In the early morning of May 7, Beijing time, the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam Chinese team played 3 matches:
Qian Tianyi defeated Sofia Polkanova 3-0, 11-7, 13-11, 11-7, and will face Chen Xingtong in the next round!
Qian Tianyi, as a scarce left-handed racket player in national table tennis, is also a post-00s, among several main forces, only a few months older than Sun Yingsha, age and left hand are her advantages, and I am looking forward to her performance in the next Los Angeles Olympic cycle!
Sun Yingsha defeated Isabella Luprescu 3-0, 11-3, 11-4, 11-6 and will face Tian Zhixi (KOR) in the next round;
Sun Yingsha's strength no longer needs to be questioned, she is currently the only one in women's table tennis, when the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th places are indistinguishable, she is under the pressure of mixed doubles, points and championships are far ahead, and won the only two singles championships in the World Series this week!
Ma Long/Wang Chuqin defeated Alhadrawi/Shulaibi 3-0, 11-4, 11-4, 11-9 to face Nuitik/Dias in the next round.
Wang Chuqin, as a left-handed player, was also arranged to play doubles with Ma Long this time, which also shows that in the Olympic team competition, Fan Zhendong will be a single, and Ma Long and Wang Chuqin cooperate with the team, which also proves that Ma Long will become the third person in the Olympic team!
Update on the schedule of the Chinese team on May 8:
15:30 , Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha vs. Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Hina Hayada (Japan);
16:05 , Chen Meng/Wang Manyu vs. Wang Yidi/Chen Xingtong;
16:40 , Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan vs. Carlsen/A. Carlberg (Sweden);
18:35 , Wang Chuqin vs. Yoshimura Maharu (Japan);
18:35 Lin Shidong vs. Noshad Alamiyan (Iran);
19:10, Chen Meng vs. Miu Hirano (Japan);
19:10, Wang Yidi vs. Yang Xiaoxin (Monaco);
19:45 , Fan Zhendong vs. Patrick Francesca (Germany);
At 20:20, Qian Tianyi vs. Chen Xingtong;
21:00, Ma Long/Wang Chuqin vs. Nuitik (Poland)/Dias (Belgium);
23:30, Sun Yingsha vs. Tian Zhixi (South Korea);