The 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam has started, the first three days are all qualifiers, the national table tennis only sent 12 players this time, the world ranking is very high, the two non-main Qian Tianyi and Lin Shidong do not need to participate in the qualifying round, the main match will start on May 4, and the national table tennis players have played one after another.
The Grand Slam of this station is a very important competition before the Paris Olympic Games, the Olympics are getting closer and closer, the number of participants is increasing, everyone is sprinting, rushing points, the national table tennis has no pressure of points, mainly to continue to exercise, double polishing, in addition to Chen Meng and Wang Manyu's Olympic singles will be seen after passing this station, who wins the championship will inevitably be shortlisted for singles, the competition is still very fierce, Sun Yingsha as the world's first leader of the national table tennis impact pentathlon championship.
May 4th
CCTV5:20: 002024 World Table Tennis Federation Grand Slam (Saudi Arabia) - Round 1 1
May 5th
CCTV5: 00: 002024 World Table Tennis Federation Grand Slam (Saudi Arabia) - 1st Round 2
CCTV5+: 18: 002024 World Table Tennis Federation Grand Slam (Saudi Arabia) - First Round 3
CCTV5: 23: 302024 World Table Tennis Federation Grand Slam (Saudi Arabia) - Round 1 2
May 6th
CCTV5+: 18:00 2024 World Table Tennis Federation Grand Slam (Saudi Arabia) - Singles Round 2 1
CCTV5: 23:30 2024 World Table Tennis Federation Grand Slam (Saudi Arabia) - Singles Round 2 1st Prize
May 7th
CCTV5+: 18:00 2024 World Table Tennis Federation Grand Slam (Saudi Arabia) - Singles Round 2 3
CCTV5: 23:30 2024 World Table Tennis Federation Grand Slam (Saudi Arabia) - Singles Round 2 2nd Prize
May 8th
CCTV5+: 18:00 2024 World Table Tennis Federation Grand Slam (Saudi Arabia) - Singles 1/8 Finals 1
CCTV5: 23:30 2024 World Table Tennis Federation Grand Slam (Saudi Arabia) - Singles 1/8 Finals, etc
May 9th
CCTV5+: 19:00 2024 World Table Tennis Federation Grand Slam (Saudi Arabia) - Doubles Semifinals, etc
CCTV5: 23:30 2024 World Table Tennis Federation Grand Slam (Saudi Arabia) - Mixed Doubles Final, etc
Later, the semi-finals and finals on May 10 and May 11, CCTV will inevitably broadcast live, and the specific time of the live broadcast has not been announced yet, and the schedule of the last two days starts at 19 o'clock, which is the golden time for Chinese fans, especially the finals, CCVC5 will also be broadcast live normally.
In addition to Chen Meng and Wang Manyu competing for the Olympic singles seat, the highlight of national table tennis is who will win the final championship, and the women's singles Sun Yingsha is the most promising, as long as she maintains a good condition, she is still the biggest favorite to win the championship, and the men's singles is relatively open.
The first three high-level competitions this year were won by the three main national table tennis players, Wang Chuqin won the Singapore Grand Slam championship, Liang Jingkun won the Incheon Championship, Ma Long won the Macau World Cup championship, Lin Gaoyuan reached the final in the Macau World Cup, and Fan Zhendong did not achieve good results and has not yet reached the final.
Wang Chuqin lost to Zhang Yuzhen, Ma Long lost to Francesca and Li Shangzhu, Fan Zhendong lost to Hugo, Lin Gaoyuan lost to Li Shangzhu, and Liang Jingkun lost to Carlberg.
At present, it is still difficult for the main men's singles of national table tennis not to lose the foreign war, and the strength of the foreign association has been improving.