On May 6, in the second round of the 2024 Table Tennis Saudi Arabia Grand Slam singles, there was a big upset, and the national table tennis king Manyu lost 1-3 to the Indian team Batra.
Wang Manyu will be deducted 3,000 Paris Olympics selection points, completely losing the initiative to compete for the women's singles of the Paris Olympics, and can only depend on Chen Meng's situation.
Wang Manyu 1-3 Batra
In the first game, Wang Manyu came up to establish a 5-0 advantage and won the first game with a lead of 11-6. In the second game, after 5-5, Batra scored consecutive points 11-5 to win the second game.
In the third game, Batra established a 5-1 advantage, with a lead of 10-5 to get the game point, Wang Manyu chased two points in a row, and Batra wiped the net and scored 11-7 to win the third game.
In this way, Wang Manyu has no way back, in the fourth game, Wang Manyu led 4-0, Batra chased points, Wang Manyu paused, Batra overtook 8-5, Wang Manyu chased two points in a row, Batra paused, Wang Manyu 10-8 game points, Batra won the game 12-10!
Wang Manyu lost the initiative in the women's singles quota at the Paris Olympics
Wang Manyu lost to Batra, according to the selection method of the Paris Olympics of national table tennis, Wang Manyu will deduct 3,000 Paris Olympics selection points, so that Wang Manyu was overtaken by Chen Meng, Chen Meng was second, and Wang Manyu was third.
Since Wang Manyu has been out of the Saudi Grand Slam, she has lost the initiative to compete for the women's singles quota in the Paris Olympics.
Chen Meng needs to "not lose foreign wars"
For Chen Meng, she took the initiative in the competition for women's singles places at the Paris Olympics.
Chen Meng needs to "not lose the foreign war" in the Saudi Grand Slam, because Chen Meng is alone in the lower half of the district, he may have to face Miyu Hirano, Miwa Zhangmoto, and Hina Hayada in a row, and this draw is also hard enough.