The 2024 ITTF Saudi Arabia Grand Slam ended the first round of men's and women's singles competition, and the players of the national table tennis men's team continued their recent hot form, and the six players participating in the Grand Slam of this station Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, and Lin Shidong advanced to the men's singles round of 32 after defeating their respective opponents in the first round. The remaining five main players all swept their opponents 3-0 in straight games to advance to the round of 32, including Lin Gaoyuan defeated the host player Shulaibi 3-0, Liang Jingkun swept Austria's Habesson 3-0, world No. 1 Wang Chuqin swept French veteran Simon Goetz 3-0, while Olympic champion Ma Long defeated Belgium's Allegro 3-0, and Fan Zhendong beat Chile's Boggs 3-0.
On the first match day, the four men's singles players of the national table tennis came out to meet the enemy, the world's No. 1 Wang Chuqin faced a strong opponent Simon Goetz in the first round, the latter had defeated the national table tennis Olympic champion Xu Xin at the World Table Tennis Championships, and had quite strong strength, but as he got older, Simon Goetz's state inevitably declined, and in the first game, Wang Chuqin was full of firepower and soon took the lead 11-3, although the two sides played fiercely in the second game, Wang Chuqin, who was a step in skill, won 13-11, and the two sides played inextricably in the third game, Wang Chuqin made a 11-9 effort at the end of the game, and swept the opponent with a total score of 3-0。
Teenager Lin Shidong faced the World Table Tennis Championships men's singles runner-up Moregard in the first round, Lin Shidong played well in this game, although he lost the first game of the national table tennis men's singles of this Grand Slam, but in the end he defeated Moregard 3-1 and advanced strongly. Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun won relatively easily, Lin Gaoyuan faced the host player Shulaibi, who is ranked around 500 in the world, in the first round, but Lin Gaoyuan won three games in a row 11-4, 11-2, 11-5 to eliminate his opponent. Liang Jingkun's victory against Harbesson was not a surprise, as he won three games in a row, 11-5, 11-2, 11-6, and swept Habesson 3-0 on aggregate.
National table tennis men's singles world No. 2 Fan Zhendong played against Chilean player Boggs in the first round, Fan Zhendong has been criticized recently, because from the beginning of the year to the present, Fan Zhendong's results in the international arena are very bad, and this Saudi Grand Slam is an opportunity for Fan Zhendong to prove himself again, but from the first round of the game, it is not easy for Fan Zhendong to win the championship of this tournament. Fan Zhendong played a little surprising in the first round of the game, especially in the first game of his opponent played intractable, the first half of the game between the two sides was 6-6 draw, at the end of the game Fan Zhendong wasted the game point and saved the game point to take the lead 14-12, the second game Fan Zhendong has been behind in the first half of the game, he scored seven points in a row to 11-6 in the case of 4-6 behind, the third game Fan Zhendong started to take a 6-2 lead, and finally he did not give the opponent much chance to win 11-5, the total score of 3-0 swept the opponent to advance to the second round。
National table tennis Grand Slam winner Ma Long faced Belgium's Allegro in the first round, Ma Long just won the World Cup men's singles championship more than ten days ago, and his current mental outlook is quite good. Ma Long's state in this Grand Slam is stable, the first game of the game Ma Long started with five points in a row to establish an advantage, and won 11-4 to win a game first, the second game Ma Long started 3-0 and then seized the opportunity to 11-4 and then the next city, the big score 2-0 lead, the third game of the game The first half of the two sides competed fiercely, the two fought to a 5-5 draw, and the national table tennis Grand Slam winner Ma Long won 11-6 after a wave of scoring climax, and the total score was 3-0 to sweep Allegro and advance to the second round of men's singles. With Ma Long ending the first round of competition, all six national table tennis players advanced to the top 32 of men's singles, which can be described as a big victory.