International online special article: On March 20, Beijing time, the 14-day 2022 World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT) Singapore Grand Slam Championships came to an end. This tournament is one of the highest level of the WTT Series's "Four Slams" and the first leg of the WTT Grand Slam. A total of 16 players were sent to participate in the Chinese team, which won the five events of the event. Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng won the men's singles and women's singles championships, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha won the mixed doubles championship, and Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu won the men's doubles and women's doubles championships respectively. In this regard, overseas media and netizens praised it endlessly, lamenting that China's table tennis is a legend.
Screenshot of a report by British sports portal Inside the Games
British sports portal Inside the Games reported on March 20 that the men's and women's singles finals were comparable to "epic", and Chinese players Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng were crowned WTT Singapore Grand Slams. The report also mentioned that China's Ma Long and Wang Manyu also had wonderful performances in this competition. The report also mentioned that Steve Dainton, ceo of the International Table Tennis Federation, praised it highly, saying, "Tonight, we witness history together." I would like to congratulate the winners of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam. "This tournament will undoubtedly usher in a new era of table tennis."
On the same day, the British news website ExBulletin also said that the Chinese team won 5 gold medals in the WTT Singapore Grand Slam competition and was the dominant player in the WTT Singapore Grand Slam.
Screenshot of The Straits Times report in Singapore
Singapore's "Straits Times" reported on March 16 that China's Sun Yingsha won the mixed doubles title with teammate Wang Chuqin in Singapore on the 16th. Then in the women's doubles semifinals, the Chinese duo of Sun Yingsha / Wang Manyu played well, beating the Luxembourg duo of Ni Xialian / Denut 3-0. According to the report, the two players in Luxembourg have bluntly said that there is a horizontal gap between the Chinese players. Denut sighed: "The Chinese players are very strong, especially in terms of possession. Their level is very high, so it is difficult to beat them. Ni Xialian believes that China is still the leader in the table tennis industry, and European table tennis needs a long time to catch up with China.
In addition, Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao took stock of the wonderful moments of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam on March 22. According to the report, two-time Olympic men's singles gold medalist Ma Long fought with teammate Fan Zhendong in the final of this Grand Slam for seven rounds, and lost 3:4. The report said that although he is 33 years old, Ma Long proves with his actions and strength that as long as he loves and will always be in the year of playing, he is still the most stable Dinghai God needle of the Chinese table tennis team.
For the Chinese team's championship winning, the official Twitter of the World Table Tennis Federation tweeted that
Fan Zhendong won the championship again in Singapore. After a spectacular showdown with Malone, he won the WTT Singapore Grand Slam Singles Title. ”
"Wang Manyu fought tenaciously, but Chen Meng's domineering spirit was exposed, winning the WTT Singapore Grand Slam Women's Singles Championship Trophy."
Overseas netizens also lamented the wonderful competition and congratulated the Chinese table tennis team:
The performances of the two legendary athletes (Ma Long and Fan Zhendong) are simply wonderful. Congratulations to Fan Zhendong.
The level of the competition is incredible, (Chen Meng, Wang Manyu) is like a "robot"!
Stunning! Exciting game!!!!
I like the speed of this (high) level of play.
(Lv Qianyuan, Ma Jiaxin, Wang Luping, Ren Lijun, Huang Rong)