On October 1st, Beijing time, during the "11th National Day" holiday, the table tennis WTT China Grand Slam continued to be in full swing, this day is the 6th match day, and it is also the 3rd day of the main competition, and the top 32 singles are officially released (see the chart below for details)! Here are the details.
This competition is the highest-level table tennis event after the Paris Olympics, and it has attracted great attention from many fans! So far, as many as 34 players have participated, including 16 men and 18 women's singles, such a huge lineup is rare, I have to say that Liu Guoliang is going to start working hard for the renewal of the national table tennis team!
The 16 national table tennis men's singles are Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, Ma Long, Lin Shidong, Lin Gaoyuan, Zhou Qihao, Xiang Peng, Xu Yingbin, Yuan Licen, Chen Yuanyu, Zhou Kai, Wen Ruibo, Xu Haidong, Xue Fei, Zeng Beixun, Huang Youzheng, Fan Zhendong, who won the men's singles championship at the Paris Olympics, did not participate.
Among the above 16 players, Chen Yuanyu, Zhou Kai, Wen Ruibo, Xu Haidong, Xue Fei, Zeng Beixun, and Huang Youzheng 7 players started from the men's singles qualifying round, and the remaining 9 directly advanced to the men's singles main event.
At present, in the 5 match days that have ended, 5 players in the national table tennis men's singles have lost out, namely Yuan Licen, Xu Haidong, Zhou Kai, Wen Ruibo, and Huang Youzheng, of which Zhou Kai, Wen Ruibo, and Huang Youzheng 3 stopped in the qualifying round; Yuan Licen and Xu Haidong suffered losses in the first round of the men's singles main draw.
The men's singles qualifying tournament is a total of three rounds, and the 7 people who participated in the national table tennis men's singles qualifying round must all play three rounds! Huang Youzheng stopped in the first round of qualifying, losing 0-3 to Germany's Walser, becoming the first player in the national table tennis team to lose and go out; Zhou Kai and Wen Ruibo stopped in the third round of qualifying, and Zhou Kai lost 1-3 to Poland's Redzimski; Wen Ruibo lost 1-3 to Finland's Ola.
After passing three qualifying matches, Xu Haidong lost in the first round of the men's singles main draw and lost 0-3 to teammate Liang Jingkun; Yuan Licen lost the foreign battle, losing 2-3 to Korea's Lee Sang-so, and only lost 2 points in the tiebreaker 9-11, which is indeed a pity.
So far, the remaining 11 players in the national table tennis men's singles, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, Ma Long, Lin Shidong, Lin Gaoyuan, Zhou Qihao, Xiang Peng, Xu Yingbin, Chen Yuanyu, Xue Fei, Zeng Beixun, have advanced to the top 32 of men's singles!
The 18 national table tennis women's singles are Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi, Shi Xunyao, He Zhuojia, Kuaiman, Qin Yuxuan, Zong Geman, Chen Yi, Yang Yiyun, Wang Xiaotong, Liu Weishan, Xu Yi, Li Yake, Fan Siqi, Ding Yijie, Chen Meng, who won the women's singles championship at the Paris Olympics, did not participate in this competition.
Among the above 18 players, Chen Yi, Yang Yiyun, Wang Xiaotong, Liu Weishan, Xu Yi, Li Yake, Fan Siqi, Ding Yijie 8 players started from the women's singles qualifying round, and the remaining 10 directly advanced to the women's singles main event.
After 5 match days, 7 players in the national table tennis women's team have lost out, namely Wang Yidi, Qian Tianyi, Shi Xunyao, Yang Yiyun, Xu Yi, Li Yake, Ding Yijie, of which Yang Yiyun, Xu Yi, Li Yake, Ding Yijie 4 people stopped in the qualifying round, Wang Yidi, Qian Tianyi, Shi Xunyao 3 people suffered a defeat in the first round of the women's singles main event.
The women's singles qualifying tournament is also three rounds, only Chen Yi has a bye in the first round of the qualifying round, and only needs to play two rounds, and the remaining 7 people of the national table tennis women's team participating in the qualifying round have to play three rounds! Yang Yiyun stopped in the second round of the women's singles qualifying tournament and lost 0-3 to teammate Liu Weishan, so far Yang Yiyun became the first player of the national table tennis women's team to go out.
Xu Yi, Li Yake, and Ding Yijie stopped in the third round of the women's singles qualifying round, Xu Yi lost to Chinese Taipei player Zheng Xianxian 2-3, Li Yake lost 0-3 to teammate Fan Siqi, and Ding Yijie lost to teammate Chen Yi 2-3.
In the first round of the women's singles main event, Wang Yidi, the No. 3 seed in the women's singles and ranked No. 4 in the world, lost in an upset and lost to teammate Fan Siqi 2-3; Qian Tianyi lost 2-3 to teammate Liu Weishan; Shi Xunyao lost 1-3 to teammate Wang Manyu.
So far, the remaining 11 people in the national table tennis women's singles, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Chen Xingtong, He Zhuojia, Kui Man, Qin Yuxuan, Zong Geman, Chen Yi, Wang Xiaotong, Liu Weishan, Fan Siqi, have advanced to the top 32 of women's singles!
To sum up, at present, there are a total of 34 players participating in the national table tennis singles, and 12 players (5 men's singles and 7 women's singles) have lost the game, and the singles 32 strong national table tennis men and women's singles each occupy 11 seats, and the overall performance is remarkable.
Next, let's introduce the situation of the Japan team, a total of 12 players participated in the Japanese table tennis (full), 6 men and 6 women's singles, and the 6 men's singles were Tomokazu Zhangmoto, Hayasuke Togami, Teruko Matsushima, Daito Shinozuka, Maharu Yoshimura, and Yutai Tanaka, all of the above 6 advanced to the men's singles main event.
At present, Shinozuka Daito, Yoshimura Maharu, and Tanaka Yutai 3 people lost in the first round of the men's singles main event! Shinozuka Daden lost 0-3 to national table tennis player Wang Chuqin; Yoshimura lost 0-3 to Paris Olympic men's singles runner-up and Sweden rising star Moregaard; Yutai Tanaka lost 1-3 to national table tennis player Xu Yingbin. So far, the remaining 3 players in the Japanese table tennis men's singles, Tomokazu Zhangmoto, Hayasuke Togami, and Teruma Matsushima, have advanced to the top 32 of the men's singles.
The 6 participants in the Japanese table tennis women's singles are Miwa Zhangmoto, Misei Ito, Miyu Hirano, Miyu Kihara, Miyu Nagasaki, and Sakura Mori, and all the above 6 people advanced to the women's singles main event. It is worth mentioning that Hina Hayada withdrew from this competition due to injury. At present, Miwa Zhang and Miyu Kihara stopped in the first round of the women's singles main draw and missed the top 32 of the women's singles.
Zhang Benmeihe was defeated 0-3 by He Zhuojia, a non-main player of national table tennis, and He Zhuojia completely suppressed Zhang Benmeihe in the whole game, and the second and third games were even more disparity of 11-2, directly beating Zhang Benmeihe; Miyu Kihara lost 2-3 to Austria's Polkanova. So far, 4 players in the Japanese table tennis women's singles, Misei Ito, Miu Hirano, Miyu Nagasaki, and Sakura Mori have advanced to the top 32 of women's singles.
To sum up, there are a total of 12 players participating in the Japanese table tennis singles, and 5 players have lost out of the tournament, especially the Japanese table tennis men's singles, which has been half defeated after the first round of the main competition, and the overall performance can only be described as bleak.
However, compared to the Japan team, the overall performance of the Korea team is even more miserable! Korea singles has a total of 13 players participating in this competition, 6 men's singles and 7 women's singles. The six men's singles players are Jang Woo-jin, Ahn Jae-hyun, Cho Dae-sung, Lim Jong-hoon, Lee Sang-so, and Oh Hyun-sung, and all the above six people directly advanced to the men's singles main event.
After the first round of the men's singles main event, as many as 4 players in the Korea men's singles have lost out, namely Zhang Yuzhen, Zhao Dacheng, Lim Jong-hoon, and Wu Huicheng. Zhang Yuzhen lost 2-3 to Chinese Taipei player Liao Zhenting, and only lost 2 points in the deciding game 9-11, you must know that Zhang Yuzhen lost 3 games in a row when he won 2 games first, such a loss was indeed unexpected by many fans, after all, Chinese Taipei player Liao Zhenting is only ranked 109th in the world, while Zhang Yuzhen is ranked 14th in the world.
Cho Dae-sung lost 1-3 to teammate Ahn Jae-hyun and Lim Jong-hoon 1-3 to Japan's Hayasuke Togami; Oh lost 2-3 to Germany's Ocharov, so far Korea men's singles only Ahn Jae-hyun and Lee Sang-so advanced to the men's singles round of 32.
The 7 Korea women's singles participants are Tian Zhixi, Zhu Qianxi, Seo Hyo-won, Kim Na-young, Lee Eun-hye, Lee Shi-win, and Park Jiaxian, of which 17-year-old Park Jiaxian will start from the women's singles qualifying round, and the remaining 6 will directly advance to the women's singles main event. It is worth mentioning that Shin Yubin, the highest ranked player in the world of Korea women's singles, also withdrew from this competition due to injury.
At present, after 5 match days, Korea women's singles has lost 4 people, namely Tian Zhixi, Zhu Qianxi, Li Shiwen, Park Jiaxian, of which Park Jiaxian needs to play three rounds in the qualifying round, and the result is in the second round of the women's singles qualifying round, 0-3 defeated the 16-year-old Ding Yijie of national table tennis; The other three Tian Zhixi, Zhu Qianxi, and Li Shiwen suffered losses in the first round of the women's singles main event.
Tian Zhixi lost 0-3 to Japan's Miyu Nagasaki; Zhu Qianxi lost 1-3 to national table tennis player Wang Xiaotong; Li Shiwen lost 1-3 to Canada's Chinese player Zhang Mo. To sum up, Korea singles has a total of 13 players participating in this competition, and as many as 8 have lost out so far, and the overall performance is indeed too miserable.
According to the schedule, on the 6th match day on October 1, the singles 1/16 finals will be contested, and there will be 9 players in the national table tennis singles on this day, including 5 foreign battles and 2 internal battles (see the chart below for details)!
As the game progresses, the process will become more and more exciting! I look forward to the remaining national table tennis players to have a better performance, and at the same time defend the honor of national football in our home stadium on the occasion of the "11th National Day", come on national table tennis!