On May 6, Beijing time, the 2024 Table Tennis Saudi Arabia Grand Slam entered the second round of competition.
Today's game is getting more and more intense, the opponent's strength is obviously stronger than the first round, world champion Liang Jingkun took the lead, against Iran's Alamiyan, Liang Jingkun is currently ranked 4th in the world, this year's results are still good, and there are breakthroughs, Incheon Championship won the championship, Singapore Grand Slam reached the final, many difficult games were bitten down, and the tiebreaker was won, but the first round of the knockout round of the Macau World Cup was upset.
In the first game, Liang Jingkun made mistakes at the beginning of the game 0-3, Alamiyan grabbed very fiercely, and the speed was very fast, but there were also mistakes, and Liang Jingkun was chased to 6-6, and Liang Jingkun did not have an advantage in the match-holding match, and the back was basically a tie, and slowly Liang Jingkun's veneer quality came up, saving the game point 14-12.
At the beginning of the second game, Alamiyan was still led by 4-2, Liang Jingkun's ball was not opened, and he felt that he was not very suitable for the opponent's ball, Alamiyan sometimes cut to the side, and the backhand was very stable, and the defense was good, Liang Jingkun never fell behind 6-7 on the point, and lost 4 points 6-11 in a row, or too many mistakes.
In the third game, Alamiyan led 3-1 at the beginning, and chased it to 4-4 later, but there was a mistake in the serve, 6-8 behind, Liang Jingkun played very steadily in the back, and scored 5 points in a row to win 11-8.
In the fourth game, Alamiyan took the lead 4-1 at the beginning, Liang Jingkun kept chasing the score 6-6, and then overtook 8-7, but it was still affected by mistakes and lost 9-11. In the deciding game, Alamyan still led 4-0 and led 7-1, and Liang Jingkun collapsed a little, and finally lost the game 5-11.
Liang Jingkun lost the foreign war again, the first defeat of the national table tennis, 3000 points will be deducted in the Olympic trials, it is estimated that Lin Gaoyuan will surpass him, the gap with Ma Long is getting bigger and bigger, and if you want to compete for the Olympic team seat, it is basically impossible, after winning the Incheon championship, there is still hope, but soon Ma Long won the World Cup championship, Liang Jingkun's hope has become smaller, the impact of this defeat is too great, the five games are not good at the beginning, and they are all behind to chase points.
A men's doubles matchup also broke the upset Matsushima Teikor/Wu Huicheng 3-2 Qiu Dang/Duda, 11-6, 11-2, 6-11, 9-11, 15-13.
Matsushima Teruku is a potential star in Japan, 17 years old, is already the main force, Wu Huicheng is 18 years old this year, is the son of Wu Shangyin, but there is a certain gap between South Korea and the main force, this year's international competition has increased, but the results are not too bright, the victory over the German star, or shows that there is strength, the first two games to win are relatively easy, especially the second game, crush the opponent, even if the back is chased two games, the decisive game is very fierce, the key points are still grasped, there are many multinational combinations this year, especially the Japanese and Korean combinations are the most.
The women's doubles is still an upset, the multinational pair Liu Yangzi/Wu Yonglin defeated Zhang Benmei and Hirano Miu 3-1, and it is Hirano Miu who is still holding back, and the two of them have too bad results in women's doubles, often out early, and Hirano Miyu's doubles are not ideal.