On October 3, the WTT Grand Slam continued. The national table tennis combination Lin Shidong/Kuo Man, Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Yidi will meet in the mixed doubles finals, and the national table tennis will lock the mixed doubles championship in advance of this competition. The men's and women's singles top eight national table tennis players each occupy 5 seats; In the semifinals of men's and women's doubles, the national table tennis occupies 3 seats each.
In the mixed doubles semi-finals, second seeds Lin Shidong/Kuo Man defeated Sweden's Carlsen/C. · Carlberg 3-0 11-7, 11-9, 11-5 to meet teammates Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Yidi in the final. In the other mixed doubles semi-final that ended earlier, Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Yidi won three games in a row 11-7, 13-11, 11-5 after losing one game 7-11, and defeated teammates Xue Fei/Qian Tianyi with a big score of 3-1 to advance to the final. The national table tennis also locked the mixed doubles championship in this competition in advance.
Among the four people who advanced to the mixed doubles finals, Lin Shidong and Lin Gaoyuan both played three matches a day today and won all three matches. In the men's singles field, Lin Shidong defeated Anton · Carlberg of the Sweden 3-2 after five rounds of hard fighting, 11-8, 2-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8; Lin Gaoyuan. In the men's singles, Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong lost three straight games 11-4, 11-4, 11-7, and defeated Austria's Gados/Habesson 3-0 to reach the semifinals. In the men's doubles semifinals, Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong faced teammates Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng. Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng defeated teammates Xu Yingbin/Huang Youzheng 15-13, 11-2, 9-11, 11-6, 3-1. The other Men's Doubles semi-final features Wang Chuqin/Liang Jingkun against France's Lebrun brothers. Wang Chuqin/Liang Jingkun advanced to the semi-finals with a 3-1 victory over India's Manash · Shah/Taka 11-5, 11-2, 8-11, 11-7.
In addition to Lin Shidong and Lin Gaoyuan, there are 3 people in the national table tennis who advanced to the quarterfinals of men's singles. Xiang Peng defeated France's Felix · Lebrun 3-1 11-9, 10-12, 11-9, 12-10; Liang Jingkun defeated teammate Zhou Qihao 11-5, 11-6, 10-12, 11-13, 11-7, 3-2; Ma Long defeated Korea's Lee Sang-so 3-0 12-10, 11-4, 12-10; Lin Gaoyuan defeated Denmark's Grote 11-3, 11-6, 11-5. Men's singles 1/4 finals, Lin Shidong against Denmark's Linde; Xiang Peng against Sweden's Moregard; Lin Gaoyuan against Liang Jingkun; Malone against Calderano of Brazil.
The national table tennis also has 5 people advancing to the quarterfinals of women's singles. Sun Yingsha defeated teammate Liu Weishan 11-4, 11-5, 4-11, 11-2, 3-1; Fan Siqi defeated Japan's Sakura Mori 3-0 11-6, 14-12, 11-5; Chen Xingtong defeated teammate Chen Yi 11-7, 11-9, 11-3; He Zhuojia defeated teammate Zong Geman 11-8, 11-9, 11-7; Wang Manyu defeated teammate Qin Yuxuan 11-9, 11-5, 11-4. Wang Xiaotong lost 13-11, 7-11, 8-11, 8-11, 1-3 to Zheng Yijing of Chinese Taipei and missed the quarterfinals. In the women's singles quarterfinals, Sun Yingsha faced Japan's Misei Ito, Fan Siqi played against Chinese Taipei's Zheng Yijing, Chen Xingtong played against Korea's Xu Xiaoyuan, and Wang Manyu played against He Zhuojia.
In the women's doubles quarterfinals, Chen Yi/Xu Yi defeated the cross-association combination of Puerto Rico's Diaz and France's Pavard 3-1 11-5, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8; Chen Xingtong/Qian Tianyi defeated Japan's Miyu Nagasaki and Korea's Kim Na-young 11-5, 11-2, 11-6; In the semifinals, Chen Xingtong/Qian Tianyi played against Chen Yi/Xu Yi. Qin Yuxuan/Zong Geman lost 11-8, 7-11, 11-13, 8-11 to Chinese Taipei's Zheng Yijing/Li Yuzhen 1-3; Sun Yingsha/Wang Yidi defeated Hong Kong's To Hoi Kin and Australia's Liu Yangzi 11-5 in three cross-association pairings to see Sun Yingsha/Wang Yidi battle Zheng Yijing/Li Yuchen for a place in the Women's Doubles final.