On May 6, Beijing time, the singles match of the table tennis WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam was in full swing, and the singles 1/16 finals were currently being contested. The main force of national table tennis, Wang Yidi and Chen Meng, will appear one after another. In the game that has ended, Wang Manyu played poorly and lost to Indian monster player Batra 1-3, becoming the first player in the women's team to be eliminated.
For Wang Manyu, this game must be won, if she loses, she will be deducted 3,000 Olympic points, then she will fall behind Chen Meng, unless Chen Meng also loses the foreign war, otherwise she will need to qualify for the Olympic singles, so Wang Manyu is under great pressure, which is also one of the important reasons for her performance.
After the start of the game, Wang Manyu took the lead and frequently broke through from her backhand, Batra wanted to use the spin change to chase the score, but Wang Manyu did not give a chance, 11-6 took the lead, in the second game, Batra used the spin change to take a 9-5 lead, but Wang Manyu was still breaking through in the backhand position, there was no effect, Batra 11-5 pulled back a game. In the third game, Wang Manyu seemed to have no way to limit the opponent, and continued to blow sideways Wang Manyu's 6-2 start, and Wang Manyu, who was behind, began to break through from Batra's forehand, but it still didn't work, and Batra won another game 11-7.
In the fourth game, the score of the two has been biting tightly, after the middle game, Batra led 8-5, Wang Manyu, who had a back-to-back battle, had no way out, Batra saw the opportunity and his hand was soft, Wang Manyu got the game point 10-8. But he didn't grasp Batra's 12-18 to seal the victory
With Wang Manyu's loss, Chen Meng's singles at the Paris Olympics is basically a certainty.
In the women's singles 1/16 finals of other games, Kihara Miyu 3-0 South Korean star Shin Yubin (11-6/11-5/11-6), Kihara Miyu is ranked 23rd in the world, and Shin Yubin is seventh, which is also an upset, Shen Yubin has not eaten the opponent's spin, nor has he found a limited way to score, and the first three boards are not as fast as Kihara Miyu. In addition, Yang Xiaoxin defeated Chinese Taipei's Chen Siyu (11-4, 11-9, 6-11, 11-5) 3-1, and Taiwan's Zheng Yijing swept away South Korea's Xu Xiaoyuan (11-9, 11-9, 11-4) 3-0, and Miu Hirano won without a fight due to Zhu Qianxi's withdrawal.
So far, there are 5 places in the top 16 of women's singles. Among them, two Japanese teams advanced to South Korea, Taiwan, China, and India.