On May 11, the last match of the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam ended, and Wang Chuqin defeated Germany's Francesca 4-2 in the men's singles final, winning the third championship of the tournament on his 24th birthday night and becoming a triple crown of the Grand Slam. The national table tennis also won all five championships in this competition.
In this competition, a total of 6 players from the national table tennis participated in the men's singles competition, and four of them lost the foreign war. In the second round, Lin Gaoyuan lost to Denmark's Grote 1-3, Liang Jingkun lost 2-3 to Iran's Alamiyan who came out of the qualifying round, and Ma Long lost 0-3 to South Korea's Zhang Yuzhen; In the 1/8 finals, Fan Zhendong lost to Francesca of Germany 2-3. Francesca then defeated teammate Qiu Dang 4-0 and Zhang Yuzhen 4-3 to reach the final. Top seed Wang Chuqin defeated teammate Lin Shidong 4-3 in the semi-finals to face Francesca for the men's singles title.
In this competition, Wang Chuqin is the only player in national table tennis who has three events, he has partnered with Sun Yingsha to win the mixed doubles championship, and his partner Ma Long has won the men's singles championship. And May 11 this year is his 24th birthday. On the birthday night of the second natal year, Wang Chuqin ushered in the men's singles final. Facing Francesca, who was in a competitive state in this game, Wang Chuqin quickly entered the game and won three games in a row 11-2, 11-7, 11-5, and then Francesca found his game and chased two games in a row 11-8, 12-10 to chase the big score to 2-3. In the sixth game, Wang Chuqin exerted his strength in the second half of the game, won another game 11-6, defeated Francesca 4-2, won the men's singles championship, and also became the triple crown champion of the Saudi Grand Slam. At this point, the competition is over, and the national table tennis has won all five championships. In the previously concluded women's singles final, Chen Meng defeated Sun Yingsha 4-2 to win the women's singles championship, and she also partnered Wang Manyu to win the women's doubles championship.
During the Saudi Grand Slam, the Chinese Table Tennis Association announced the list of participants in the Paris Olympics for some national table tennis events, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong will play in the men's singles and will be automatically selected for the men's team lineup; Wang Chuqin will also partner Sun Yingsha in the mixed doubles competition, and he will also play three at the Paris Olympics. The Paris Olympics will be Wang Chuqin's first trip to the Olympic Games, and he will next compete in the men's doubles and mixed doubles competitions of the WTT Taiyuan Regular Challenger and the men's singles competition of the Chongqing Championships.