On May 11, Beijing time, the 2024 WTT Saudi Grand Slam continued. In the women's singles semifinals, the double Olympic champion faced Japan's first sister Hina Hayata. In this battle, Chen Meng played a very perfect offensive and defensive rhythm, swept the opponent 4-0 in four straight games to advance to the finals, and will compete with the world's No. 1 "Little Devil" Sun Yingsha for the women's singles championship.
The 2024 WTT Saudi Grand Slam is a very high-profile event. In this competition, a total of 6 Chinese women's table tennis players participated, namely: Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng, Chen Xingtong, and Qian Tianyi. In terms of Japanese women's table tennis, players such as Hina Hayata, Miu Hirano, and Misei Ito were sent to participate in the competition.
Chen Meng started her tournament in the Women's Singles 1/32 finals, where she got off to a flying start with a 3-0 win over Adiana Diaconu. In the women's singles 1/16 finals, Chen Meng swept 3-0 in the match with Canadian player Zhang Mo.
In the women's singles 1/8 finals, Chen Meng defeated her old opponent Miu Hirano of Japan 3-0. In the women's singles 1/8 finals, the first two Japanese players to play were Miwa Zhangmoto and Misei Ito, both of whom successfully advanced, among them, Misei Ito advanced after defeating his teammate Miyu Kihara.
In this round, Zhang's opponent is Italy's Zogia Picolin. In this campaign, Zhang Benmeihe continued the good form when he reached the semifinals of the just-concluded Macau World Cup, and swept the opponent 3-0 in three straight games, with the scores of 11-3, 11-8, 11-3.
In the other match, Misei Ito faced teammate Miyu Kihara. At the beginning of this game, Ito Misei did not leave any mercy to his teammates, and directly blasted out an 11-1 disparity score, and finally won 3-1 to advance, with the scores of three games: 11-1, 13-11, 6-11, 15-13.
In the 1/4 finals, Chen Meng played against Zhang Benmeihe, and she won 4-1 to advance. In the semifinals, Chen Meng ushered in Japan's first sister Hina Hayata. In this game, Chen Meng is still very domineering, she swept her opponent out of the game 4-0, and will compete with the world's No. 1 "Little Devil" Sun Yingsha for the women's singles championship, congratulations to Chen Meng!