On the 5th, Beijing time, the 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam ushered in the fifth day of the competition, and the first round of men's and women's singles and men's and women's doubles was played on the same day. In the first round of the men's singles, Japanese table tennis player Tomokazu Haramoto faced off against Croatia's Tomislav Puzar. Although the opponent took the lead in taking 2 games, from the 4th game, Tomokazu Zhang dominated the game, only to see him win two games in a row to complete the reversal. In addition, Hayasuke Togami also beat Canada's Lee Yuanzhang (Lee Edward) to break through the first round.
日乒一哥张本智和杀进男单次轮
On the other hand, although Matsushima Teruku won two games against South Korea's Lim Jong-hoon, he was reversed by his opponent from the third game and finally stopped in the first round.
In the women's singles, Ito faced Germany's Savine Winter. Although he was robbed of a game by his opponent in the middle of the game, in the end, Ito won with a score of 3-1. In addition, in a Japanese civil war between Miyu Kihara and Miyu Nagasaki, the highly skilled Miyu Kihara defeated her teammates 3-1 to advance to the next round.
Misaki Ito
In the men's doubles, Hayasuke Togami/Daito Shinozuka faced Adrian Larsenfosse/Martin Alegro (Belgium) against the Japanese pair in straight games to claim a big victory.
On the 6th, the second round of men's and women's singles, the first round of men's and women's doubles, and the second round of mixed doubles will be held, and Japanese players will appear in all events.
On the 5th, the results of the Japanese players' matches:
< Men's Singles Round 1 >
Teruku Matsushima (Kinoshita) 2-3 Lim Jong-hoon (Korea)
〇 Tomokazu Haramoto (Tomokazu Planning) 3-2 Tomislav Puzar (Croatia)
〇 Hayasuke Togami (Imuraya Group) 3-0 Lee Edward (Canada)
Daito Shinobu
< Women's Singles Round 1 >
〇 Mimato Ito (Starts) 3-1 Savine Winter (Germany)
〇 Miyu Kihara (Kinoshita combination) 3-1 Nagasaki Miyu (Kinoshita combination)
< Men's Doubles Round 1 >
〇 Hayasuke Togami (Imuraya Group) / Daito Shinozuka (Aichi Institute of Technology) 3-0 Adrian Larsenfosse / Martín Allegro (Belgium)
The match of the Japanese players is scheduled for the 6th
< Men's Singles Round 2 >
吉村真晴(TEAM MAHARU)-阿玛·阿萨尔(埃及)
Shinozuka Daito (Aichi Institute of Technology) - Dmitry Ovcharov (Germany)
Hayasuke Togami (Imuraya Group) - Hugo Caderano (Brazil)
< Women's Singles Round 2 >
Miyu Kihara (Kinoshita Combination) - Shin Yubin (South Korea)
Miwa Haramoto (Kinoshita Gakuin) - Cheão Guieni (Portugal)
Miu Hirano (Kinoshita Group)-Zhu Qianxi (Korea)
Hina Hayada (Life in Japan) - Shan Xiaona (Germany)
< Men's Doubles Round 1 >
Teikong Matsushima (Kinoshita Group) / Oh Xincheng (South Korea) - Qiu Dang / Duda (Germany)
< Women's Doubles Round 1 >
Miu Hirano (Kinoshita Group) / Miwa Zhang (Kinoshita Gakuin) - Liu Yangzi (Australia) / Wu Yinglan (Hong Kong, China)
< Mixed Doubles Round 2 >
Tomokazu Haramoto (Tomokazu Planning) / Hina Hayada (Nippon Life) - Qiu Dang / Nina Mittelheim (Germany)