In the early morning of May 8, with the German team's "civil war" Qiu Dang 3-1 Bol, the men's singles round of 16 of the WTT Saudi Grand Slam 2024 ended. In terms of national table tennis, there are 3 wins and 3 losses, and only 3 people advance to the top 16. In the quarterfinals, Lin Shidong faced Alamiyan and became the focus of the battle. And other associations, like Lebrun vs. Tomokazu Zhangmoto, have attracted much attention.
National table tennis 3 wins and 3 losses
In men's singles, the national table tennis has suffered heavy losses in this competition, and after only two rounds of games, as many as 3 players have been out, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, and Lin Gaoyuan are out.
On this match day, only Fan Zhendong played in the second round and swept the South Korean team Ahn Jae-hyun 3-0 cleanly.
Fan Zhendong is alone in the bottom half. In the upper half, Wang Chuqin is in the quarter and Lin Shidong is in the second quarter.
7 five-inning battles
France's Felix Lebrun and Germany's Duda fought in five games, with Duda hitting 11-1 in the third game, and finally Felix Lebrun won two games in a row to win 3-2.
Lin Shidong defeated Ferus, Alamyan defeated Liang Jingkun, Yoshimura Maharu defeated Assal, Aruna defeated Lee Sang-so, Cho Daesung defeated Zhuang Zhiyuan, and Hugo defeated Hayasuke Togami, all of which played five full games.
National table tennis schedule
At 18:35, Wang Chuqin played against the Japanese team Yoshimura Maharu
At 18:35, Lin Shidong played against the Iranian team Alameyan
At 19:45, Fan Zhendong played against the German team Francesca
In the three national table tennis games, the most tested is undoubtedly Lin Shidong.
Other focus battles
At 0:05 a.m., France's Felix Lebrun faced off against Japan's Tomokazu Haramoto.
At 17:15, South Korea's Jang Woo-jin was alone against Slovenian team Darko.
At 1:15 a.m., Brazil's Hugo played Germany's Qiu Dang.