On May 4, 2024, the table tennis Saudi Arabia Grand Slam continued, with four consecutive wins in the first round of national table tennis, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidong, and Wang Manyu continued to advance, among which Lin Shidong defeated the World Table Tennis Championships men's singles runner-up Moregard, and the master of winning the foreign war is commendable, and the Japanese women's team passed the test with three people, Hina Hayata, Miu Hirano, and Miwa Zhang Ben got off to a good start, and Zhang Benmei and reversed Liu Yangzi 3-1.
The four national table tennis players took the lead in the first round of the singles main event, Liang Jingkun defeated Austria's Habesson 3-0, Lin Gaoyuan defeated Saudi Arabia's Shulaibi 3-0, Wang Manyu swept Thailand's Olawan 3-0, the three main forces completed their debut, and it was very easy to win, after all, the difficulty at this stage is not high, the main thing is to warm up to find a feeling, Shulaibi is ranked 488th in the world, and it is all dependent on wild cards to participate.
Lin Shidong, a young player who just passed his 19th birthday some time ago, was extraordinary, and came up to meet the Swedish star Moregard, whose opponent won the men's singles runner-up at the World Table Tennis Championships, and he is a first-class master in the foreign association, and his playing style is very flexible, so Lin Shidong is the most difficult foreign war in the first round, because Moregard won against Liang Jingkun, and he has a lot of experience in the competition, and he often goes back and forth with the main force of national table tennis.
After the start of the game, Lin Shidong played very firmly in the first game, no matter how Moregard changed, he did his best to fight with his opponent, and took the initiative to twist and pull the backhand when he saw the opportunity, which brought a lot of pressure to Moregard, and even couldn't keep up with this rhythm at all, Lin Shidong blasted out 11-4 to take the lead, and the key points in the second game tested the mentality, Lin Shidong seized the opportunity and won another game 11-9.
In the third game, Moregard's upper quality was very high, and he played a lot of high-quality holds, which brought a great threat to Lin Shidong, although the national table tennis players continued to chase points at the end of the game, but Moregard pulled back a game with 13-11, and in the fourth game Lin Shidong stabilized his position, and it was Moregard who was anxious, and the opponent made unnecessary mistakes, Lin Shidong led the game in an all-round way, ending the game 11-5, and finally eliminated Moregard 3-1.
In other arenas, the Japanese star is in danger, Zhang Benmei and 3-1 (14-16, 11-4, 11-7, 19-17) reversed Australia's Liu Yangzi, can play with Zhang Benmei and to this extent, Liu Yangzi's performance is quite good, but the overall strength is still slightly inferior, failed to break the upset, Zhang Benmei and the on-the-spot play is indeed not possible, although the impact is strong, but the stability is poorer.
In addition, Hina Hayada eliminated Li Haoqing from Hong Kong, China 3-0, and Miu Hirano defeated Slovakia's Kukulova 3-0.