On the evening of May 5, Beijing time, the first round of the 2024 Saudi Arabia Grand Slam singles was over, and the top 32 of men's and women's singles were officially born. Let's take a look back at the top 10 of the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam singles first round.
NO.7 The saddest: The Romanian women's team will travel in one round as a group
The Romanian women's team has the first sister in Europe, Szokos, and basically advances at least 3 rounds in the tournament, but this time in Saudi Arabia, the Romanian women's team suffered a miserable Waterloo.
Szox 2-3 Bayo
Samara 0-3 Chen Xingtong
Diaconu 0-3 Chen Meng
Draguman 0-3 Batra
Of the four women's players, three had their heads shaved, and only Szokos won two games, and the overall morale of the Romanian team was severely damaged.
In addition, the players who did the four Romanian women, two surnamed Chen and two surnamed "Ba", are also a bit of a happy coincidence.
NO.6 The saddest: The Swedish men's team collectively traveled in one round, and there was no hair left
The three main forces of the Swedish men's team, either the world champion, the world vice-champion, or the European champion, are all super masters, famous and extraordinary. As a result, in the first round of the Saudi Grand Slam, the three Swedish fierce men met Chinese and South Korean players together, but none of them were spared and fell collectively.
Karlsson 0-3 Ahn Jae-hyun
Anton Carlberg 2-3 Lee Sang-so
Moregard 1-3 Lin Shidong
Carlberg lost more regrettably, Karlsson and Moregard were completely out of the clamp, and the overall strength of the Swedish men's team dropped significantly.
NO.5 The saddest: couples are both in one round
Anton Carlberg of the Swedish team and Wan Yuan, a Chinese beauty of the German team, are a transnational couple, the two have a deep relationship, and good things are coming.
In this competition, Wanyuan started from the qualifying round, and Carlberg personally gave off-court guidance in the three rounds of qualifying, and Wanyuan also successfully entered the main competition.
As a result, in the first round of the main competition, Carlberg and Wan Yuan played in the same period, losing the strong care of their boyfriend, and Wan Yuan was swept out of the game by Zhang Mo 3-0. Carlberg was also unexpectedly defeated by South Korea's Oba Lee Sang-so in the tiebreaker. A small couple, both on a round trip, sadness flows backwards.
NO.4 The most worrying: Qian Tianyi and Wang Yidi, who survived the near death
Qian Tianyi faced 61-year-old Ni Xialian and almost capsized. Ni Xialian led 2-0 and once touched the match point, Qian Tianyi was lucky enough to escape from death.
Wang Yidi's first match against the young French player Pavard, in the good situation of leading 2-0, too conservative, did not dare to shoot, was dragged into the tiebreaker by Pavard and got the match point first, Dadi is now seriously timid, the game is always wrinkled, it seems that it is difficult to find domineering.
NO.3 The most regrettable: 7 generals lost by 2 points in the tiebreaker, and they hated it by a millimeter
In the 64 matches in the first round of singles, there were 16 fierce duels with 5 rounds, which shows that the players in this tournament are very strong, in good condition, and have a lot of dedication.
Seven of the 16 games were decided by the last two points of the tiebreaker, so the six players who were eliminated had to be regretted. Specifically, they are:
Anton Carlberg (Sweden), lost Lee Sang-so (South Korea)
Parvard (France), lost Wang Yidi (China)
Puka (Croatia), minus Tomokazu Harimoto (Japan)
Teruku Matsushima (Japan), Minus Lim Jong-hoon (Korea)
Wong Chun-ting (Hong Kong), lost to Robles (Romania)
Akuzu (France), minus Darko (Slovenia)
Achanta (India), lost Aruna (Nigeria)
NO.2 The most counterattack: Shao Jieni, winning the cross-border world
The Portuguese women's team's Chinese player Shao Jenni came out of the qualifying round and defeated Indian monster sister Sliga Akula 3-1 in the first round of the main event. Akula swept the then world No. 2 Wang Yidi at the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, and the battle shocked the world. Shao Jieni didn't have much difficulty beating Akula, a former Liaoning player who also found his place in international competitions.
NO.1 The biggest cold: Lin Yunru was swept by the master brother
Lin Yunru, the first brother of the Chinese Taipei team, drew the master brother Zhuang Zhiyuan in the first round, and the expected one-sided scene appeared, but the direction was reversed. Lao Zhuang took up and down with his knife and swept 3-0 cleanly, which made Lin Yunru experience a rare round of tours.
After the game, news broke that Lin Yunru was playing with a high fever due to the flu. If the news is accurate, then it is understandable that Tailin is out. At the Singapore Grand Slam, the national table tennis player Lin Gaoyuan and the first sister of Japanese table tennis, Hina Hayata, also suffered a round of travel because they insisted on playing with a high fever. Lim Yunru was the highest-ranked player to be eliminated in the first round, and his exit deprived the Singapore Grand Slam of a unique style.