On May 11, the WTT Saudi Grand Slam entered its final day. In the women's singles final, Chen Mengda defeated Sun Yingsha 4-2 and won the second championship of this competition. The women's singles title was particularly important for Chen Meng, as she won the women's singles ticket to the Paris Olympics, and this title also increased her confidence in the singles competition at the Paris Olympics.
The Saudi Arabian Grand Slam national table tennis sent six players to the women's singles competition, Wang Manyu lost to India's Batra 1-3 in the second round, Chen Xingtong lost to Qian Tianyi 0-3 in the 1/8 finals, Qian Tianyi lost to Sun Yingsha 0-4 in the 1/4 finals, and Wang Yidi lost to Sun Yingsha 1-4 in the semifinals. As the top seed of the tournament, Sun Yingsha reached the final; Chen Meng, who is located in the lower half of the region, defeated Japan's Miu Hirano, Miwa Zhangmoto, and Hina Hayada successively defeated Japan's Miyu Hirano, Miwa Zhangmoto, and Hina Hayada to advance to the finals, helping the national table tennis lock the women's singles championship in advance.
Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng have played twice this year, in the Doha Star Challenge in January, Sun Yingsha defeated Chen Meng 4-1 to win the championship; Last month's Macau Women's World Cup semi-finals, Sun Yingsha defeated Chen Meng 4-2 to reach the final and eventually won her first singles World Cup title. This time they met again, Sun Yingsha won the first game 11-6, and then Chen Meng won three games in a row 11-5, 11-8, 11-9, leading 3-1. Sun Yingsha, who had no way out, won the fifth game 11-6 and chased the big score to 2-3. In the sixth game, Chen Mengyi started 5-1, won another game 11-8, defeated Sun Yingsha 4-2, won the Saudi Grand Slam women's singles championship, and also became the double champion of this competition. Previously, she partnered Wang Manyu to win the women's doubles championship.
The Saudi Grand Slam is the last stop of the Paris Olympic trials of the national table tennis women's team, and on May 14, the women's singles lineup of the national table tennis women's team for the Paris Olympics will be announced. Chen Meng, who was originally in a backward position, not only improved her world ranking points but also won 3,000 international competition bonus points by virtue of the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam women's singles championship, while Wang Manyu lost the foreign war and will be deducted 3,000 Paris Olympic points, and Chen Meng's points rose to second place. According to the selection rules of the national table tennis Paris Olympics, Chen Meng will qualify for the women's singles of the Paris Olympics together with Sun Yingsha, who ranks first in the Olympic points, and will be automatically selected for the women's team lineup. This women's singles championship is a timely rain for Chen Meng, her performance in the Saudi Grand Slam makes people seem to see her in the Tokyo Olympics, and Chen Meng will once again attack the highest honor at the Paris Olympics.