On May 8, Beijing time, the 2024 Table Tennis Saudi Arabia Grand Slam continues, and today's game will give birth to the mixed doubles finals, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha have taken the lead in advancing to the finals, sweeping the Japanese pair, men's doubles and women's doubles will produce semi-final seats, and men's singles and women's singles will produce quarter-final seats.
The day before yesterday, No. 6 was constantly unpopular, No. 7 was immersed in a lot, and the national table tennis won all, and today the national table tennis was upset again, first Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun's men's doubles lost the foreign war, the three games are basically a passive situation, the whole spirit is not enough, perhaps affected by the singles, this time the two of them played really badly.
Originally, there was hope, after all, both of them have made breakthroughs this year, Lin Gaoyuan reached the World Cup final, Liang Jingkun won the championship for the first time, and entered the Grand Slam final for the first time, they basically missed the Paris Olympics, although Ma Long lost three foreign battles this year, but the selection points are ahead of the two of them, and the national table tennis believes that it will be more optimistic about Ma Long.
Today's men's singles also has an upset, Fan Zhendong led 2-0 in the big score, was Francesca pulled three games in a row, and the tiebreaker 8-10 saved the match point reversal, the first two games Fan Zhendong won very easily, both with a score of 11-4, the key is that in the third game Fan Zhendong did not tighten, so that he has a chance, once he plays the state, it is not easy to opponents, the previous victory over Ma Long is also a similar situation, the backward situation can break out.
This game is the second foreign battle that Fan Zhendong lost this year, the whole competitive state is completely inferior to last year, in the first half of last year has won three senior championships, this year there is none, and has not reached the finals, the state is still not ideal, to adjust as soon as possible.
Another main world champion Chen Xingtong is also out, lost the civil war, the opponent is Qian Tianyi, in the past year, Chen Xingtong's results have made breakthroughs, the World Table Tennis Championships, the finals, and the Grand Slam have reached the women's singles semifinals, and they all defeated Wang Manyu or Sun Yingsha in the competition for the semifinals, and the strength is very thick.
Qian Tianyi has been stable as the sixth of the women's team since last year, and it is difficult to become the main team, and the overall result is not as good as the main teammates, but fortunately, six people can be registered in the Grand Slam.
Qian Tianyi was in good shape from the beginning, played very actively, quickly took a 4-0 lead, and did not lose to Chen Xingtong, 8-2 opened the score, and then Chen Xingtong continued to chase points, stabilized the hold, grabbed the serve and attacked, and chased it to 10-9, but unfortunately lost the first game 9-11.
In the second game, Chen Xingtong started 3-1, and played very fiercely, Qian Tianyi's backhand took turns to attack, the quality was very high, the landing point was clear, and the effect of the two straight lines was good, 5-5 in the middle game, this game has been playing very close, at the end of the game, Qian Tianyi led 9-7, Chen Xingtong tied up, Qian Tianyi counterattacked a defensive counterattack, a lucky ball wiped the net, and won another game 11-9.
In the third game, Qian Tianyi started 4-2 and played still very actively, Chen Xingtong overtook the score 6-4, but there was a mistake later, Qian Tianyi seized the opportunity, 9-6 led again, the line of holding was very clear, and the combination of straight slashes also had a tactical change, and won the final game 11-6.
Qian Tianyi said after the game: I played well, I didn't expect this score before the game, I haven't won for a long time. Play yourself, and add quality if you can. In the 1/4 finals, I won 4 games in 7 games, I enjoyed the game, and I felt very happy to be on the court.
Hina Hayada defeated Zheng Yijing 3-0, the score of the three games is still relatively close, and the next two games are 2 points narrowly won, Zheng Yijing's play is also okay, from the perspective of hard power, Hina Hayada is stronger, and the speed has an advantage.