National table tennis 5-4! Ma Long suffered a heavy defeat, Wang Manyu was afraid of losing the singles qualification, and Chen Meng and Wang Chuqin won 3-0. On the third match day of the main event of the 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, the national table tennis achieved a record of 5 wins and 4 losses, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Ma Long, Wang Manyu were eliminated successively, Wang Chuqin, Lin Shidong, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi successfully advanced to the top 16 of singles, and Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha successfully entered the top 8 of mixed doubles. It is worth mentioning that there is only one national table tennis player left in the lower half of the men's singles, Fan Zhendong, and only Chen Meng, a national table tennis player in the lower half of the women's singles.
In men's singles, Liang Jingkun became the first player to be eliminated in national table tennis, in the game with Iranian veteran Alamiyan, Liang Jingkun played very passively, although the first game narrowly won 14-12, but then lost a game 6-11, in the third game Liang Jingkun found his hand and won 11-8, but then Alamiyan equalized the total score again with 11-9, and came to the decisive game, Liang Jingkun collapsed directly, Alamiyan played a wave of 7-1, and the game basically lost suspense, Alamiyan ended the game 11-5. Lin Gaoyuan faced Denmark's Glot, lost two games in a row 8-11, 7-11, and finally won the third game 14-12, but then lost the whole game 11-13. Ma Long was defeated against South Korea's Jang Woo-jin, losing three games in a row 11-13, 6-11, 8-11. Wang Chuqin won three games in a row 11-5, 11-3, 11-6, and swept Romania's Ionescu 3-0 on aggregate, and 19-year-old Lin Shidong fought five games and narrowly defeated Germany's Filus 3-2.
In women's singles, Wang Manyu won the first game 11-6, suddenly broke the line, lost two games in a row 5-11, 7-11, 10-12, and lost to India's Batra with a total score of 1-3, missing the round of 16, and for Wang Manyu, losing this foreign war will also be deducted 3000 Olympic selection points, which will likely lead to Wang Manyu not qualifying for the Paris Olympics singles. Chen Meng swept past Canada's Zhang Mo 11-4, 11-7, 11-7, and will face Japan's Miu Hirano in the next round. Wang Yidi easily defeated South Korea's Kim Na-young 11-6, 11-3, 11-5 in just 16 minutes to advance to the round of 16.
In Mixed Doubles, national table tennis world No. 1 Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha made their debut, winning three games in a row 11-7, 11-6, 11-7 to easily defeat Alhadrawy/Gundam. This article was originally written by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or carry it.