WTT Grand Slam Saudi Arabia Station, is indeed different from what fans imagine, because this station has the selection of Olympic qualifications, so the pressure on the players will be great, and it is also because the residual temperature of the World Cup has not subsided, so that the physical consumption of the players, there is no systematic recovery time, so the national table tennis players enter the top 16 players, there may be a little less, but into May 8, the overall state adjustment of the national table tennis players has been in place, and they will meet a very difficult matchup. Let's take a look at the specific schedule.
【Saudi Arabia Grand Slam May 8 Schedule】
15.30, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha VS Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Hina Hayata
16.05, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu VS Wang Yidi Chen Xingtong
16.40, Aruna VS Zhao Dacheng, Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan VS Karlsson/Carlberg
First up is the three doubles matches at 3pm, with four groups of national table tennis players on stage, starting with the mixed doubles event, where Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha will take on Zhang Motozhi and Hina Hayada in a semi-final matchup that could be a preview of the final at the Paris Olympics. Chen Meng and Wang Manyu will meet their teammates Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong in the 1/4 finals of the women's doubles, there is no way, this is the civil war consumption brought by the draw to the national table tennis. Next is the men's doubles 1/4 finals between Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan against Karlsson and Carlberg, and the two main forces that have been eliminated in singles one after another, focusing on doubles. Good luck to them.
17.15, Dakko VS Zhang Yuzhen
18.00, Misei Ito VS Miyu Kihara, Miwa Zhang Moto VS Sagia
18.35, Wang Chuqin VS Yoshimura Maharu, Alamiyan VS Lin Shidong
19.10, Chen Meng VS Miyu Hirano, Wang Yidi VS Yang Xiaoxin
19.45, Fan Zhendong VS Francesca, Shinozuka Daden VS Grote
20.20, Hina Hayada VS Zheng Yijing, Qian Tianyi VS Chen Xingtong
21.00, Ma Long/Wang Chuqin VS Dias/Nuitik
23.30, Sun Yingsha VS Tian Zhixi
0.05, F Lebrun VS Tomokazu Zhangmoto
0.40, Nina vs Batra
1.15, Hugo VS Qiu Dang
Starting at 15 o'clock in the afternoon, there will be a series of singles duels, all of which are placed in the prime time for national table tennis fans, first of all, the duel between Darko and Zhang Yuzhen, and the other two duels starting at 18 o'clock, both from Japanese table tennis, Kihara Miyu defeated Nagasaki Miyu in the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam, and also has to play against Ito Misei, and Zhang Benmei is a potential opponent of Chen Meng, and the match with Zogia will also attract much attention.
This will be followed by two matches of national table tennis players, Wang Chuqin will face Yoshimura Maharu, this is the men's singles 1/8 final, and Lin Shidong will face Alamiyan, who defeated Liang Jingkun. The difficulty of the two games can be imagined.
Next is two national table tennis matches, one No. 1 and one No. 2, although they are held at the same time, but the situation and time of the game may be separated.
At 19 o'clock, the most watched game is coming, Chen Meng will face Miyu Hirano, this will be Chen Meng's series of three, the first level of the game, whether it can be successfully won, it also depends on how Chen Meng should deal with his state in the game in the face of such strong pressure, I hope Chen Meng can travel lightly and treat this game as an ordinary game. Play to your true strengths. At the same time, there is also a match between Wang Yidi and Yang Xiaoxin, and there have been fights before, Wang Yidi should be able to advance smoothly.
Men's singles 1/8 finals a very important game, from the duel between Fan Zhendong and Francesca, although Francesca missed the Paris Olympics men's singles list, but his strength is very good, in recent games, Francesca has performed very well, Fan Zhendong can not be taken lightly, as long as he shows the state of the game with Ahn Jae-hyun, I believe this game should not become Fan Zhendong's trouble.
The last national table tennis match in the evening came from the duel between Sun Yingsha and Tian Zhixi, for Tian Zhixi, it is indeed a happy thing to be able to play against Sun Yingsha, but Tian Zhixi will not be soft, so Sun Yingsha needs to be fully prepared.