Xuan Zhang, Haoqing Li, Picorin, Yuan Wan, Luprescu, Charlotte Lutz, Tongjuan Jian
There are 5 Chinese among the 8 people, and the overseas power of Chinese table tennis is also admirable.
On May 4, the first person to go to the training ground was Lin Yunru, the silent assassin of the Chinese Taipei team. Tailin was drawn by Sun Yingsha's little poisonous hand this time to the first round against his eldest brother Zhuang Zhiyuan, this is the first time the two have met in an international competition, and it is also known as the "most heart-wrenching battle" in the first round of the main competition, Lin Yunru should have mixed feelings.
The national table tennis game will start at 19:30 tonight, a total of 6 will play on the first match day, the leader is Lin Gaoyuan, the finale is Wang Chuqin, CCTV5 will broadcast the national table tennis game live from 19:30, please be ready to watch the game, enjoy the wonderful performance of the national table tennis athletes, and cheer for them!