On the evening of May 10, Beijing time, good news came that in the women's doubles final, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu defeated Tian Zhixi/Shen Yubin, who is currently ranked No. 1 in the world women's doubles, 3-0 and won the 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam women's doubles championship!
The Chen Meng/Wang Manyu partnership is more about preparing for the first set of the Olympic women's team in the near future, and the two have run in with each other in this tournament to cultivate more tacit understanding.
The South Korean pair Tian Zhixi/Shin Yubin performed well this cycle, defeating Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu in the semifinals of the women's doubles at the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships in Durban, and the two won the women's doubles gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
This women's doubles final can also be seen as an early rehearsal for the Olympics, with strong dialogues and fierce battles, please see below for the specific matches.
At the beginning, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu stared very closely at the large angle of the forehand, and the opponent locked the double right on the same half of the platform through the cooperation of the left and right hands, leaking out of the gap, and the tactics were very good, which caused greater pressure on Mengyu's defense, but Mengyu returned the ball with higher quality, and continued to attack, 11-6, to win the first game.
In the second game, the speed of the Korean combination was significantly faster, and they still insisted on a large angle near Taiwan, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu would not be able to stand up, the opponent made too many mistakes in fighting, and could not handle the hair extensions well, Mengyu seized the opportunity to overtake the score, 11-6, and then in the next game.
In the third game, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu took the lead at the beginning, the opponent fought with his back, there were a lot of fighting balls, and the score overtook the score, and then the score rose alternately, South Korea became more and more courageous, Mengyu saved two game points, and then scored two points in a row, 12-10, and swept the opponent 3-0.
Congratulations again to Chen Meng/Wang Manyu for winning the 2024 Saudi Arabia Grand Slam Women's Doubles Championship! In order to pave the way for the two to cooperate and participate in bigger competitions in the future, the two will also participate in the women's doubles of the WTT Regular Challenge Taiyuan Station, and continue to cheer for Chen Meng and Wang Manyu!