Saudi Arabia Grand Slam schedule on May 11: Sun Yingsha and Chen Mengfeng face off, Wang Chuqin strives for the third crown

Where did the good ball go

2024-05-11 05:13Posted in Hubei Sports Creators

In the early morning of May 11, Beijing time, the 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam ended the competition for the 7th match day of the main event. Following the mixed doubles champion on the previous day, the men's doubles and women's doubles champions were determined, and the men's and women's singles finalists were all announced.

The Mixed Doubles champions were the "Shatou" pair of Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin, who won the first Saudi Grand Slam.

The women's doubles championship also belonged to the national table tennis team, with Chen Meng/Wang Manyu sweeping the world No. 1 pair Shin Yubin/Tian Zhixi 3-0 in the final.

Then the men's doubles championship was not lost, and the "dragon head" combination Ma Long/Wang Chuqin did not lose a game, and swept the Japanese pair Hayasuke Togami/Shinozuka Daito 3-0 to win the third championship of the tournament.

In the two women's singles semifinals, Chen Meng defeated Hina Hayada 4-0, and Sun Yingsha also followed closely behind Wang Yidi 4-1, and the two met again in the finals. Since then, the national table tennis has also won the women's singles championship in advance. Although the big score looks like a big gap, the game is quite exciting and intense.

Unlike the women's singles semi-finals, which were won by a large score, the two men's singles semi-finals were both seven-game battles. Wang Chuqin faced Lin Shidong, lost first and then won, lost two games first and then won three games in a row, and finally won 4-3 thrillingly. Francesca and Zhang Yuzhen were evenly matched, and when they fell behind 5-8 in the deciding game, Francesca blasted out a wave of 6-0 and finally won 11-8.

May 11 is the final day of the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, with only two finals left, men's singles and women's singles. Normally, the finals of WTT events are arranged in the prime time of the evening local time, but this time the arrangement is very special, the matches are scheduled to be played at 14:00 and 15:00 local time, and this time corresponds to 19:00 and 20:00 Beijing time, which is specially arranged to take care of the viewing needs of Chinese fans, right?

Women's Singles Final

Sun Yingsha VS Chen Meng, match time: 19:00.

Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng will meet in the finals, I believe this is a result that everyone can expect before the game.

Chen Meng, who likes to drink tea, has a very easy-going personality, and even a little casual. But she is more down-to-earth and has outstanding business ability, and once she is really pushed to a certain position, she can stand up.

In the Tokyo Olympic cycle, in the face of the impact of Ito Micheng, Ding Ning and Zhu Yuling were beaten to retirement, and the new generation of players such as Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu also lost. In the Paris Olympic cycle, with Chen Meng's personality, she has no strong desire to participate in the Olympic singles again. In the face of Wang Manyu's strong impact, she is also quite calm, even if the Olympic points are overtaken by Wang Manyu, she is happy all day long, anyway, the quota of the Olympic women's team is almost certain to have her. But this time in the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, Wang Manyu suddenly broke out, and the "lone seedling" Chen Meng in the second half of the district was in the same area as Miyu Hirano, Miwa Zhangmoto, and Hina Hayada of the Japanese women's team. In the end, she successfully reached the women's singles final with a series of three, and by the way, she qualified for the women's singles at the Paris Olympics.

Sun Yingsha's competitive state has been maintained at a high level for a long time, although her teammates can occasionally beat her once, but in terms of stability, Sun Yingsha is undoubtedly a higher level. This time, Chen Meng's good form has been completely forced out by 3 Japanese players, can the two play seven rounds? See.

Men's Singles Final

Wang Chuqin VS Francesca, match time: 20:00.

Wang Chuqin is the only national table tennis player who has three events in this event, and he has won the mixed doubles and men's doubles championships with his stable performance, just one step away from the "triple crown". This men's singles final is also the only suspense about whether the national table tennis can win the five championships.

As the current world No. 1, it is not surprising that Wang Chuqin reached the final. Even if he encountered a strong impact from his teammate Lin Shidong in the semifinals and fell behind 0-2 at one point, I believe that most fans still hope that he can reverse the promotion, and I also believe that he can do it, because he will represent the national table tennis in the men's singles of the Paris Olympics, I hope he is the strongest player in the world at this stage, and he really did it. As for Lin Shidong, his performance is amazing enough, according to the current growth rate, it is no longer far away to become the absolute main force of national table tennis in the future, and he may sing the leading role in the next Olympic cycle.

Francesca was able to emerge from the bottom half of the bracket, which was a combination of many "what ifs", and as a result, he became the "biggest dark horse" of the event. As he himself said after the game, he considered himself lucky to win the tiebreaker against Fan Zhendong and Zhang Yuzhen. But at the same time, we should also realize that his resilience in the game and the spirit of never giving up are worthy of admiration, and they are also what national table tennis players need to pay attention to when facing him.

Even if he only finishes as runner-up, he will break into the top 10 in the world rankings and move to ninth, surpassing Qiu Dang to become Germany's new big brother. But life is so dramatic, the German Table Tennis Association just announced the list of participants for the Paris Olympics last month, the men's singles are Qiu Dang and Ocharov, the third person in the men's team is Bol, and Francesca, who was originally ranked third in Germany in singles, was not selected. If the list is delayed by a month, I believe the German Table Tennis Association has a different choice! However, it is still necessary for Lai Francesca to be too late, Bol won the men's singles championship of the WTT Regular Challenge Doha just after his comeback, and the world ranking quickly rushed back to the top 30 from the top 100, which is eye-catching, and it is no wonder that the German Table Tennis Association believes in him more.

For the results of the men's singles final, everyone believes that Wang Chuqin's ability will definitely achieve the "triple crown" in the Saudi Grand Slam and defend the glory of national table tennis.

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