On May 10, the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam enters the penultimate day of competition, with six matches to be played, including two men's singles semifinals, two women's singles semifinals, one men's doubles final, and one women's doubles final.
The specific schedule is as follows:
The first match, the women's doubles final, started at 19 o'clock, with the national table tennis combination Chen Meng/Wang Manyu facing the Korean table tennis combination Tian Zhixi/Shen Yubin.
This Women's Doubles final is definitely a strong conversation. Needless to say, the Mengman combination has won several championships with their pairing. At the WTT Singapore Grand Slam in March this year, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu won the women's doubles championship.
Tian Zhixi/Shin Yubin also regularly win the women's doubles title. Han Ping had an idea and focused on the women's doubles competition. Tian Zhixi and Shen Yubin won the women's doubles title at last year's Asian Games in Hangzhou, and Tian Zhixi/Shin Yubin also won the women's doubles title at this year's Goa Star Challenge. They also won women's doubles titles in several feeder tournaments.
Tian Zhixi/Shin Yubin ranked No. 1 in the women's doubles world, while Chen Meng/Wang Manyu ranked second.
In the Lanzhou Star Challenge held in October last year, Wang Manyu/Chen Meng and Shen Yubin/Tian Zhixi advanced to the women's doubles final. Shen Yubin/Tian Zhixi withdrew, and Chen Meng/Wang Manyu directly won the women's doubles championship. The two pairs meet again in the final and can have a good fight.
The second match, the men's doubles final, was held at 19:45, with the national table tennis pair Ma Long/Wang Chuqin facing the Japanese table tennis pair Hayasuke Togami/Shinozuka Daito.
The leading duo is strong and should easily defeat the Japanese pair to win the title.
The third game, the women's singles semifinals, was held at 22:00, with national table tennis player Chen Meng playing against Japanese table tennis player Hina Hayata.
Chen Meng ushered in the most critical battle. She only needs to win against Hina Hayada to qualify for the women's singles at the Paris Olympics. Chen Meng has a relationship with the Japanese table tennis team. She has already defeated Miu Hirano and Miwa Haramoto, and met Hina Hayada again. Chen Meng's victory over Hina Hayada is very likely.
However, Chen Meng can't take his opponent lightly. At the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan in February this year, the Chinese women's table tennis defeated the Japanese women's table tennis 3-2 and won the gold medal in the women's team. At that time, Chen Meng had a fight with Hina Hayata. However, Chen Meng lost 1-3 to Hina Hayata.
If Chen Meng wins three Japanese table tennis players in a row and qualifies for the women's singles at the Paris Olympics, it will also be a meaningful thing. Come on Chen Meng!
The fourth game, the women's singles semifinals, was held at 22:45, with Sun Yingsha playing against Wang Yidi, a national table tennis civil war.
In the semifinals, Sun Yingsha swept Qian Tianyi 4-0, and also blasted 11:0 and 11:3. Wang Yidi narrowly defeated Misei Ito 4-3.
Sun Yingsha is in better shape. However, the two have played each other many times, and they have won and lost each other. The outcome this time is also unpredictable.
The fifth game, the men's singles semifinals, was held at 23:30, with Wang Chuqin against Lin Shidong, another national table tennis civil war.
Wang Chuqin's condition is very good, but Lin Shidong's condition is not bad. Teenager Lin Shidong may create unexpected surprises.
The sixth match, the men's singles semifinals, was held at 00:15 a.m. the next day, and was played by Korean table tennis player Zhang Yuzhen against German player Francesca.
The Chinese men's table tennis lost the bottom half, and Zhang Yuzhen and Francesca competed for a place in the final. The result of their match is also unpredictable.