On March 18, 2022, Beijing time, the Singapore Table Tennis Grand Slam ended the men's doubles final, and Wang Chuqin, who had previously won the mixed doubles championship, partnered Fan Zhendong, defeated the Japanese combination of Yukiya Utada / Tokami Hayasuke and successfully reached the top. Wang Chuqin became the first double champion in the history of a table tennis Grand Slam.
Young player Wang Chuqin is a key training object of national table tennis, he played three events in this Grand Slam event, and the men's singles lost to Ma Long and missed the quarterfinals. In the mixed doubles arena, Wang Chuqin partnered sun Yingsha and successfully won the championship, which was the first championship in the history of the Grand Slam.
In the men's doubles field, Wang Chuqin partnered with fan Zhendong, who was ranked no. 1 in the world, and they played three 3-1 to successfully advance to the men's doubles final. The opponent of the championship battle is the Japanese combination of Yukiya Utada / Hayabusa Toue, which is a new generation of combinations, very impactful, especially Yukiya Utada is in excellent form, not only to reach the men's doubles final, he also reached the men's singles semifinals, and then face Fan Zhendong twice.
On the other hand, Yukiya Utada / Hayabusa Tokami have participated in many international competitions, and their cooperation is quite tacit, which is also their advantage. So in the first set, we saw the two men make up for each other on the defensive end, very tacitly, and take an 8-6 lead. Our Fan Zhendong /Wang Chuqin is very adaptable, and the personal offensive strength is also above the opponent, but the cooperation is not too tacit, and there are more unnecessary mistakes. The two pairs of combinations are fiercely contested, and the end of the game is 10 draws, and the key ball is also watched by the national table tennis, and the first place is 12-10.
In the second set, the two sides were still clinging to the score, with the Japanese combination leading 6-4 in the innings, and Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin overtaking 9-8 in the second half of the set. The Japanese duo was tenacious, with a score of 10 draws at the end of the inning, the result was the same as the previous set, Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin once again grasped the key points, 12-10 thrilling to win this set, 2-0 lead.
In the third set, Wang Chuqin made more mistakes in the opening, the national table tennis fell behind 1-5, Yukiya Utada / Toue Hayabusa played a fairly high level, 8-3 in the set, Wang Chuqin lost multiple opportunity balls in this set, and fell behind 3-9 at the end of the set. Subsequently, the national table tennis chased 4 points in a row, and the Japanese combination called a timeout. After that, the Japanese duo won the set point 10-7, but Wang Chuqin/Fan Zhendong once again chased down to 10 draws. Unfortunately, the national table tennis missed the match point opportunity twice, losing the set 12-14.
In the fourth set, Wang Chuqin/Fan Zhendong led 3-1, and the Japanese combination made more mistakes, falling behind 3-5 in the innings. However, the two young players of Japan are very tenacious, and the key ball dares to fight, and the score comes to 5 draws. In the second half of the inning, it was still a national table tennis skill, successfully won this round, won the men's doubles championship 3-1 with a big score, and Wang Chuqin was crowned doubles!