On May 7, Beijing time, the competition for the mixed doubles 1/8 finals of the table tennis Saudi Arabia Grand Slam has all ended. In the just-concluded focus match, the national table tennis combination Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha ushered in their debut, and the result was a good start with their perfect performance: they swept the multinational combination Al Ha Drawy/Gundam 3-0!
In the first game, the Shatou combination won easily 11-7, and in the second game, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha was unstoppable, 11-6 to continue to move forward, and in the third game, the Saudi Arabian combination was like a rainbow, 11-7 to lock the victory!
In other mixed doubles matches, the second seeds of the tournament, the Korean pair Lim Joong-hoon/Shin Yu-bin broke a big upset, losing 2-3 to the Swedish pair Carlsen/Carlberg: 10-12, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 15-17!
Among them, Shin Yubin lost 0-3 to Miyu Kihara in the singles match, and as a big-seeded player, the mixed doubles and singles were all out, which was a big surprise!
In the next round, Magnus/Carlberg will face Hong Kong's Wong Chun-ting/To Hoi Kim, who eliminated Canada's Lee Yuen Cheung/Liu Kwai Wah (4, 0, 4) 3-0, including an 11-0 in a single game, which looks very ferocious!
Japan's Tomokazu Haramoto/Hina Hayada beat Germany's Qiu Dang/Mittram 3-1 (11-8, 11-5, 13-15, 14-12). The big score looks very easy to win, but the small score is very difficult, but fortunately, the apple box combination bit down in the fourth game.
France's A. Lebrun/Yuan Jianan's had a brilliant performance to knock out Lin Yunru/Chen Siyu (11-8, 12-10, 14-16, 11-3) 3-1, while Romania's Ionescu/Szokos won without a fight, and Egypt's Assal/Meshev withdrew.
India's Desai/Gorpard also pulled off an upset, narrowly beating Spain's Robles/Xiao Yaoqian 3-2 (11-5, 5-11, 3-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-7) to secure a place in the quarter-finals. Austria's Gados/Polkanova put in a heroic performance to beat Hungary's Eksage/Madarac 3-1 (11-6, 7-11, 11-8, 11-4) to advance to the quarter-finals.
At this point, the mixed doubles quarterfinals are all released, and the next 1/4 finals matchups:
[Top Half]: Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha vs Desai/Golpard, Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Hina Hayada vs. Gados/Polkanova
[Bottom Half]: A. Lebrun/Yuan Jianan vs Ionescu/Szokos, Magnusson/Carlberg vs Wong Chun Ting/Du Hoi Kim
In the women's singles focus match in the early morning, Wang Yidi, the main force of national table tennis, won a hearty victory this time, swept South Korean teenager Kim Naying (11-6, 11-3, 11-5) 3-0, congratulations to Dadi on his promotion! At present, Chen Meng and Wang Yidi have successfully advanced to the top 32, Wang Manyu is out, Sun Yingsha and Qian Tianyi will play later!
Japanese world champion Maharu Yoshimura 3-2 Egyptian star Omar Asal (11-6, 11-9, 9-11, 6-11, 11-3), Asal also chased after Baicha, from 0-2 to 2-2, the tiebreaker collapsed, and Yoshimura Maharu had the last laugh!