On May 5, Beijing time, the ITTF WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam is underway. In the Open Tournament of this station, the national table tennis coaching staff arranged 12 people to sign up for the competition, all of whom directly advanced to the main tournament and did not need to participate in the qualifying tournament. However, because the gold content of the open tournament is very high, the qualifying round is also a battle for the dragon. In the second round of the women's singles qualifying round, Ukrainian player Bratenko fought fiercely in four games, with a total score of 3:1 Chinese Taipei's Huang Yihua.
Indian women's singles star Mukherjee was full of firepower, losing in straight games to 3:0 on aggregate against Yadira Silva. France's Lutz also won three games in a row, eliminating Sweden's Philippa Bogard with a total score of 3:0, and Turkey's Altinkaya won three games in a row after losing one game first, and reversed India's Yashas Vini Golpard with a total score of 3:1.
Portuguese-Chinese player Shao Jeni also won three games in a row, defeating Croatia's Mattia Yeg with a total score of 3:0, and German-Chinese player Wan Yuan played well, eliminating Thailand's Jinipa Savitabut 3:0. Hispanic-Chinese player Zhang Xuan 3:0 Dutch player Illand. Romania's Singelzan fought fiercely in four games, with a total score of 3:1 against Natalie Marchetti.
Next, the women's singles main draw continues, the first round of the main match is a strong confrontation, women's singles 1/32 finals, Japan's Hina Hayada against Hong Kong, China star Li Haoqing, the latter Li Haoqing is the third place winner of the Olympics, but also coach Liu Guodong's favorite apprentice, the strength is not bad, of course, Hayada Hina is more capable, the first game, Hayada Hina 11:7 won the opener, the second game, Hayada Hina took advantage of the victory to chase, her connection speed is very fast, 11:5 to win another game.
In the third game, Li Haoqing began to fight, but the basic skills were still not as good as Hina Hayata, and finally Hina Hayada locked the victory with 11:6 in one go, and won the victory with a total score of 3:0 and successfully advanced. In this case, it is a pity that Liu Guodong's beloved apprentice Li Haoqing lost 0:3 to Japan's Hina Hayada and suffered a round of tours. At present, Hina Hayada has already won the singles ticket to the Paris Olympics, and she is also the strongest opponent of the national table tennis women's team, not even one of them.
In men's singles, national table tennis world champion Lin Gaoyuan took the lead against the host player Abdulaziz Bu Shulaibi, at the beginning of the game, Lin Gaoyuan completely suppressed his opponent and won two games in a row 11:4, 11:2. In the third game, Lin Gaoyuan still had an obvious advantage, did not give the opponent too many opportunities, Lin Gaoyuan locked the victory 11:5, and won with a total score of 3:0.