On May 5, the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam started the second day of the main event, and the national table tennis successes were reported frequently. Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, and Sun Yingsha all passed in three straight games, while Qian Tianyi let two chase three, defeated Luxembourg veteran Ni Xialian 3-2, and advanced to the top 32 of women's singles.
In Men's Singles, second seed Fan Zhendong will face Chile's Nicolás Boggs in the first round. The game was quite intense, the first game of the two sides into a white-hot battle, the score has been very tight, at the end of the game Boggs even took the lead to get the game point, but Fan Zhendong grasped the situation at the critical moment and won 14-12. In the second game, the two sides continued to fight fiercely, and the score kept rising alternately, and it was 6 draws in the middle game. Then Fan Zhendong strengthened the quality of the serve and offensive links to open up the point difference, and finally won 11-6 again. In the third game, Fan Zhendong's condition gradually improved, winning another game with a score of 11-5, thus defeating the opponent with a big score of 3-0 and locking a place in the top 32 of men's singles.
In the post-game review, Fan Zhendong bluntly said that there were more unnecessary mistakes in the first game, "A lot of things are adapting, each venue on the Saudi side has its own characteristics, and if you want to play better and better, I hope to adapt better." He said.
Ma Long, who was also in the bottom half, won three games in a row 11-4, 11-4, 11-6, and easily defeated Belgium's Martin Allegro 3-0. Ma Long said after the game that it was good to be able to win the first game, "The two of us have played each other once in the World Championships before, so we have a little bit of understanding of the opponent. Today I entered the overall state well and made this kind of preparation. The opponent also has a lot of strength, and it is normal to lose even one game. ”
In the women's singles field, Qian Tianyi and Luxembourg veteran Ni Xialian played five games. Ni Xialian won two games 15-13, 11-9, and then Qian Tianyi fought back to win three games in a row 11-7, 12-10, 11-7, and defeated Ni Xialian with a big score of 3-2 and successfully advanced to the next round. Qian Tianyi said frankly after the game that being able to win was an affirmation of himself, and there were big problems in the process, and he still needed to summarize and adjust by himself. She said: "In the first two games, especially the key points, the handling is more obvious, maybe people are more impetuous, and the rhythm control is not very good. Calm down and think about it ball by ball. The preparation is still relatively sufficient, but the feeling on the field is a bit different from the preparation, and the opponent is more experienced in handling key points. ”
Sun Yingsha, who appeared next, easily defeated Chinese Taipei's Liu Xinyin in straight games 11-7, 11-4 and 11-4 in the first round of the women's singles main draw and successfully advanced to the round of 32. Sun Yingsha said after the game, "Because it is the first game, according to the preparation, my performance is still normal. I played the first Grand Slam in Singapore two years ago, so I still know a little bit about it. The pre-match difficulties are well prepared, and the adjustment in the game is a little faster. According to his own rhythm, on the field, he still controls the situation point by point, and plays point by point, hoping that the state behind him will be better than one game. Sun Yingsha said.
Text/Beiqing Sports Zhou Xueshuai