On the evening of May 6, Beijing time, the table tennis Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, the women's singles 1/16 finals focus battle, Wang Manyu played against Batra, in the end, Wang Manyu 1-3 upset, lost to Batra, and 1 more person in the national table tennis was out (Liang Jingkun was also out before), of which in the fourth game, Wang Manyu lost 4 points in a row after 10-8 and lost 10-12.
Wang Manyu is the world champion of national table tennis and the main player of national table tennis, judging from her recent form, it is still quite good. Batra is from India, although he has had a good performance before, but obviously there is still a significant gap between the strength of the two, and for Wang Manyu, there is still more hope of advancing to the round of 16.
In the first two games, the two each won one game, among them, Wang Manyu won 11-6 in the first game, and in the second game, Batra 11-5 also colored, with a big score of 1-1.
In the third game, Batra was quite strong and made a 5-1 start! Wang Manyu just recovered 1 point, and Batra quickly returned the color, 6-2 continued to suppress, maintaining a 4-point advantage. Wang Manyu did not go well in the attack, played a lot of mistakes, and the offense rolled out of bounds, including the return of the serve, and Batra further consolidated his advantage 8-3! The key point at the end of the game, Batra got the game point 10-5. Wang Manyu saved 2 game points in a row, but Batra was still 11-7 and overtook 2-1.
In the fourth game, Wang Manyu fought with his back and made a 4-0 start, Batra chased 3 points in a row to stop the decline, and Wang Manyu also asked for a timeout. After the timeout, Batra chased it to 4-4. Then 7-5 overtake, Wang Manyu chased to 7-8, and Batra asked for a timeout. Wang Manyu scored 3 points in a row to stabilize the situation, Batra chased it to 10-10, and then scored 2 points in a row to win 12-10 and reverse 3-1.