On May 6, the second round of the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam was underway, and the game broke out a huge upset, and the two main forces of national table tennis were out. In the women's singles match, Wang Manyu, the world's No. 2, lost 1-3 to the Indian monster player and missed the round of 16. In the men's singles match, world No. 4 Liang Jingkun lost 2-3 to Iran's Alamiyan.
- Wang Manyu 1-3 Batra
The Chinese women's singles is the world dream team, and it is currently experiencing happy troubles, who can represent China in the women's singles competition. In addition to the world No. 1 Sun Yingsha getting a seat, the world No. 2 Wang Manyu and the world No. 3 Chen Meng have not yet been decided. The Grand Slam is a key match for the two to compete.
Wang Manyu has been trying very well recently, winning the Singapore Grand Slam title and the runner-up of the Busan Championship, and the momentum is very strong. If she can qualify for the final again this time, the Olympic singles quota is basically secure. After comfortably advancing in the first round, the second round will be against India's Odd Ball Player Batra. In terms of strength, Wang Manyu is much higher than his opponents.
In the first game, it was basically the same as expected, and Wang Manyu easily won 11-6. At the beginning of the second game, the situation changed abruptly, and Wang Manyu made all kinds of mistakes, such as service errors, pull mistakes, and defensive errors, and lost with a disparity of 5-11. In the third game, Wang Manyu still didn't find a good way to crack it, and was constantly scored by Batra, losing another game 7-11.
In the fourth game, Wang Manyu let go and strengthened the attack on the first three boards, biting the score to 10-10. At the critical moment, Wang Manyu did not withstand the pressure, lost again 10-12, and was out of the game with a big score of 1-3, missing the top 16. Wang Manyu's exit may make her almost the Olympic quota she almost has lose and lose a huge loss.
- Liang Jingkun 2-3 Alamiyan
Liang Jingkun is currently ranked fourth in the world and has basically missed the qualification for the Paris Olympics. In the past two races, the momentum has obviously been insufficient. In the second round, Liang Jingkun's opponent was Iranian veteran Alamiyan, which was originally a match without any suspense.
Liang Jingkun's performance today was a big surprise, he was never able to score easily, and after 5 rounds of fierce battles with his opponent, he was finally counterattacked by his opponent in two appearances, losing 14-12, 6-11, 11-8, 9-11, 5-11 to his opponent and missing the round of 16.
In other games, Wang Chuqin 3-0 Ionescu and successfully advanced to the round of 16. The Japanese women's singles continued to play strongly, and Miu Hirano received Zhu Qianxi's retirement gift and advanced to the top 16. Miyu Kihara 3-0 South Korea's first sister Shin Yubin, Zhang Benmei and Shao Jieni 3-0, easily advanced.