On May 5, 2024, the table tennis Saudi Arabia Grand Slam continued, and two new national table tennis players advanced to the top 32 of singles, Fan Zhendong defeated Chile's Boggs 3-0, Qian Tianyi reversed Luxembourg's Ni Xialian 3-2, and Qian Tianyi almost lost to the world champion in the first round.
Qian Tianyi is a young player who focuses on the training of national table tennis, has had a good result in the women's singles semifinals of the Grand Slam, and has maintained a good winning rate in foreign wars in recent years, although there is still a big gap with the main force, but in general the performance is OK, the first round opponent is Luxembourg world champion Ni Xialian, who is the oldest player, won Wang Yidi and Kuo Man, and the level of competition is very high and cannot be ignored.
After the start of the game, Qian Tianyi was very unsuitable for Ni Xialian's rhythm in the first game, it may be that some light enemies led to insufficient preparation, and he was always transferred by the opponent to drop the point, and wanted to take the initiative to increase the quality, but it was difficult to stand in the position to attack, so it was very uncomfortable to play, Ni Xialian didn't have to move at all, it was Qian Tianyi who ran back and forth, Ni Xialian took the lead with 11-9, and the difficulties encountered have exceeded expectations.
In the second game, the two sides still played back and forth, Qian Tianyi found a strategy to deal with it, but her quality was not very high, and there was not much to do with Ni Xialian's defense, resulting in both sides failing to open up the point difference, just to see who could withstand it and avoid unnecessary mistakes, Qian Tianyi was a little soft at the critical moment, Ni Xialian chose to change the line directly, and won another game with 15-13, Qian Tianyi fell behind 0-2 The situation was not good.
In the third game, Qian Tianyi stabilized his position, basically adapted to Ni Xialian's rhythm, calculated the opponent's landing point change, Qian Tianyi's 8-2 lead suddenly dropped, and was chased back by Ni Xialian 5 points, fortunately, the front advantage was larger, and he pulled back a game with 11-7, and Ni Xialian was very anxious in the fourth game, as Qian Tianyi found the rhythm, Ni Xialian took the initiative to score not many opportunities, although the end of the game continued to chase points, but Qian Tianyi won 12-10.
The mentality of the decisive game will change, it depends on who can seize the opportunity, although Ni Xialian is experienced, but after all, her physical fitness is far inferior to that of young people, but Qian Tianyi's ability to adapt to different playing styles is too poor, resulting in a particularly difficult process, Qian Tianyi led 6-3, and then ended the game with 11-7, and finally reversed Ni Xialian 3-2, 0-2 behind and won three games in a row, Qian Tianyi was in danger and avoided the first round.
At the same time, Fan Zhendong defeated Chile's Boggs 3-0 (14-12, 11-6, 11-5), and the first victory was gratifying.