In the 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam women's singles final, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng staged a peak showdown.
In the first game, the score was stalemate in the first half, and Sun Yingsha made efforts to open the score in the second half. 11-6！ Sun Yingsha went down first.
In the second game, Chen Meng took the lead 4-1, and after Sun Yingsha got the second point, Chen Meng continued to expand his advantage and won the game 11-5.
In the third game, the two sides quickly tied 4-4, and then Chen Meng opened the score and led 8-4. Sun Yingsha scored 3 points in a row to chase the score to 7-8, but Chen Meng withstood the pressure and maintained the lead and won another game 11-8.
In the fourth game, Chen Meng, who was becoming more and more courageous, led 5-1 at the beginning, and after the score became 7-2, Sun Yingsha scored 3 points in a row to catch up with the score, and Chen Meng called a timeout.
After the pause, Sun Yingsha made persistent efforts to chase down a 7-7 draw, and then the two played 8-8, 9-9, and at the critical moment, Chen Meng seized the opportunity and won the game 11-9, and the big score became 3-1.
In the fifth game, Sun Yingsha had no way out, and this time she finally won the advantage in the opening stage and maintained the advantage until the end. 11-6, Sun Yingsha chased the big score to 2-3.
In the sixth game, Chen Meng took a 5-1 lead, Sun Yingsha chased the score, and then Chen Meng opened the score again and got the match point.
After Sun Yingsha saved several match points in a row, Chen Meng finally scored the last 1 point, and Chen Meng won the game 11-8 and won the whole game.
At the end of the game, Chen Meng defeated Sun Yingsha 4-2 and won the championship!
The score of six games - 6-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8.
This is the first time that the WTT Grand Slam tournament has been held in Saudi Arabia, and many national table tennis players have suffered defeats here, but in the women's singles event, the overall advantage of national table tennis players is still very obvious.
In the first few rounds, Sun Yingsha defeated Tian Zhixi, Qian Tianyi, Wang Yidi and other good players, while Chen Meng defeated Miyu Hirano, Miwa Zhangmoto, and Hina Hayada in a row.
After Chen Meng won the women's singles title at the Tokyo Olympics, her form has been up and down in the past three years, and her recent record against Sun Yingsha is also clearly at a disadvantage.
In the two major tournaments that ended not long ago, Wang Manyu won the WTT Singapore Grand Slam Championship, and Sun Yingsha won the Macau World Cup Championship.
This time, Chen Meng finally announced his return as the king with a WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam women's singles championship trophy!