WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam 2024 Men's Singles Second Round. Zhuang Zhiyuan, the 43-year-old table tennis world champion and veteran of the Chinese Taipei team, played against the South Korean team Zhao Dacheng, Zhuang Zhiyuan fell behind 0-2, chased 2-2, and lost 7-11 in the final tiebreaker.
In this way, two-quarters of the district will be in chaos, see if Lin Shidong can break out of the encirclement!
Zhuang Zhiyuan
Zhuang Zhiyuan 2-3 Zhao Dacheng
In the first game, Zhao Dacheng opened the score 7-2, Zhuang Zhiyuan scored continuously, and Zhao Dacheng maintained a slight lead and won the first game 11-9. In the second game, after the key points of 8-8, Zhao Dacheng scored consecutive points 11-8 to win. In this way, Zhao Dacheng led 2-0.
Zhao Dacheng
In the third game, Zhuang Zhiyuan played an attack wave when he was 3-6 behind, and reversed 11-7 to recover a game. In the fourth game, Zhuang Zhiyuan led all the way and won 11-5. The big score was a 2-2 draw.
Entering the tiebreaker, after 6-6, Zhao Dacheng gradually opened the score and finally won the game 11-7.
Zhuang Zhiyuan failed in three games and stopped in the second round of men's singles.
Lin Shidong
This area is a bit messy
In the men's singles quarters zone, Lin Yunru was 0-3 Zhuang Zhiyuan in the first round, and Liang Jingkun was 2-3 Alamyan in the second round. In this way, both big seeds are out.
Alamiyan's opponent will be between Lin Shidong and Ferus.
Cho Dae-sung's opponent will be between Lee Sang-so and Aruna.
It depends on whether Lin Shidong can seize the opportunity, but playing chipper Philus is the first level!