The WTT Saudi Grand Slam was held in Saudi Arabia for the first time this year, and the Saudi Grand Slam is the most important table tennis event before the Paris Olympics. The Saudi Arabia Grand Slam today ushered in the singles 1/8 finals, doubles 1/8 finals and mixed doubles semifinals. There are many national table tennis events today, and Wang Chuqin is even more involved in three competition tasks, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi, and Chen Xingtong are also going to compete in two events, which is a great test of their physical fitness.
Today's schedule of national table tennis
15:30 Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha VS Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Hina Hayada (Japan)
16:05 Chen Meng/Wang Manyu VS Wang Yidi/Chen Xingtong (National Table Tennis Civil War)
16:40 Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan VS Carlsen/Carlberg (Sweden)
18:35 Wang Chuqin VS Yoshimura Maharu (Japan)
18:35 Lin Shidong VS Alamiyan (Iran)
19:10 Chen Meng VS Miu Hirano (Japan)
19:10 Wang Yidi VS Yang Xiaoxin (Monaco)
19:45 Fan Zhendong VS Francesca (Germany)
20:20 Qian Tianyi VS Chen Xingtong (National Table Tennis Civil War)
21:00 Ma Long/Wang Chuqin VS Nujtic (Belgium/Dias(Poland)
23:30 Sun Yingsha VS Tian Zhixi (South Korea)
In the 8 matches of the national table tennis that have ended, Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan was swept out by the Swedish combination, Wang Yidi/Chen Xingtong lost to the Mengyu combination in the civil war, and Fan Zhendong was reversed by German player Francis 2-3.
1. Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha swept Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Hina Hayada 3-0
2. Chen Meng/Wang Manyu won the civil war with Wang Yidi/Chen Xingtong 3-2
3. Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan lost 0-3 to the Swedish combination Carlsen/Carlberg
4. Wang Chuqin defeated Japan's Yoshimura Maharu 3-1
5. Lin Shidong defeated Iran's Alamiyan 3-1
6. Chen Meng beat Japanese player Miu Hirano 3-0
7. Wang Yidi defeated Monaco's Yang Xiaoxin 3-1
Fan Zhendong 2-3 Francesca (Germany)
As the No. 2 seed in the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam men's singles, Fan Zhendong has already qualified for the men's singles at the Paris Olympics, and in the first two rounds of this Grand Slam, Fan Zhendong performed well, easily advancing to the men's singles round of 16 with two 3-0. Germany's Francesca, ranked 16th in the world, defeated Denmark's Linde 3-2 in the 1/32 finals and 3-0 in the 1/16 finals to advance to the men's singles round of 16. Fan Zhendong and Francesca have played each other 8 times, and Fan Zhendong has a 7-1 record.
In the first game, Fan Zhendong relied on the service round to score 2 points first, with a mistake by the opponent, Fan Zhendong led 3-0 at the beginning, Francesca made more unnecessary mistakes, Fan Zhendong soon led 8-2, Francesca tried to chase the score, but Fan Zhendong did not give a chance, and easily won the first game 11-4.
In the second game, Fan Zhendong was full of firepower and started the game with 5-0, and then Fan Zhendong was too anxious to be chased by the opponent for 3 points in a row, Fan Zhendong adjusted his state steadily, and won the second game 11-4 with a continuous forehand strong attack of 10-4 and won the second game 11-4.
In the third game, Francesca, who fell into passivity, launched a counterattack to start with a 4-1 lead, Fan Zhendong made more mistakes and was seized by the opponent to score continuously, Fan Zhendong soon fell behind 3-7, although he also recovered a few points later, but Francesca still pulled back a game with 11-6.
In the fourth game, Francesca became more and more courageous, leading 3-1 at the beginning, Fan Zhendong scored 2 points in a row to tie the score, Francesca pulled the big corner with his forehand and scored continuously, Fan Zhendong made more unnecessary mistakes and fell behind 5-9, Francesca got the game point 10-6, Fan Zhendong saved 2 game points in a row, but was still dragged to the deciding game by Francesca 8-11.
In the fifth game, Fan Zhendong led 2-0 at the beginning, Francesca scored 4 points in a row to overtake the score, Fan Zhendong adjusted his mentality and continued to attack the score to 6-5, Francesca called a timeout, and after the pause, Francesca scored 3 points in a row to lead 8-6, Fan Zhendong withstood the pressure and scored 4 points in a row to take the lead in getting the match point, Francesca is also a big heart attribute to save 2 match points in a row, Francesca won the tiebreaker 12-10, Fan Zhendong was beaten by the opponent in three games in a row in the case of a 2-0 lead, and unfortunately stopped in the men's singles quarterfinals.