On March 13, Beijing time, WTT Singapore Grand Slam, with Lin Shidong out, so that the three major national table tennis players who won the WTT Oman Challenge, Kuman, Lin Shidong and Xiang Peng, were all out of the singles arena. Paying tuition fees so quickly, Liu Guoliang is definitely very sorry.
National table tennis has always been a generation of new people for the old, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha these players have quickly succeeded Ma Long, Xu Xin, Ding Ning, Liu Shiwen and other Olympic champions, and now, after 95 and 00, the national table tennis after 95 and 00 will encounter the impact of a younger generation of players!
The new generation of national table tennis players are Ku Man, born in 2004, Xiang Peng, born in 2003, and Lin Shidong, born in 2005. The 3 people lived up to expectations, winning the previous lower-level WTT Oman Challenge, of which Ku Man won the women's singles and women's doubles titles, while Lin Shidong/Xiang Peng combined to win the men's doubles championship.
With anticipation, he came to the higher-level WTT Singapore Grand Slam, and Xiang Peng was in no form, losing 0-3 to Denmark's Grote to stop the first round of the men's singles regular tournament.
On this match day, Kuman challenged Sun Yingsha or a huge gap, losing 8-11, 5-11, 5-11, proving that there is still a long way to go before the top players.
Lin Shidong faced Slovenia's Jocchik in the match, and finally lost 2-3 in five sets, with five sets scored 12-10, 6-11, 11-7, 7-11, 10-12. The 3 new generation champions are out early, and they can also be regarded as paying tuition. Of course, I believe that this failure is a valuable nutrient, obviously, there is no shortage of successors in national table tennis!