Saudi Arabia Grand Slam round of 16 competition, the national table tennis felt the pressure, in the morning, Liang Jingkun 2-3 defeated Alameyan, and then whether it was men's singles and women's singles, more or less affected, continuous upsets, Wang Manyu lost to Batra 1-3, Lin Gaoyuan also lost to Grote 1-3, it is worth noting that the main force of national table tennis that performed well in the World Cup came to Saudi Arabia is a little sluggish, except for Wang Chuqin, Xiao Wang won 3-0 Ionescu, the game was quite smooth, Lin Shidong refused to repeat the mistakes of the past, and was equalized by Philus in the case of winning two games first, the two played to the end in the decisive game, Lin Shidong won by two points and advanced 3-2。
Veteran Ma Long faced Zhang Yuzhen, the latter rose obviously, and the Dragon team just won the World Cup, the state has been greatly improved, the first game, the Dragon team served and held each other to get points, Zhang Yuzhen is very firm, is to fight with all his strength, the forehand attack is quite decisive, more shots have the opportunity to turn sideways, the Dragon team uses a flip, Zhang Yuzhen pulls back enough to the limit, the connection is very fast, first take two game points, the Dragon team grabs a hair extension, the short hand is tied up, Zhang Yuzhen eats a serve, the Dragon team takes back, and Zhang Yuzhen's protection table can, the forehand quality is very high and there is no mistake, and he won 13-11。
In the second game, Zhang Yuzhen's state can be described as an exaggeration, the whole Taiwan forehand is of high quality, no mistake at all, there is no problem with the dragon team, it is Zhang Yuzhen who played too well, won 11-6, although it is not a good thing that the state came out too early, but it was enough for him to beat the dragon team, in the third game, Zhang Yuzhen played better and better, moved too fast, there was no short board, the dragon team had no choice but to pause, it was useless to change the high throw, Zhang Yuzhen easily got the match point, the dragon team won the game after saving three, Zhang Yuzhen grabbed the hand, passed the test 11-8, the total score was 3-0 upset Ma Long, and the national table tennis men's singles lost three in five games。
Chen Meng faced Zhang Mo, because Manyu was out, only Chen Meng was left in the second half of the national table tennis, and Zhang Benmeihe, Hina Hayada and Miyu Hirano were in the second half, Chen Meng took on a lot of pressure, in the first game, Chen Meng won 11-4 quickly, a good start, the second game, Chen Meng is still not soft, especially the first three boards, Zhang Mo has come and gone, there was an interesting episode in this game, the referee misremembered the score, and it was calculated early that Chen Meng won 11-5, but after adjusting the score, Chen Meng still scored two points in a row and reversed 11-7.
In the third game, the two of them fought against each other in the middle backhand position, playing a strength ball, Chen Meng was not afraid, that is, the hair extension was unstable, and he was also very annoyed, Zhang Mo suspended the end, Chen Meng sent two points with his backhand, and the forehand pulled through the stop loss, although Zhang Mo was very able to carry it, but the initiative was on Chen Meng's side, always launched first, and the number of shots was more, Zhang Mo was easy to make mistakes, 11 to 7, Chen Meng won Zhang Mo 3-0 and successfully advanced to the top 16.