In the early morning of May 10, 2024, Beijing time, the WTT Saudi Championship continued, just ended the last game of the men's singles 1/4 finals, and finally Wang Chuqin swept the Danish star Grote 4-0 and successfully advanced to the semifinals, so far the top 4 men's singles have all been released, namely: Wang Chuqin, Lin Shidong, Zhang Yuzhen and Francesca, the national table tennis successfully met in the upper half and locked a final seat!
Wang Chuqin is ranked No. 1 in the world, and lost 0-4 to Ma Long in the semifinals of the last Macau World Cup and missed the final, but the overall performance has been very good this season, and he still maintains the top level in the case of multi-front battles! The four main forces of national table tennis in this Saudi Championship have been out, and only Wang Chuqin and young player Lin Shidong are left to reach the top 8! The huge pressure on whether the men's singles can bring the championship back to China mainly falls on Wang Chuqin! Moreover, Wang Chuqin is still fighting on the third line in this competition, which is a huge challenge to his physical fitness! Danish star Grote is ranked 27th in the world, although judging from the strength and the previous matches between the two sides, Wang Chuqin has an absolute advantage! But Grote knocked out Lin Gaoyuan in this championship, and his fighting ability has to be paid attention to!
In the first game, Wang Chuqin started 3-1! Grote chased 2 points in a row through the serve, and then Wang Chuqin played a wave of 5-1 to take an 8-4 lead! But Grote stubbornly chased the score to a 9-9 draw through a change of pace! At the critical moment, Wang Chuqin scored 2 points in a row to win the first game 11-9! In the second game, Wang Chuqin did a more perfect job in receiving the serve, and the attack on the first three boards was also more rigorous, and he quickly opened up the score difference 6-1! Grote didn't have much to do about Wang Chuqin's sharp attack! In the end, Wang Chuqin won another game 11-4!
In the third game, Grote strengthened his attack and connection speed, and took a 5-2 lead! Wang Chuqin responded calmly and chased the score to 5-6! Grote quickly called a timeout to adjust! After the timeout, Grote scored 2 points in a row to continue the lead at 8-5! After that, Wang Chuqin played a wave of 6-0 and won 11-8! In the fourth game, Grote's mistakes increased, and Wang Chuqin took a 7-1 lead! Then Grote chased 5 points in a row, and at the critical moment, Wang Chuqin withstood the counterattack and ended the game 11-9! The aggregate score swept Grote 4-0 and successfully advanced to the semi-finals!
In the other 1/4 final in the first half of the previous end, China's 19-year-old Lin Shidong played well, defeating South Korea's rising star Zhao Dacheng with a total score of 4-1, so that Wang Chuqin successfully met Lin Shidong, and the national table tennis successfully locked a place in the finals! The two quarter-finals in the second half have also officially ended, in which South Korean star Jang Woo-jin defeated French future star Felix Lebrun 4-1. Although Zhang Yuzhen is ranked 20th in the world and is behind Felix Lebrun, who is ranked 5th in the world, Zhang Yuzhen has defeated Wang Chuqin and Ma Long, and her strength is undoubted! In another German domestic war, Francesca played well and beat teammate Qiu Dang with an aggregate score of 4-0! At this point, the second half of the bracket will decide another place in the final between Francesca and Zhang Yuzhen!