Wang Chuqin swept strong opponents, the 19-year-old made an upset, and Wang Manyu and Chen Meng won a big victory. The competition for the first day of the 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam has ended, with 6 national table tennis players, winning 6 consecutive victories, and blasting out 5 3-0, Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Chuqin, Wang Manyu, Chen Meng, and Liang Jingkun all swept their opponents, and only 19-year-old Lin Shidong lost a game.
In the first round of men's singles, Lin Gaoyuan took the lead against the host Saudi Arabian player Shulaibi, the difference in strength between the two sides is indeed very large, Lin Gaoyuan won 3 games in a row 11-4, 11-2, 11-5 without much effort, swept the opponent 3-0, and made a good start for the national table tennis. Liang Jingkun against the Hungarian star Habesson, although Habesson has a certain strength, but under the impact of Liang Jingkun, Habesson is still a little difficult, and the game quickly fell to the side, Liang Jingkun won three games in a row 11-5, 11-2, 11-6 to sweep the opponent to advance. 19-year-old Lin Shidong against the Swedish rising star, World Table Tennis Championships runner-up Moregaard, in the first game, Lin Shidong took the lead in entering the state, directly defeated Moregaard, and soon won 11-4, in the second game, the two sides started a struggle, the score once rose alternately, when the score was 9-9 draw, Lin Shidong scored 2 points in a row, won another game with 11-9, the third game, Moregaard fought against the water, the two sides entered a stalemate again, Moregaard pulled back a game with 13-11, and in the third game, Lin Shidong quickly adjusted, and soon ended the game with 11-5, thus winning 3-1.
Chen Meng faced Romanian player Diaconu, in the first game, both sides had some mistakes in the opening stage, but Chen Meng took the lead in finding his touch, and soon won a game with 11-5, in the second game, the two sides started a struggle, and the score was once tied at 8-8, and then Diaconu got the game point with 10-9, at the critical moment, Chen Meng scored 3 points in a row, and won another game with 12-10, and in the third game, Chen Meng was offensive, and soon locked the victory with 11-3, thus winning with a total score of 3-0. Wang Manyu faced Thailand's Pavanan, in the first game, Wang Manyu won 11-4, in the second game, Wang Manyu was full of firepower, directly blasted out 8-0, and soon won another game 11-5, in the third game, Wang Manyu maintained the offensive and ended the game with 11-6, thus winning with a total score of 3-0 and successfully advancing to the top 32. The competition between Chen Meng and Wang Manyu has become more and more intense, and after the tournament, one of the two will qualify for the singles Olympics in Paris.
World No. 1 Wang Chuqin faced the French star Simon Goetz, who had defeated the national table tennis players more than once, with strong strength, the game began, Wang Chuqin started with 4-1, and then Wang Chuqin strengthened the offensive, and soon won a game 11-3, in the second game, Simon Goetz launched a counterattack, the two sides entered a stalemate, when Simon Goetz chased the score to 9-10, Xiao Zhan immediately called a timeout, the game restarted, Simon Götz · Goetz scored 2 points in a row, 11-10 to get the game point, at the critical moment, Wang Chuqin scored 3 points in a row, 13-11 to win another game, the third game, the two sides were entangled, the score once became 8-8 draw, and then Simon Goetz made a mistake, Wang Chuqin seized the opportunity to lock the victory with 11-9, so as to win with a total score of 3-0, as a result, the national table tennis on the first day of the competition has achieved a record of 6 consecutive wins. This article was originally written by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or carry it.