On May 6, Beijing time, the 2024 Table Tennis Saudi Arabia Grand Slam continued, and today ushered in the second round of competition.
Liang Jingkun played poorly in the whole game, the quality of the snowboard was not very good, he was good at holding and even falling behind, making more mistakes, basically using his backhand, playing more conservatively, not using his forehand, and the overall state was relatively sluggish. Liang Jingkun was out, becoming the first player to go out of the national table tennis.
Women's doubles suffered an upset, Liu Yangzi/Wu Yonglin upset and defeated Zhang Benmei and / Hirano Miyu, the first two games Zhang Benmei and / Hirano Miyu played more chaotic, made many mistakes, did not cooperate tacitly, and did not play out, Hirano Miyu's performance was not ideal, it was completely dragging its feet, and the two lost 8-11.
In the third game, the Japanese combination strengthened the grabbing of the first three boards, and the table was also controlled, although the score was stale, but it was still a small score, and 10-8 took the lead to get the game point, but was chased to 10-10, and then scored by holding multiple shots and scoring through topspin.
In the fourth game, the Japanese combination led 4-0, basically the first three boards, the opponent made a lot of mistakes, Zhang Benmei and the forehand launched very well, Hirano Miyu made consecutive mistakes, Zhang Benmei and also affected, also made mistakes, was chased to 4-4, the back was very glued 7-7, the back 2 points held on Liu Yangzi/Wu Yonglin scored, with a better connection, Hirano Miyu's hair extensions are not very good, directly high, 8-11 lost the final game,
They had a first-round bye in Women's Doubles, so this was their first match, and they were eliminated in the first round. I have to say that Zhang Benmei and the women's doubles with Miyu Hirano are really not ideal, and the first few matches were also upset early, and Miyu Hirano's doubles ability has always been poor, and there are no dazzling doubles results, and the speed is completely inferior to her singles.
Last year, Zhang Benmei and her partner Miyu Kihara also defeated Sun Yingsha Wang Manyu, and once replaced by Miyu Hirano, she lowered a few notches, and Japan couldn't help it, inevitably the two of them will match doubles, and the doubles of the Paris Olympics still need them.