Recently, the national table tennis is competing in the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam, and the prize money is as high as 2 million US dollars, as well as rich points. The most important thing is that if Chen Meng and Maggie Wang can achieve good results in this competition, they will be able to win the ticket to the Paris Olympics. Therefore, for the main forces of national table tennis, they are very much looking forward to competing for the championship in this competition.
Judging from the series of group stages that have ended so far, many main players, including Chen Meng and Ma Long, have achieved good results and have advanced to the next round of the game. In contrast, in the recently concluded games, many national table tennis rivals broke out three major upsets one after another, which surprised many fans. Since the upset eliminated this time are all the fierce rivals of national table tennis, the next step is undoubtedly a major positive for Ma Long and their competition for the championship of the singles event.
First of all, the most surprising thing for fans should be Chen Meng's nemesis Szokos, who was double-killed by his opponent in this Saudi Grand Slam match. In the recently concluded Women's Singles and Women's Doubles group stages, Szokos, a European star, lost to the same opponent in a single day, and finally knocked out the first round in both events. This result undoubtedly shocked many fans, because in the previous game, Szokos had twice upset and eliminated Chen Meng, and he was a big dark horse in Europe, and his strength was still quite good.
Unexpectedly, this time in the face of an opponent who is not as strong as his own, Szokos actually lost in both the women's singles and women's doubles, and the state is really bad. Some fans joked that the Grand Slam tournament was a nightmare for Szokos, as she had participated in four Grand Slam tournaments in the past, all of which were in one round. However, now with the elimination of this dream nemesis, it is obviously a good thing for our national table tennis women's team to compete for the championship.
In addition to Szokos, on the other hand, Lin Yunru, the first brother of the Chinese Taipei team, the seeded player of this competition, has also been upset recently, which has surprised many fans. In the recent men's singles group stage, Lin Yunru faced his teammate Zhuang Zhiyuan, although Zhuang Zhiyuan is a veteran with rich experience, but in terms of strength and achievements in recent years, he is completely inferior to this young junior.
As a result, this game was infected with a severe cold because of Lin Yunru's virus, and finally played poorly and was swept out of the game by his predecessors 0-3. Of course, in such a situation, it is actually a good thing for Ma Long, after all, from the previous battles, Ma Long has lost to Lin Yunru, a young player, several times. In other words, in fact, Lin Yunru is still quite good at Ma Long, as Ma Long's Su Li was swept away, and the next step is also a major positive for the national table tennis men's team.
In addition, it can be seen that the French star Alex Lebrun was also eliminated recently, losing to the German star Ocharov in the first round. Alex Lebrun and his younger brother Felix Lebrun are the dark horses of the table tennis world that have emerged in the past two years, and they still pose a lot of threats to the national table tennis.
In this way, it seems that the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam competition has just begun, and there have been many ace players who have been upset, which is undoubtedly very good news for the national table tennis that has won a big victory, and I believe that the coaching staff led by Wang Hao will also be very happy.