Today is the first match day of the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam main event, and the national table tennis has Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, Lin Shidong, and Wang Manyu being the first to play, and in general, the game went relatively smoothly. The opponent in the first round is not strong, as long as you play normally, there is no problem at all. Only Lin Shidong and Moregard have a little risk in this match.
A brief review of the game of the four national players who appeared in the morning: Lin Gaoyuan defeated Saudi Arabian local player Shulaibi 3-0, with a score of 3 games (11-4, 11-2, 11-5), basically there is no suspense, that is, a professional player is like an amateur, the opponent is 27 years old, ranked 488th, and is completely uncompetitive.
The score table played this morning
Liang Jingkun swept Habesson 3-0, Harbesson is a veteran of Austria, basically the same player as Schrager, Da Fat encountered a little danger in the third game, and used a timeout, and finally won Habesson 3-0, and the score (11-5, 11-2, 11-6) was basically a one-sided game.
Then the women's singles Golden Flower King Manyu appeared, her opponent was Thailand Palawan, Manyu won 3-0, the score (11-4, 11-5, 11-6), the opponent had little resistance, although the World Cup group stage created a little trouble for Tongtong, Manyu completely crushed the ball and played very morale.
Finally, there was the match between Lin Shidong and Moregaard, Lin Shidong won 3-1, and the score (11-4, 11-9, 11-13, 11-5) became the first national table tennis player to lose a game point.
In terms of foreign associations, Japan's Maharu Yoshimura, Miu Hirano, Miwa Zhang and Hina Hayada played relatively early, and they all beat their opponents to get off to a good start.
Today's most abnormal game was the Chinese Taipei civil war between Lin Yunru and Zhuang Zhiyuan, as a result, Lin Yunru lost 0-3 to the 42-year-old veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan, which was the biggest upset of the day, with a score of (6-11, 8-11, 3-11), Lin Yunru lost confusingly, it was a crisp defeat.
Japan's Zhang Benmeihe and Australia's Liu Yangzi played a very close game, Liu Yangzi really had a chance to win Zhang Benmeihe, and in the end Zhang Benmeihe still reversed Liu Yangzi 3-1, with the score (14-16, 11-4, 11-7, 19-17), and actually played two high-scoring games.
There are still two matches between Chen Meng and Wang Chuqin in the future, and it is estimated that there is no big problem. Chen Meng vs. Diacolu, Datou vs. Goetz, friends in the second half of the night can follow these 2 games.