On the evening of March 20, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Grand Slam came to an end, the national table tennis Olympic champion Chen Meng played steadily, defeated teammate Wang Manyu 4-3 to win the women's singles championship, and this battle allowed her to harvest 3 happy news at the same time, that is, to get 100,000 US dollars in prize money, return to the world's first place, and be selected for the list of the National Table Tennis Asian Games: Congratulations to her!
Although we cannot say that Chen Meng's era has arrived, it is certain that this battle will greatly enhance Chen Meng's morale and provide a strong impetus for her re-emergence in the Paris Olympic cycle!
As early as before the start of the Grand Slam, the International Table Tennis Federation has made a clear announcement of the athlete's prize money, of which the men's and women's singles champions are the most generous, each can get 100,000 US dollars, which is already very high for the general degree of commercialization of table tennis projects.
In addition to money, the world ranking points of the singles champion also have extraordinary significance for Chen Meng: before that, she had won the world's first list for more than two years, but after the Olympic Games, her performance declined, so not long ago, the ranking was also surpassed by Sun Yingsha and dropped to the second place in the world.
According to the regulations, the singles champion of the Grand Slam can receive as many as 2,000 points in rewards, so Chen Meng can use this victory to surpass Sun Yingsha and return to the top position in the world rankings: although the ranking does not represent the results, the title of "world number one" is still a resounding existence, and Chen Meng deserves it!
In addition, according to the requirements of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, the world's highest-ranked athlete or grand slam singles champion can be directly submitted to participate in the Asian Games: Chen Meng is now dominant in both, so it is a foregone conclusion to participate.
Although he has experienced a period of downturn, Chen Meng has now gradually found his best competitive state, which is really gratifying! But it is undeniable that this time she narrowly defeated Wang Yidi 4-3 in the semi-finals, and in the final she narrowly defeated Wang Manyu 4-3, and each battle was fought very hard, which also shows that everyone's strength is relatively close, and the relationship between victory and defeat may be reversed at any time.
So can Chen Meng stabilize the hard-won victory and continue to impact the world table tennis singles championship and Grand Slam title? The suspense is still there, let's wait and see!