In the early morning of May 8-9, Beijing time, the men's singles 1/8 finals of the 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam were all over, and the top 8 were all released, and Fan Zhendong, as the favorite to win the championship, was reversed 2-0 to 2-3 and was out of the game. In addition, Tomokazu Zhang also suffered a fiasco, and the Japanese men's singles were wiped out; World No. 1 Wang Chuqin experienced a certain challenge, but still made a strong comeback 3-1 to advance.
Fan Zhendong 2-3 Francesca. Fan Zhendong had just qualified for the singles for the Paris Olympics, and the two had met a total of 8 times before, Fan Zhendong had a clear upper hand with 7 wins and 1 loss, even if his recent form was not good, his comprehensive strength was obviously above Francesca. However, in the matchup of this battle, Fan Zhendong's performance was to start high and go low, and easily won two games in a row 2-0, and then lost three games in a row 2-3 and was reversed and missed the quarterfinals.
Facing world No. 5 Felix Lebrun, Tomokazu suffered a heavy defeat, losing three games in a row, 6-11, 6-11 and 5-11, and almost every game was completely suppressed, and he couldn't shout.
Men's singles world No. 1 Wang Chuqin has experienced a certain test, facing Japan's Yoshimura Maharu, Wang Chuqin came up 9-11 and lost a game, but then won three games in a row 11-8, 11-9 and 11-5, 3-1 completed the reversal, in men's singles, men's doubles, mixed doubles, Wang Chuqin three lines together, have the hope of competing for the championship, especially mixed doubles, has advanced to the finals.
Men's singles quarterfinals and quarterfinals -
Wang Chuqin VS Grote
Lin Shidong VS Zhao Dacheng
Francesca vs Qiu Dang
Zhang Yuzhen VS Felix. Lebrun