Table tennis reported on May 4:
From May 1 to 3, Beijing time, the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam ended all the qualifying tournaments. In this competition, due to the lack of participants, only the qualifying tournament for singles events was set up, and the mixed doubles and doubles were played directly from the main event.
After the 3-day qualifying round, the quota for the singles main draw has been decided!
01 Men's singles
The list of players who have advanced to the main draw: Álvaro Robolus, Feng Yixin, Kahn Akuzuu, Guo Yong, Martín Allegro, Shinozuka Daito, Noshad Alamiyan, Paul Kinghall
In Men's Singles, Singapore's 17-year-old Guo Yong, Japan's Da Deng, and Iran's Alamiyan are all popular players, and they all made the cut. The matchups are:
Martin Allegro directly challenged Ma Long in the first round, Paul Jinkhor and Guo Yong fell to the 1/8 zone, Shinozuka Daden fell to the 2/8 zone, Noshad Alamiyan fell to the 3/8 zone, Kahn Akuzu and Feng Yixin (Chinese Taipei) fell to the 6/8 zone, and Álvaro Robles fell to the last block - the 8/8 zone!
02 Women's Singles
The list of players who have advanced to the main event: Shao Jenni, Zhang Xuan, Li Haoqing, Sibel Altinkaya, Wan Yuan, Isabella Luprescu, Charlotte Lutz, Jian Tongjuan
Among them, Li Haoqing from Hong Kong, China, Wan Yuan from the German team, Lutz from France and others are all relatively popular, and there are more Chinese faces. The matchups for the main match have also been announced:
Isabella Luprescu and Charlotte Lutz are in the 1/8 zone, and they are expected to attack Sun Yingsha and other famous players, Jian Tongjuan who is fighting for Chinese Taipei is in the 2/8 zone, Zhang Xuan is in the 4/8 zone on behalf of Spain, Portugal's Shao Jenni and Zorgia Picolin are in the 5/8 zone, Germany's Wan Yuan is in the 6/8 zone, and Hong Kong's Li Haoqing is in the 7/8 zone!
The above is all the report of the qualifying round, congratulations to the players who have advanced to the main tournament, this afternoon and evening, the first round of the main tournament will be staged, pay attention together!