On May 6, 2024, there was good news from the table tennis Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, the world No. 1 played crazy, Wang Chuqin swept Romanian star Ionescu 3-0 and became the first national table tennis player to advance to the top 16 of singles.
Wang Chuqin, as the top seed in men's singles, has shown absolute strength many times, and his foreign performance is also very stable, although he lost Zhang Yuzhen once this year, but on the whole, it is still very stable, and the coaching staff often arranges for him to take into account the three, the mixed doubles partner Sun Yingsha and the men's doubles partner Ma Long in this event are relatively hard, and it is difficult to avoid three matches a day in the future, so you need to overcome the difficulties yourself.
Oviedou Ionescu is the strongest player in the Romanian men's team, once partnered with Spain's Robles, won the men's doubles runner-up at the World Table Tennis Championships, lost to Ma Long/Wang Chuqin at that time, and left a deep impression on many fans.
After the start of the game, Wang Chuqin played steadily in the first game, giving full play to his own advantages, bringing a lot of pressure to Ionescu's defense, Wang Chuqin had a good momentum, the foreign battle was indeed stable, and he took the lead 11-5, Ionescu was mainly strong, the quality of the veneer was okay, his first three boards were very rough, it was difficult to keep up with Wang Chuqin's rhythm, not to mention the change in the number of service rounds.
In the second game, Ionescu also had technical and tactical adjustments, but the quality of the return ball was not high, so there was no threat, Wang Chuqin played with momentum and won another game 11-3, and in the third game, Wang Chuqin seized the opportunity to end the game with 11-6, and finally swept Ionescu 3-0, Wang Chuqin quickly decided, Ionescu had almost no active offensive score in this ball, and could only wait for the opponent to make unnecessary mistakes.
It is worth mentioning that after the men's singles advanced to the round of 16, Wang Chuqin also had to prepare for the mixed doubles and continue to partner Sun Yingsha to play, the opponent was Alha Drawy/Hannah Gundam, Saudi Arabian players and Egyptian players temporarily cooperated, which did not have any difficulty for Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha.
At present, Wang Chuqin has determined the qualification for the Paris Olympics, and it is basically certain that he has three things, and the coaching staff let Wang Chuqin and Ma Long cooperate, which is undoubtedly an early preparation for the team event, and we have reason to believe that Wang Chuqin can do better.