On May 6, Beijing time, the singles 1/16 finals of the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam Table Tennis were in full swing. The 8 main forces of national table tennis will come on the court one after another to compete for the top 16 seats. Up to now, the two main forces of national table tennis Liang Jingkun and Wang Manyu have been upset, Lin Gaoyuan was not online in the game against Denmark's Gross, and was defeated 1-3, but he didn't expect Leng Goyun to be out of the second round after being promoted in the first round.
After the start of the game, Lin Gaoyuan's shot was not decisive enough, but it was the opponent Gross who fought fiercely, which made Lin Gaoyuan a little timid, and there were many unnecessary mistakes on the court, and Lin Gaoyuan, who couldn't lift his anger, lost the first game 8-11.
In the second game, Lin Gaoyuan led 4-0 at the beginning, and then was chased by the opponent for 5 points, Lin Gaoyuan decisively paused, Coach Liu Heng kept cheering him up, but to no avail after coming back, Gross had the upper hand in the service and return links, and scored in the end game to open the gap, 11-7 and the next city. Lin Gaoyuan has already fallen into a desperate situation, and if he loses again, he will be completely useless!
In the third game, Lin Gaoyuan still led at the beginning, but in terms of landing point control, Gross played more targeted, and then overtook the score 4-3. Lin Gaoyuan bit the score with the opponent in the second half, and the key ball was very difficult, winning the game 14-12! In the fourth game, Lin Gaoyuan started well, but after the middle game, Gross scored continuously, 8-7 overtook the score, and then the two continued to entangle, after 11 draws, Gross scored 2 points in a row, 13-11 to lock the victory!
Wang Manyu, the main player of national table tennis, lost 1-3 to India's Batra (11-6, 5-11, 7-11, 10-12). No one expected that Wang Manyu would lose to Batra and stop in the round of 32. This is obviously out of place with her world No. 2 ranking, perhaps under the pressure of the new national table tennis policy, Wang Manyu fell into a strange circle of wanting to win and being afraid of losing, which eventually led to her not playing at the level she should have.
In fact, Wang Manyu has a high probability of missing the singles at the Paris Olympics. Teammate Chen Meng ushered in good news, she only needs to win one more game to lock in the singles qualification! In addition, with Wang Manyu's out, the women's table tennis 4/4 area is lost, and it has become an ironclad fact that the national table tennis will not have a chance to win the top four!
Liang Jingkun, another main force of national table tennis, lost to Iran's Alamiyan 2-3, causing a big upset, and also stopped in the top 32!
Germany's Nina Mittram 3-1 Singapore's Zeng Jian (14-12, 6-11, 11-4, 13-11), Mittram grasped the key ball this time, and won the first and fourth games!
Japan's rising star Miwa Zhang Ben defeated Portugal's Shao Jenni (11-7, 11-2, 11-3) 3-0, although the doubles (Miu Hirano) lost the game in an upset, but it did not affect the level of singles.
Brazil's Hugo Calderano narrowly defeated Japan's Hayasuke Togami 3-2 (9-11, 11-5, 11-13, 11-8, 11-8).