In the early morning of May 7, Beijing time, the second round of the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam singles ended with defeats, and the game continued to be unpopular. As many as 4 Chinese players were upset, including Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan in men's singles, and Wang Manyu in women's singles missed the third round, which is very rare. In addition to the 4 world champions of national table tennis, the 2 world champions of Germany's Ocharov and Chinese Taipei's Zhuang Zhiyuan were also upset.
- The four main forces of national table tennis lost in an upset, all of which were foreign wars
The second round of the men's singles ended with 11 matches, with 11 places in the round of 16. 6 Chinese players participated, 5 ended the game, and 3 of them were upset in the second round at the same time, which is very rare.
Ma Long is currently ranked third in the world and is in good form after winning the men's singles championship in the just-concluded World Cup in Macau. In the second round, his opponent was South Korea's Jang Woo-jin. Ma Long was not in good shape, losing three games in a row 11-13, 6-11, 8-11, and losing to his opponent with a big score of 0-3 and missing the round of 16.
Liang is ranked fourth in the world and faces Iranian veteran Alamiyan in the second round. Liang Jingkun and his opponent fought for 5 rounds, and lost 2-3, which is very incredible.
Lin Gaoyuan, the world No. 6, faced Denmark's Gross in the second round, and Lin Gaoyuan was also passive throughout the whole process, and the advantages of the fast change and the first three boards were not brought into play, and he lost 1-3.
Of the other two Chinese players on the field, Wang Chuqin was normal, beating Inescu 3-0. Lin Shidong also performed averagely, fighting with Firas in 5 rounds and narrowly winning 3-2. The only one who has not yet appeared is Fan Zhendong, his opponent in the second round is Ahn Jae-hyun, how is his performance?
In the women's singles match, the world No. 2 lost to India's Akula 1-3, which was the biggest upset in the women's singles field. At the height of the competition for the Olympic women's singles qualification, Wang Manyu suffered a huge loss.
Among the other women's singles players, Wang Yidi 3-0 Jin Naying, Chen Meng 3-0 Zhang Mo, and Sun Yingsha, Qian Tianyi and Chen Xingtong did not appear, looking forward to the smooth passage of the three of them.
- 6 world champions are out of the tournament
In addition to the four main forces of national table tennis, there are also two world champions who are also upset. Germany's world champion Ocharov was in poor form, losing 3-1 to Japan's Shinozuka Oto. Chinese Taipei's world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan eliminated Lin Yunru in the first round, and in the second round, he lost to Zhao Dacheng 2-3 and missed the round of 16.