On the evening of April 7, the WTT World Table Tennis Federation announced that the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam 2024 will be held from May 1 to 11 at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and the main event will be held from May 4 to 11. At that time, the world's top players will appear in the Eight Poles Stadium to compete for 2,000 world ranking points. The doubles entries for this tournament were officially announced today.
In Men's Doubles, China's Ma Long/Wang Chuqin will make their third WTT Series appearance, reaching the final of the WTT Stars Challenge Doha 2024, Korea's Lim Joong-hoon/Lee Sang-so will make their WTT Grand Slam debut in Saudi Arabia after winning the Men's Doubles title at WTT Challenger Doha 2024, Europe's new generation pair Alex Lebrun/Felix Lebrun have confirmed their participation, and the inter-association pair Teruku Matsushima/Goh Hsiang-seong have also confirmed their participation.
In Women's Doubles, China's Chen Meng/Wang Manyu are confirmed to be in the Women's Doubles title after winning the Women's Doubles title at the recently concluded WTT Singapore Grand Slam 2024, while South Korea's Tian Zhixi/Shin Yubin, who have won the WTT Series Women's Doubles title five times, will also be confirmed to compete, as are the cross-association pairs of Zhu Qianxi/Miyu Kihara, Sofia Polkanova/Bernadette Szokos, and Liu Yangzi/Wu Yonglin.
In Mixed Doubles, top seeds Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha will be strong contenders for the inaugural WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam Mixed Doubles title, while Korea's Lim Joong-hoon/Shin Yu-bin and Egypt's Omar Assar/Tina Meshev are also confirmed.
The WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam 2024 will take place from May 4 to 11 with 64 draws for men's and women's singles, and 24 draws for men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles.
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