On May 8, Beijing time, the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam entered the fifth day of competition, and the singles quarterfinals will be born on this day; The men's and women's doubles were born in the semifinals; Mixed Doubles Gives Birth to a Spot in the Final! The national table tennis team ushered in 11 matches throughout the day, including 9 foreign battles and 2 internal battles (see the chart below for details), which attracted the attention of many fans!
In the 4 main match days that have ended, 4 of the 12 players in the national table tennis singles have lost out, namely Wang Manyu, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, the above 4 main players missed the results of the top 16 of singles at the same time, which really makes all fans can't believe it, I have to say that this Saudi Arabia Grand Slam is really unpopular!
The above players all lost in the second round of singles, that is, the 1/16 finals, Wang Manyu lost 1-3 to India's Batra, and will be deducted 3000 points of national table tennis Paris Olympic selection points if he loses the foreign war in this competition, so far he has lost the initiative in competing with Chen Meng for the women's singles quota in the Paris Olympics.
Ma Long lost 0-3 to South Korea's Jang Woo-jin; Liang Jingkun lost 2-3 to Iran's Alamiyan; Lin Gaoyuan lost 1-3 to Denmark's Grote. The details of the top 16 singles are shown in the chart below, and the remaining 8 players in the national table tennis singles will compete for the top eight places in the singles on May 8, wishing the national table tennis players good luck!
In this event, the national table tennis doubles sent 5 pairs to participate, and the men's doubles pairs Ma Long/Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan advanced to the men's doubles quarterfinals; The women's doubles pair Chen Meng/Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi/Chen Xingtong all advanced to the women's doubles quarterfinals, and the next women's doubles 1/4 finals, the two pairs of national table tennis women's doubles will usher in a direct confrontation, which can only be said to be too bad.
In the mixed doubles event, the national table tennis team sent the ace combination Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha to participate, and the Shatou combination has also confirmed the mixed doubles quota for the Paris Olympics.
In the next mixed doubles semifinals, the Shatou combination will face the old rival, the Japanese table tennis ace pair Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Hina Hayata, you must know that the Japanese mixed doubles combination is the biggest competitor of the national table tennis team in the Paris Olympics, so this game will undoubtedly receive great attention from many fans! Here are the details of the game.
In the first game, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha took the lead 2-0, Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Hina Hayada scored 1 point, and then the Shatou combination scored 3 points in a row to take a 5-1 lead, and the Japanese pair chased the score to 3-6 in the middle stage. At the end of the game, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha took the lead 9-5, and then the Japanese pair scored five points in a row to get the first game point opportunity 10-9.
At the critical moment, the Shatou combination showed a big heart, and after saving the game point, they scored 2 points in a row to take the lead 12-10. In the first game, the two sides competed fiercely on the field, and the scene was very beautiful!
In the second game, the Shatou combination took the lead 3-1, the Japanese combination chased 2 points in a row, the score came to a 3-3 draw, and the two sides fought to a 5-5 draw in the middle of the game, and then Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha scored 2 points in a row, at the end of the game, the Shatou combination got 3 game points in the second game 10-7, and after Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Hina Hayada saved 2 game points, the score came to 9-10, and the Shatou combination asked for a timeout.
After the pause, Wang Chuqin received the serve and pulled the backhand to the middle position of Tomokazu Zhang and Hina Hayata, and won this point strongly, so far 11-9 and the next city, the big score was 2-0 to take the lead, and in the case of 5 games and 3 wins, the Japanese pair was forced to the edge of the cliff.
In the third game, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha took a 3-2 lead, and the Japanese pair decisively asked for a timeout. After the pause, the Shatou combination scored two more points in a row to take a 5-2 lead, and then Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Hina Hayada continued to chase points, and the two sides fought to a 6-6 draw in the middle stage.
At the end of the game, the Shatou combination took the lead 9-8, and then the Japanese combination scored 2 points in a row to get the third game point opportunity 10-9, and at the critical moment, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha once again showed a big heart, scored 3 points in a row, and won the third game 12-10, defeating the Japanese combination with a big score of 3-0 and breaking into the mixed doubles final of this event! Congratulations to the Shatou Combo!
Throughout the game, although the Shatou combination won 3-0, but each game was only won by 2 points, the process was not very easy, the Shatou combination was not soft at the critical moment, I have to say that Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha is indeed too strong!