Wang Chuqin's birthday is a triple crown! Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha have a peak showdown, and Sister Meng recovers to break the championship drought?

Li Xilin's basketball lore

2024-05-11 10:36Posted in Beijing Sports Creators

May 11 is Wang Chuqin's 24th birthday, and he will face Francesca in the men's singles final of the Saudi Grand Slam. Wang Chuqin has already won the mixed doubles and men's doubles titles at the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, and if he can be crowned a triple champion, it will be the best birthday present for him.

After entering 2024, several main players of Chinese men's table tennis are in unstable state, Fan Zhendong has not won the men's singles championship this year, Ma Long won the men's singles championship of the Macau World Cup, but he was out early in the Saudi Grand Slam tournament. Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun were also out early.

Wang Chuqin became the ace of the Chinese men's table tennis base, and he passed all the way, including narrowly defeating Lin Shidong 4-3 in the semifinals to reach the final. He fought very fiercely with Lin Shidong in the semifinals, and lost two games in a row 8-11, but he won three games in a row to overtake the score, Lin Shidong won the sixth game 11-7, and Wang Chuqin won 11-6 in the seventh game.

Wang Chuqin praised Lin Shidong after the game that he could win anyone. The current Lin Shidong is like Wang Chuqin of the Tokyo Olympic cycle, who has reached a very high level, and may still be short of breaking through a barrier and entering a new class.

Wang's progress in the Paris Olympic cycle is visible to the naked eye, and he is now firmly at number one in the world, with the most men's singles titles in 2024.

Wang Chuqin will face Francesca in the final, and the big man who is in solid form will attack the triple crown. The 24-year-old Wang Chuqin is full of physical energy, and physical fitness is not an obstacle for him. At the Paris Olympics, Wang Chuqin will also hit the triple crown.

Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha met again in the final and staged a peak showdown. The two often met in the finals during the Tokyo Olympic cycle, when they won and lost each other, and Chen Meng defeated Sun Yingsha to win the championship at the Tokyo Olympics, ushering in the highest moment of his table tennis career.

It's a pity that after the Tokyo Olympics, Chen Meng's impact on the women's singles championship has become more difficult, as if her peak period stayed at the Tokyo Olympics.

Chen Meng hasn't won the women's singles title for a while. In the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam tournament, Chen Meng ushered in a resurgence, and she defeated three Japanese table tennis masters in a row, Miu Hirano, Miwa Zhangmoto and Hina Hayata. These three are all Japanese table tennis players participating in the Paris Olympics. Chen Meng won every game very beautifully.

That peak Chen Meng seems to be back, and people can't help but look forward to the showdown between Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha again. Chen Meng did not lose the foreign war, and her Olympic selection points surpassed Wang Manyu, basically locking in China's second women's singles qualification for the Paris Olympics. In the finals, Chen Meng can fight with Sun Yingsha more relaxed, can he break the singles championship drought?

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