From the evening of May 5th to the early morning of May 6th, Beijing time, the men's singles and women's singles 1/32 finals of the WTT2024 Table Tennis Saudi Arabia Grand Slam were held. Today's 6 Chinese team players all defeated their opponents and successfully advanced, including Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Sun Yingsha and Chen Xing did not lose the same game, all won 3-0, Qian Tianyi against 61-year-old Luxembourg player Ni Xialian, fought hard for 5 rounds to pass.
In the men's singles 1/32 finals, Fan Zhendong defeated Chilean player Nicolás Boggs 3-0, with the scores of 14-12, 11-6, 11-5 in three games. Ma Long, who had just won the singles World Cup in Macau, eliminated Belgium's Martin Allegro 3-0 in three games, 11-4, 11-4, 11-6.
In the women's singles 1/32 finals, Qian Tianyi met Ni Xialian, a Luxembourg Chinese grandmother-level player. After five rounds of hard fighting, Qian Tianyi eliminated the 61-year-old Ni Xialian 3-2, with the scores of 13-15, 9-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-7. World No. 1 Sun Yingsha defeated Chinese Taipei's Liu Xinyin 3-0, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4.
Wang Yidi faced France's Plitica Pavard and won 3-2, 11-7, 11-4, 7-11, 8-11, 12-10 in five games. China's Chen Xingtong defeated Romania's Elisabetta Samara 3-0 in three games, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6.