On May 8, Beijing time, the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam entered the 1/8 finals, in a focus battle that just ended, Wang Chuqin, the first brother of national table tennis, defeated the Japanese star Yoshimura Maharu 3-1 in the case of losing a game first, and the teenager Lin Shidong defeated Iran's Alamiyan 3-1, successfully advancing to the quarterfinals, and also avenged his brother Liang Jingkun.
In the 1/16 finals, the three main men's singles players were upset, including Liang Jingkun lost 2-3 to Iran's Alamiyan, Ma Long lost 0-3 to South Korea's Zhang Yuzhen, and Lin Gaoyuan lost to Denmark's Grote 1-3.
The only seeded players in the national table tennis men's singles are Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, and Lin Shidong.
Wang Chuqin swept Yoshimura Maharu 3-1
Wang Chuqin is ranked No. 1 in the world and is also in very hot form this season. He won three championships, namely the Singapore Grand Slam, the Star Challenge, and the Doha Men's Finals. Yoshimura is ranked 43rd in the world and the two sides have only met once, with Wang Chuqin winning.
At the beginning, Wang Chuqin led 2-0, Yoshimura Maharu used high-quality return balls to score four points in a row, 4-2 to overtake the score, Yoshimura Maharu used the change of serve to open the score gap 7-3, Wang Chuqin scored with a backhand twist, chased four points in a row, 7-7 to tie, Wang Chuqin pulled his forehand sideways to the opponent's big corner, the opponent returned the ball to the net, 9-8 lead, at the critical moment Yoshimura Maharu scored two points in a row, 10-9 took the lead to get the game point, with Yoshimura Maharu serving and scoring directly, 11-9 won the first game, and the big score was 1-0 ahead.
Judging from the first game, Wang Chuqin faced Yoshimura Maharu's special style of play, Wang Chuqin seemed very uncomfortable, and he did not play his own characteristics.
In the second game, Wang Chuqin twisted sideways and pulled the hand, 4-2 lead, Wang Chuqin hooked the serve to score directly, 5-3 continued to lead, after the first game to adapt, Wang Chuqin also gradually adapted to the opponent's style of play, 7-3 to expand the lead, and 10-5 to get the game point, Yoshimura Maharu sent a long ball to win, chased three points in a row, the score chased to 8-10, multi-shot contest Yoshimura Maharu returned the ball to the net, Wang Chuqin 11-8 pulled back a game, the big score 1-1 draw.
In the third game, Yoshimura Maharu used a large angle to change the line, 5-3 lead, Wang Chuqin's flexible line change in the multi-shot contest, 5-5 tied the score, as Wang Chuqin returned the ball out of bounds, the two sides tied 8-8, at the critical moment Wang Chuqin served and scored directly, 10-8 got the game point, Yoshimura Maharu served and scored directly, recovering a point, Wang Chuqin made a timeout adjustment in time, after returning from the suspension, Wang Chuqin scored with a high-quality serve, won the second game 11-9, and led 2-1.
In the fourth game, the two sides played a stalemate, 4-4 draw, Wang Chuqin used the serve to score two points in a row, 6-4 to open the score gap, Wang Chuqin continued to pull the ball to win, 7-5 lead. As Wang Chuqin twisted and scored and led 8-5, Yoshimura Maharu chose to pause and adjust, and when he came back from the pause, Wang Chuqin scored three points in a row and won 11-5. As a result, he eliminated Japanese star Yoshimura Maharu 3-1 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals. Congratulations to Wang Chuqin, congratulations to the national table tennis. #头条创作挑战赛#