On May 11, Beijing time, the 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam came to an end, and in the last two finals, Chen Meng won the women's singles championship, Wang Chuqin won the men's singles championship, and the national table tennis won all five championships. However, when Chen Meng was interviewed, the fans at the scene shouted "wipe the edge", which made people angry.
In the first Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, the national table tennis encountered many challenges, such as Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Manyu and others were out early, the lower half of the men's singles was lost, and Wang Manyu lost the initiative in the Olympic women's singles competition. In this case, the national table tennis still overcame difficulties and achieved all the championships, which is another miracle.
In the mixed doubles final, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha won the championship. In the men's doubles final, Wang Chuqin/Ma Long won the championship. In the women's doubles final, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu defeated the world No. 1 Tian Zhixi/Shen Yubin and won the championship strongly. In the last two singles finals, the contestants played at a very high level, and the competition was fierce.
In the women's singles final, Chen Meng won three games in a row after losing one game first, Sun Yingsha won the fifth game, Chen Meng locked the victory in the sixth game, defeated Sun Yingsha with a big score of 4-2, and won the Grand Slam women's singles championship again. Chen Meng's title is very golden, she has defeated three of Japan's main Olympic players, namely Miu Hirano, Miwa Zhangmoto, Hina Hayata, and then defeated world No. 1 Sun Yingsha in the final. Chen Meng was crowned double champion in this tournament and is also very likely to win the Olympic women's singles quota.
However, in the post-game interview session, Chen Meng was disturbed, and there were fans shouting at her at the scene, Chen Meng restrained her anger, resolved it with high emotional intelligence, and bluntly said that she was indeed lucky. In fact, Chen Meng's performance in this game was really good and deserved to win.
In the men's singles final final, Wang Chuqin led 3-0 and lost two games in a row, and finally defeated Francesca 4-2 and won three gold medals in this tournament. The day of the competition happened to be Wang Chuqin's birthday, and he was given a birthday cake and sang a birthday song on the spot. In the case of many main players in men's table tennis, Wang Chuqin withstood the pressure and bravely took the lead, and this championship also allowed him to further consolidate his position as the world's No. 1 and is expected to participate in the Paris Olympics as the top seed!