Chen Meng has been waiting for the women's singles championship for too long, and at the age of 30, she has not won the women's singles championship for more than two years. On May 11, Beijing time, Chen Meng defeated Sun Yingsha 4-2 in the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam women's singles final and lifted the championship trophy. Chen Meng, who came to the Olympic year again, finally ushered in a full blood resurrection.
Chen Meng's last women's singles title was 783 days since she won the Singapore Grand Slam women's singles title on March 20, 2022. In the days that followed, Chen Meng reached the finals of all competitions 5 times, but lost all of them, including losing to Sun Yingsha at the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships in Durban.
came to the Paris Olympic cycle, Chen Meng faced Sun Yingsha with fewer wins and more losses. Chen Meng has been affected by some injuries and his form has declined. In the Olympic women's singles qualification competition, Chen Meng was also forced into a desperate situation by Wang Manyu. She lost to Wang Manyu in the semi-finals of the Singapore Grand Slam and the Incheon Championships, while Chen Meng's results at the Macau World Cup were not as good as Wang's. Wang Manyu's Olympic selection points surpassed Chen Meng.
The Saudi Grand Slam was the final stop of the Olympic trials, and Wang Manyu made a mistake and lost to Balat. Chen Meng ushered in a big explosion, and she teamed up with Wang Manyu to win the women's doubles competition. In the women's singles competition, Chen Menglian Ke Japan's three main table tennis players Miyu Hirano, Miwa Zhang Moto, and Hina Hayada reached the final.
Facing world No. 1 Sun Yingsha in the final, Chen Meng broke the championship drought and lost the first game 6-11, but she won three games in a row - 11-5, 11-8, 11-9.
Sun Yingsha won 11-6 in the fifth game. However, in the sixth game, Chen Meng won 11-8, thus winning the championship with a total score of 4-2.
Chen Meng has basically locked in the second singles qualification of the Chinese women's table tennis team for the Paris Olympics when she reached the final, and winning the championship is a great thing for Chen Meng. Chen Meng's state recovered in time, and the Chinese women's table tennis will be more stable in the Paris Olympics. Chen Meng will compete in the women's singles and team competitions at the Paris Olympics.
If Chen Meng continues her form to the Paris Olympics, it will really be a good thing for her to achieve two consecutive women's singles championships. In the history of Chinese women's table tennis, Deng Yaping and Zhang Yining have both achieved two consecutive Olympic women's singles championships, and they are recognized as the "big devils". Can Chen Meng keep up with the two predecessors and defend his title at the Paris Olympics?
The 30-year-old Chen Meng ushered in an important moment in her table tennis career, and her number one opponent for the women's singles championship at the Paris Olympics was actually teammate Sun Yingsha.