WTT China Grand Slam: Feng Yixin defeated Qiu Dang in straight games, Guo Guanhong advanced to the top 32

Feng Yixin defeated Germany's top brother Qiu Dang in straight games and advanced to the top 32 of men's singles. (Taken from WTT official website)

[Reporter Xu Mingli/Comprehensive Report] Feng Yixin, a player ranked 40th in the world, defeated the German Qiu Dang, ranked 10th in the world, in straight games in the first round of the 2026 WTT China Grand Slam men's singles tonight and advanced to the top 32; 17-year-old Guo Guanhong also defeated the Swedish player Ranavre 3:0 in the first round, advancing to the top 32 in 3 consecutive Grand Slams.

In the past, Feng Yixin had only won 1 victory against Qiu Dang, a famous pen-hand shot player, but this year the two sides won 1 win each. Feng Yixin narrowly defeated Qiu Dang 3:2 at the World Team Championships in London, while Qiu Dang regained the victory 3:1 at the Ljubljana Star Challenge.

They met again tonight. In the first game, Feng Yixin led 6:2 at the beginning and was chased to 7:6. At the critical moment, he relied on his backhand attack and his opponent's error in receiving the serve, scoring 4 points in a row and winning at 11:6. In the second game, the scores of the two sides increased alternately, and they fought all the way to 9 draws. Feng Yixin succeeded in two consecutive forehand attacks, winning another victory at 11:9; The situation in the third game was still tight. Feng Yixin scored 2 points in a row to overtake 9:8 when trailing 7:8, forcing his opponent to pause. After returning to the game, Xiao Feng first made a forehand attack that caused the opponent's return ball to go out of bounds. Then he used a sharp backhand serve to attack and won an important victory at 11:8. In the next round, he will face Belgian player Larson Foss, ranked 63rd in the world.

Guanhong Guanhong, ranked 39th in the world, lost to Ranavre, ranked 27th in the world, after 5 fierce games at the Scobie Challenge last year. He met again tonight. Guo Guanhong played very strongly from the beginning. He took the initiative in the first three boards, starting at 8:1 and quickly took the lead with 11:4. In the second game, Guo also started at 5:1. Leading all the way after the game, another game was added at 11:4; in the third game, Guo Guanhong chased 3 points behind 1:2, forcing his opponent to call a timeout. After the game resumed, although Ranavre once tied the game at 4, Xiao Guo quickly launched a 6:1 counterattack, quickly opening up the score, and finally completed sweet revenge at 11:6.