China News Service, Beijing, March 15th. The 2024 World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT) Singapore Grand Slam will continue on the 14th. Chinese player Liang Jingkun reversed and defeated Japanese star Tomokazu Harimoto after losing two games first.
Chinese combination Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha defeated Chinese Taipei combination Chen Siyu/Lin Yunru 3:0 to advance to the mixed doubles final.
Zhang Benzhihe is a strong opponent of the national table tennis team and has defeated many major national players such as Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin.
On that day, in the first game of the game, Liang Jingkun missed a key point after catching up to 9 draws, and Zhang Benzhihe won the first game.
In the second game, Liang Jingkun was reversed by his opponent with a game point and fell behind with a total score of 0:2.
At the beginning of the third game, Liang Jingkun changed his mind and looked for weaknesses in his opponent through high-quality stalemate.
Under the pressure of speed and strength, Zhang Benzhihe made more mistakes, and Liang Jingkun chased three consecutive games to complete the reversal at 3:2.
The other two Chinese men's singles players were happy and worried.
Wang Chuqin defeated Swedish player Moregaard 3:0 to advance to the quarterfinals, while Lin Shidong lost to German veteran Boll 1:3 and missed the advancement.
The national table tennis women's singles team won all six games and advanced to the quarterfinals, locking a spot in the finals in advance.
There will be two "Chinese Derbys" in the women's singles quarter-finals, with Sun Yingsha playing against Chen Xingtong and Wang Yidi playing against Qian Tianyi.
Chen Meng and Wang Manyu will compete for tickets to the semi-finals with Korean player Shin Yubin and Japanese player Mima Ito respectively.
China's number one mixed doubles pair Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha met Chinese Taipei's Chen Siyu/Lin Yunru in the semifinals. The latter is the main mixed doubles pair of the Chinese Taipei team during the Paris Olympics and is currently ranked fifth in the world.
During the game, the Chinese Taipei combination relied on high-quality serves to hold on to the score, but Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha relied on their outstanding performance to win the first two games 15:13 and 17:15, and took advantage of the trend to win the third game with a large margin.
In the women's doubles, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu, who experienced a tough battle in the last round, easily defeated Zhu Chengzhu/Ng Yonglin of Hong Kong, China, 3:0, with a disparity of 11:1 in the first game.
In men's doubles, two Chinese pairs, Wang Chuqin/Fan Zhendong and Ma Long/Lin Gaoyuan, both won and advanced to the semi-finals.
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