In the men's singles final of the 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, China's Wang Chuqin faced Germany's Patrick Francesca.
In the first game, Wang Chuqin quickly won 11-2, leading 1-0.
In the second game, Wang Chuqin continued to maintain control of the game and soon led 7-2. Francesca adjusted his form and tried to chase the points, but the gap was too big. 11-7！ Wang Chuqin went to the next city.
In the third game, after the two played 2-2, Wang Chuqin stretched the score to 5-2, and Francesca called a timeout.
After the timeout, Francesca scored two points in a row to make it 4-5, and then Wang Chuqin responded with two points to lead 7-4.
Next, Francesca's rhythm was disrupted again, and Wang Chuqin scored consecutive points to take away the victory of this game 11-5, leading 3-0!
In the fourth game, Francesca finally got rid of the fate of the opening collapse, and after a fierce battle, he pulled back a game 11-8.
In the fifth game, Francesca continued her good form and always tightened the score with Wang Chuqin. After the battle was 7-7, Francesca exceeded the score, and Wang Chuqin chased it to 9-9.
Francesca grabbed the game point first, Wang Chuqin saved the game point, and the two sides fought to a 10-10 draw. Then Francesca scored two points in a row to win the game 12-10, and the big score became 3-2.
In the sixth game, Wang Chuqin, who lost two games in a row, finally regained the initiative in the game, but Francesca, who had found confidence, would not be easily defeated.
4-4, 7-4, 8-5, 11-6, both sides tried their best, and in the end, Wang Chuqin's strength was superior.
At the end of the game, Wang Chuqin defeated Francesca 4-2 and won the championship!
Scores in six sets: 11-2, 11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 10-12, 11-6.
In this Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, the overall performance of the national table tennis men's singles is not good, Ma Long, Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun and Fan Zhendong are all out early, of which Fan Zhendong lost to Francesca, who reached the final.
Wang Chuqin and Lin Shidong met in the semifinals, and after 7 rounds of hard fighting, Wang Chuqin narrowly defeated his teammates and successfully reached the finals.
It seems like a picture of a national table tennis player and an external player competing for the men's singles championship of a major event for a long time.
Wang Chuqin shoulders the heavy responsibility of defending the glory of the national table tennis men's singles, Francesca counterattacked all the way to the final, and does not want to miss this rare opportunity to win the championship.
In the end, after six rounds of fierce competition and games, Wang Chuqin had the last laugh.