On May 6, 2024, the table tennis Saudi Arabia Grand Slam broke out a super upset, the national table tennis world championship was reversed, Liang Jingkun lost to Iran's Alamiyan 2-3, and missed the men's singles round of 16, which was a big surprise, and this was also the first defeat of national table tennis in this tournament.
Liang Jingkun is the main force of the Mesozoic generation of national table tennis, ranked 4th in the world in men's singles, second only to Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, during this period of time, the results of the foreign war are good, once defeated Zhang Benzhihe and others, has won 1 championship and 1 runner-up, although the World Cup lost to Sweden's Carlberg, but after all, the performance is very eye-catching, Liang Jingkun's play often makes fans feel scared, so the on-the-spot play is not too stable.
Previously, Liang Jingkun swept Austrian player Daniel Harbesson 3-0, this round against Iranian star Alameyan, don't look at Alamyan men's singles ranking is only 68th, but he has defeated Lin Gaoyuan, indicating that his personal ability is not bad, his backhand quality is very high, or has a certain threat, although Liang Jingkun has a clear advantage, but he will not be particularly careless, after all, Alamiyan is by no means an idle person.
After the start of the game, Liang Jingkun encountered difficulties in the first game, it was difficult to take the lead, the two sides played back and forth, Alamiyan was not afraid to fight hard with you, he liked this rhythm very much, Alamiyan got the game point 10-9, was reversed by Liang Jingkun, and took the lead 14-12, Liang Jingkun relied on the change in the number of rounds of the serve, so that Alamiyan felt helpless, and played very firmly at the critical moment.
In the second game, Liang Jingkun continued to play each other, wanting to score through his high-quality offense, Alamiyan is not inferior in this regard, and more patient, Liang Jingkun made mistakes in a hurry, especially easy to suddenly drop the line, Alamiyan pulled back a game with 11-6, the opponent's serve is really not good to catch, and Liu Zhiqiang, the off-court guide, is also helpless, every time it is so thrilling, everyone is worried about Liang Jingkun.
In the third game, Liang Jingkun was still behind, always chasing Alameyan, but fortunately he stabilized his position, as the opponent came back from a pause, Liang Jingkun withstood the pressure and narrowly won 11-9, in the fourth game Liang Jingkun key points were too conservative, Alamiyan pulled back a game with 11-9, and Alamiyan led 3-0 in the deciding game, Liang Jingkun called a timeout, and then Alamiyan blasted out 11-5 to end the game, and finally reversed Liang Jingkun 3-2.
Originally, it was a pity that the World Cup was eliminated, but now Liang Jingkun's play is indescribable, from 2-1 to 2-3, Liang Jingkun's deciding mentality has a problem, and it is surprising that he dropped directly, to be honest, everyone did not expect that he would be the first player out of the national table tennis tournament in this station, after all, Alamiyan is not a top master of the foreign association, and now he has eliminated the world champion to advance to the top 16, waiting for Lin Shidong to fight.