Today is May 11th, the last match day of the 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam! Our Chinese team has already won the Mixed Doubles, Women's Doubles and Men's Doubles titles, and now we are waiting for the Women's Singles and Men's Singles trophies. In the women's singles final, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng of our national table tennis team faced off, and in the men's singles final, Wang Chuqin had to face Francesca, a strong German opponent who eliminated Fan Zhendong, Zhang Yuzhen and others. This is the key moment to decide the ownership of the championship, we have to do our best!
It is worth mentioning that Lin Shidong's performance in this event is remarkable, and in the semifinals yesterday, he and Wang Chuqin also played seven rounds, and finally lost in mentality. If Lin Shidong goes through some competitions, he will definitely be able to achieve outstanding results and shoulder the heavy responsibility for the national table tennis men's team.
From 19:00 to 21:00 in the evening, CCTV-5 will broadcast the whole process, and we will wait to see who the champion of men's singles and women's singles will be!
May 11 schedule
Let's take a look at the women's singles final first, which started on time at 19:00, and the two sisters, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng, were going to love and kill each other again. Sun Yingsha is a really good girl, she just won the women's singles championship of the Macau World Cup not long ago, and she is still one Olympic champion away from achieving a Grand Slam. And Chen Meng, a veteran, should not be underestimated, with rich experience, excellent psychological quality, and a steady defense. Let's wait and see who comes out on top!
20:00 is the final of the men's singles, Wang Chuqin will face Patrick Francesca. Wang Chuqin is China's top seed, ranked No. 1 in the world, and has also won four or five WTT events this year. And Patrick Francesca, a strong German opponent, is not easy to mess with, and his explosiveness and agility are top-notch. This match will definitely be the climax of this event, and it is also the time for Wang Chuqin to defend the national table tennis men's singles championship, let's wait and see.
In this kind of Grand Slam tournament, every ball can make the difference between winning and losing, and every player is bound to give it their all.
Therefore, everyone must lock in CCTV 5 and cheer for our players together! I hope they can give their best in this competition and win glory for the country!