Chen Meng won the championship and returned to the top two in the world, laying the top two Olympic seeds, and Sun Yingsha laying the top seed

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2024-05-11 20:00Published in Guizhou Sports Creators

In the 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, the women's singles final ended on the evening of May 11, and Chen Meng continued her good form and defeated Sun Yingsha with a total score of 4-2 to win the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam women's singles championship. Chen Meng previously partnered with Wang Manyu to win the women's doubles championship, and won the double championship in this event. In addition, Chen Meng's world ranking will also surpass Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi and return to the top two in the world.

Sun Yingsha 2-4 Chen Meng【11-6, 5-11, 8-11, 9-11, 11-6, 8-11】

This is the 16th international meeting between the two sides, with Sun Yingsha holding a 10-5 advantage in the past and beating Chen Meng in the last six meetings in a row. With the end of this fierce battle, Chen Meng finally defeated Sun Yingsha again, thus ending the 6-game losing streak against Sun Yingsha in the international arena, and the total battle score also became 6 wins and 10 losses to narrow the gap.

Regarding the competition in this game, Sun Yingsha quickly established an advantage in the first game, rewrote the score to a 7-4 lead, and stabilized her position to win 11-6. In the second game, Chen Meng always grasped the opportunity to serve, established the lead early, and won the equalizer 11-5. The two sides played more stalemate in the third game, and Chen Meng, the key point, seized the opportunity and won 11-8 to overtake the total score.

In the fourth game, Sun Yingsha fell behind 1-5 at the beginning, and pursued 9-8 to overtake, and Chen Meng, the key point, finally came back to his senses and won 11-9. In the fifth game, Sun Yingsha's performance was extremely strong, leading all the way and winning 11-6. In the sixth game, Chen Meng led 6-2 at the beginning, stabilized the advantage and advanced, got the match point 10-4, won the sixth game 11-8 without danger, and won the championship with a total score of 4-2.

Regarding the world ranking, Chen Meng won the championship and scored 2,000 points, with a net increase of 1,650 points after the next nuclear reduction of 350, and the total points of the world ranking will reach 6,410 points, surpassing Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi to second in a row. Sun Yingsha won the runner-up and scored 1,400 points, with a net increase of 900 points after a reduction of 500 points in the next period, and the total points will be increased to 9,200 points, continuing to lead the women's singles world rankings.

Valid points for the Olympic seeding rankings

1. Sun Yingsha: 7450 points

2. Chen Meng: 5232 points

3. Hina Hayata: 3108 points

4. Zhang Benmeihe: 2047 points

5. Shen Yubin: 1820 points

Regarding the Olympic seeding rankings, i.e. the validity of the world rankings on July 16. Sun Yingsha has accumulated 7450 effective points, while Hina Hayata, the highest in the foreign association, has 3108 points, and Sun Yingsha is 4342 points ahead of Hina Hayata. There are no heavyweight events until July 16, and the highest points are 1,000 points at the WTT Chongqing Championships. It can be seen that Sun Yingsha has locked the top two Olympic seeds. Chen Meng's cumulative effective score reached 5,232 points, 2,124 points ahead of Hina Hayata, and also established the top two positions of Olympic seeds.

Regarding the world rankings of other players, Wang Yidi and Hina Hayada reached the semifinals, both of which were blessed with 700 points in the world rankings, and Wang Yidi added 533 points after deducting 167 points in the next period, and the total points will increase to 5305 points. However, Chen Meng gained more points in this event, and Wang Yidi's ranking was surpassed by Chen Meng, and the next world ranking will drop to fourth. Hina Hayada will add 457 points after deducting 243 points in the next period, and the total points will increase to 3,565 points, and she will still rank fifth in the world.

Qian Tianyi, Mimato Ito, Miwa Zhangmoto, and Batra reached the quarterfinals of the women's singles, all of which scored 350 points in the world ranking. Qian Tianyi did not need to be reduced in less than eight stops, and his total points increased to 1,123 points, and his world ranking rose from 25th to 17th. Ito will increase his net score by 280 points to a total of 1,880 points, moving up from 10th to 9th. Zhang Benmeihe added 245 points after deducting 105 points, and the total points reached 1992 points, still ranking eighth. Batra added 314 points after a net loss of 36 points in the next period, increasing his total points to 840 points, and climbing from 39th to the top 25 in the world rankings.

In addition, the Chinese team also has Wang Manyu and Chen Xingtong participating in this event, Wang Manyu lost to Batra in the 1/16 finals, and only scored 90 points in the top 32, so Wang Manyu's total points are still 5965 points, but the world ranking was squeezed to third by Chen Meng. Chen Xingtong lost to Qian Tianyi in the 1/8 finals, stopped in the top 16 and only scored 175 points, and after subtracting 70 points in the next period, the net increase was 105 points, and the total points increased to 2720 points, and the world ranking is still sixth.

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