In the early morning of May 10, Beijing time, the 2024 WTT Saudi Grand Slam ended the fierce competition of the day. On this competition day, the national table tennis ushered in 4 key battles, which attracted the attention of table tennis enthusiasts around the world. First up will be the world No.1 pair of Sun Yingsha and Wong Chu Qin, who have already qualified for the Paris Olympics in Mixed Doubles, who will take on Hong Kong's To Hoi-king/Wong Chun-ting in the final.
At the beginning of the first game, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha quickly entered the state, steadily opened the score, and easily won the first game 11:6. Subsequently, they maintained their fiery touch and strong pressing power, and firmly controlled the tempo of the game. In the second and third games, they only allowed the Hong Kong pair to score six points each, and finally swept their opponents 3-0 to win the first mixed doubles title of the Saudi Grand Slam.
In the women's singles quarterfinals, Chen Meng once again faced Miwa Zhangmoto, a rising Japanese Chinese star. In the round of 16, Chen Meng defeated Japan's main player Miu Hirano 4:0. This time against Miwa Zhangmoto, she quickly entered the state at the beginning and won the first game 11:6.
In the second game, Zhang Benmeihe launched a tenacious counterattack, and the score of the two was deadlocked, and finally Chen Meng won the next game 11:9 with the grasp of key points. In the third game, Zhang Benmeihe seemed a little broken, and Chen Meng easily won 11:4, leading the total score 3:0. Although Zhang Benmeihe pulled back a city 11-9 in the fourth game, Chen Meng no longer gave her any chance in the fifth game and won 11-8, advancing to the semifinals with a total score of 4:1.
Wang Chuqin played three things, and before the Mixed Doubles final, he and Ma Long faced Sweden's Carlsen/Carlberg in the Men's Doubles semi-finals. The first two games were fiercely contested, but Wang Chuqin/Ma Long won two games in a row with 11:9 and 11:8 with excellent cooperation. In the third game, the Swedish pair was unable to stop Wang Chuqin/Ma Long's attack, and they won easily 11:4, sweeping their opponents with a total score of 3:0 to advance to the final.
In the men's singles quarterfinals, Wang Chuqin faced Denmark's Grote. In the game, Wang Chuqin showed his steady ability to score key points, losing four straight games 11:9, 11:4, 11:8 and 11:9, sweeping his opponent 4:0, and continuing to maintain the momentum of the three-line championship.
The finale of the day was the women's singles top 8 national table tennis civil war, which was played by the world's No. 1 Sun Yingsha against Qian Tianyi. In the first game, Sun Yingsha was like a rainbow, and swept the opponent 11:0 mercilessly, completely defeating Qian Tianyi's psychological defense. Subsequently, she continued to maintain a high level of performance, winning three games in a row 11:6, 11:3 and 11:6, and swept Qian Tianyi with a total score of 4:0 to advance to the top 4.
In another women's singles quarterfinals last night, Wang Yidi narrowly eliminated Misei Ito 4:3. The national table tennis finally formed a situation in which three generals surrounded and suppressed the first sister of Japan, Hina Hayata, which laid a solid foundation for the national table tennis to compete for the championship in the women's singles event.