On the evening of May 11, Beijing time, at 19:00, the women's singles final of the 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam officially began. Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng, the two main Olympic players of national table tennis, launched the pinnacle battle of women's table tennis in the world at that time, and Chen Meng defeated Sun Yingsha 4-2 and won the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam women's singles championship. Chen Meng completed the national task of defending the lower half of the national table tennis at this station, completed the personal goal of overtaking Wang Manyu, and became a lonely anti-Japanese hero who singled out the three main Olympic forces of Japanese table tennis.
Highlights of the final battle at the peak of Samon
Sun Yingsha's current state is difficult to define in a single word, she is now "who blocks and kills whom", "can't stop", "no solution", "no leakage"...... Starting from the Incheon Championship, Sun Yingsha opened an invincible mode that matched 100% with her own world, after Incheon reached the top and the Macau World Cup was sealed, Saudi Arabia easily entered the finals of the Grand Slam, and Sun Yingsha won one after another, announcing that the "Queen of the World" is patrolling the world.
In this competition, Sun Yingsha played two civil wars, defeated Qian Tianyi 4-0 and Wang Yidi 4-1.
Chen Meng's Saudi Arabia stop, completed the most difficult, most difficult and most shining journey of all the 12 participating players in the national table tennis, she was alone in the case of teammate Wang Manyu's unexpected early death, alone, iron-blooded and alone, and one person in the second half of the continuous destruction of the entire Olympic lineup of the Japanese women's team, from Miu Hirano to Miwa Zhang Ben and then to Hina Hayata, Chen Meng pushed all the way to the past, when the Yiyi, the tree was wiped out. The three Olympic representatives of Japanese table tennis only got 1 game point in Chen Meng's hands together.
Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha are the closest, closest, and most seamless pair of sisters in the main lineup of national table tennis. In the women's singles final of the Tokyo Olympics, Chen Meng defeated Sun Yingsha and opened "my era". In the subsequent Paris cycle, Sun Yingsha's results prevailed, the two had the most recent meeting in the Macau World Cup last month, Sun Yingsha defeated Chen Meng 4-2, the strength of the two is extremely close, and the game has a huge gold content.
The final process of Samon
In the first game, both players started with an attack on the opponent's backhand, and then waited for an opportunity to mutate the forehand big slash in multiple rounds. The strength of the two is equal, there are basically no unnecessary mistakes, and there is no control and competition for short balls in the table, and all the elongated lines are spelled to hold each other. When Sun Yingsha fell behind 2-4, she took the initiative through the change of serve, scored 6 points in a row, and entered the final game with an 8-4 lead. In the end, Sun Yingsha kept the score difference and won the first game 11-6.
In the second game, Chen Meng took the initiative to change at the beginning, swinging short and splitting long in the first three boards, which disrupted Sun Yingsha's defensive focus and took a 4-1 lead in one fell swoop. Sun Yingsha was strongly suppressed in the middle, and never found an opportunity to effectively counterattack, Chen Meng quickly opened the difference to 9-2, and Sun Yingsha couldn't catch up in the late game, Chen Meng pulled back a game 11-5.
In the third game, Chen Meng continued the tradition of the previous game and tried his best to protect his every service opportunity. Sun Yingsha has greatly improved the quality of her serve. Both men have significantly increased their forehand ratio, and both have invested more in their offense. After the opening 4-4, Chen Meng took the lead in the big game, and she scored 4 points in a row to get a big advantage of 8-4 lead. Sun Yingsha then resolutely used speed to suppress Chen Meng's spin, narrowed the point difference, and brought the suspense of the game back up. Chen Meng defended a magic ball in the key division, won another game 11-8, and Oita overtook 2-1.
In the fourth game, Chen Meng's forehand was used more firmly, which brought huge pressure to Sun Yingsha, leading 5-1 at the beginning, Sun Yingsha couldn't penetrate Dameng's defense in various lines, and the situation was very passive. In the later stage, Sun Yingsha could only pursue continuous superposition and acceleration, not giving Chen Meng the opportunity to change lines and add spins, and finally tied at 7-7. At the end of the game, Sun Yingsha made a mistake in the key points, Chen Meng won another game 11-9, Oita 3-1, and Chen Meng was infinitely close to victory.
In the fifth game, Sasha took a 3-1 lead at the beginning, and then hit a number of magic balls in a row, quickly opening to 8-2. Chen Meng's hand was still hot, and the score was once chased to 6-9. Sun Yingsha was even more determined at the last moment, attacking with a forehand with all her might, and finally won the key game 11-9, 2-3 in Oita.
The sixth game was still Sasha's life and death game, but after scoring 1 point at the beginning, Chen Meng launched a hurricane and scored 5 points in a row, and once again took a large lead of 5-1. Sun Yingsha's mentality was strongly disturbed, and it was difficult to mobilize the rhythm with a peaceful atmosphere. 11-8, Chen Meng won another game, took away the victory 4-2, won the championship, and reached the top of the seal!