On May 5, Beijing time, the men's singles competition of the table tennis Saudi Arabia Grand Slam continued. Japan's Tomokazu Haramoto made his singles debut against Croatia's Puka. As a result, he withstood the impact of his opponent and finally advanced to the top 32 of men's singles 3-2 without danger! The tiebreaker was 11-9 to seal the victory!
Zhang Benzhihe is ranked 9th in the world, Puka's strength and fame are far inferior to him, but Puka's impact is very strong! Against Puka, Zhang Benzhihe played very confidently, in the first game, the small motorcycle started quickly, and suppressed Puka's firepower when he came up, Zhang Benzhihe's forehand did rise, and he scored many attacks, and Zhang Benzhihe accelerated the pace in the end game, and made a good start with 11-5.
In the second game, Puka strengthened the quality of the backhand twisting, Zhang Benzhihe was a little out of rhythm, Puka accelerated in the second half to open the score, Zhang Benzhihe was unexpectedly for Puka's hitting route, and Puka grabbed the key ball in the second half to score, 11-9 to pull back a city.
The two played inextricably in the third game, the score in the middle game once came to 6-6, Puka used a timeout in the game, and after coming back, Puka continued to disrupt the opponent's rhythm by twisting and pulling, Zhang Benzhihe did not score again, and lost the game 6-11, the situation of the small motorcycle is already quite bad!
Tomokazu Zhang strengthened the attack of the forehand in the fourth game, and the shooting rate was very high, Puka did not expect such skills and tactics as the small motorcycle, and the field was slightly passive, Tomokazu Zhang broke out and equalized the score 11-7.
In the decisive game, both of them had no way out, and they fought fiercely on the court, starting 4-4, and then Zhang Benzhi and speeding up scored 3 points in a row, leading 7-4, and Zhang Benzhihe withstood the impact in the final game, and finally locked the victory 11-9.
In other matches, Japanese women's table tennis pair Miu Kihara and good sister Miyu Nagasaki ushered in a singles showdown, as a result Kihara eliminated Nagasaki (11-9, 11-8, 6-11, 11-9) 3-1 to advance to the women's singles round of 32!