Grand Slam men's singles semifinals: Wang Chuqin advanced 4-0, and only one of the world's top 10 advanced

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2024-05-10 02:34Posted in Guizhou Sports Creators

At the 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, as of the early morning of May 10, the men's singles 1/4 finals ended fiercely. Wang Chuqin and Lin Shidong of the Chinese table tennis team played, and both players played well and both qualified, and then met in the semifinals in the first half. In addition, South Korea's Jang Woo-jin and Germany's Francesca will meet in the semi-finals of the second half.

Wang Chuqin 4-0 Jonatan Grote [11-9; 11-4; 11-8；11-9】

The bout was finale, with world No. 1 Wang Chuqin and Denmark's Grote facing each other for the first time, and both sides had in common that they were attacking players with left and right rackets. At 31 years old, seven years older than Wang Chuqin, Grote is currently ranked 27th in the world, and is also a big dark horse in this tournament, having previously knocked out world No. 6 Lin Gaoyuan.

The first game between the two sides was stalemate, Wang Chuqin led 6-3 and was caught up by the opponent, but fortunately, he carried the key points and won 11-9. In the second game, Wang Chuqin opened the score gap early, directly led 8-2 to lay the victory, and won 11-4. In the third game, Wang Chuqin was relatively passive in front, and he put strong counterpressure on the backward situation, and won 11-8. In the fourth game, Grote's mentality was unstable, Wang Chuqin quickly took a 7-1 lead at the beginning, but was chased by the opponent to 8 draws in a row, but fortunately, Wang Chuqin grasped the key points and ended the competition with an 11-9 victory.

Lin Shidong 4-1 Zhao Dacheng [11-7,5-11,11-4,11-5,11-5].

National table tennis player Lin Shidong played brilliantly, defeating the South Korean rising star with a total score of 4-1 and entering the semifinals of the Grand Slam men's singles for the first time. Lin Shidong is still very young, ranked 15th in the world, and is not far from the top 10 in the world after reaching the semi-finals of a Grand Slam. Zhao Dacheng's world ranking of 31 is the lowest among the top eight players, and he has 350 points to reach the quarterfinals, and will climb into the top 25 in the next world ranking.

Jang Yuzhen 4-1 Felix Lebrun【12-10,11-8,6-11,11-7,11-7】

South Korea's Jang Woo-jin played well, defeating French superstar Leborendi to secure a place in the men's singles semi-finals. Zhang Yuzhen's form has fluctuated greatly in the past two years, and the world ranking has slipped to 20th. This strong performance reached the semi-finals, and is expected to hit the finals, and the next world ranking will rebound significantly. Leborendi's fast play was restricted, and the tournament ended in the quarterfinals, leaving the world ranking No. 5 precarious.

Qiu Dang 0-4 Francesca【7-11,10-12,7-11,5-11】

This game is an internal communication of the German team, Francesca is very old and spicy, and can always mobilize and contain Qiu Dang when he is passive, relatively speaking, he is still too familiar with Qiu Dang. Francesca made it to the last four and was in really good form. Since Zhang Yuzhen and Francesca meet in the second half, one of them will inevitably advance to the final, and the winner will be squeezed into the top 10 in the world rankings. The Qiu Party, which is currently ranked tenth, cannot surpass the previous Zhang Benzhihe, so the Qiu Party will be squeezed out of the top ten in the world in the next period.

Semi-final matchup

Wang Chu Zhong VS Lin Yan [May 10, 23:30]

Zhang Yuzhen VS Francesca【May 11th 00:15】

The first half of the zone is the internal exchange of the Chinese team, the two players are relatively young, and the Chinese team locked the final seat in the first half of the zone in advance. The two sides have met once in international competitions, the 2024 Doha Stars Challenge, when Wang Chuqin won 4-2. In the second half, Zhang Yuzhen and Francesca will compete for the final qualification, and the winner will be ranked in the top 10 in the world. The two sides have met four times before, with each winning 2 and losing 2, but they haven't met for 2 years.

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