On May 11, Beijing time, at the 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, Chen Meng swept Hina Hayada 4-0, defeating the Japanese Olympic trident Miu Hirano, Miwa Zhangmoto, and Hina Hayada in three consecutive games, without losing the foreign war, and advancing to the finals. Chen Meng, who fell behind before the game, achieved a stunner against Wang Manyu and theoretically locked the Olympic women's singles seat. In the next women's singles final, Chen Meng fought against Sun Yingsha again and strived for the championship.
Due to Wang Manyu's previous loss in foreign battles, Chen Meng only needs to defeat Hina Hayada to overtake Wang Manyu and rise to No. 2 in the Olympic selection standings, thus locking up the Olympic women's singles spot. As an experienced Olympic champion, Chen Meng certainly did not miss such an opportunity, she was well prepared, quickly entered the game, opened the score early in the first game, Hina Hayada was very tenacious, and continued to chase points in the second half of the game, but Chen Meng still took the lead 11-9.
In the second game, Chen Meng became more and more courageous, comprehensively suppressed Hina Hayata, and played 11-5 in a single game, Hina Hayada was helpless. In the third game, Hina Hayada gave it a go and made a 5-0 start, Chen Meng did not give up, and then fought back strongly, quickly overtook the score, and got the game point 10-6, Hina Hayada saved 4 game points in a row, chasing 10 draws, but Chen Meng grasped the key points and won another game 12-10.
Hina Hayata's self-confidence was hit hard, Chen Meng did not give Hina Hayada a chance to fight back, and the fourth game was quickly decided, locking the victory with 11-7, and swept Hina Hayada with a big score of 4-0 to advance to the women's singles final. Chen Meng is too strong, starting from the third round, she has played against the three main Japanese women's singles players Miyu Hirano, Miwa Zhangmoto, and Hina Hayata, but only lost one game in three games, counting the first two rounds, Chen Meng only lost one game in total, and advanced to the finals strongly.
Chen Meng, who did not lose the foreign war, officially overtook Wang Manyu and ranked second in the Olympic selection standings, locking the women's singles seat in the Paris Olympics according to the rules. Maybe Wang Manyu's loss of foreign wars gave Chen Meng such an opportunity, but Chen Meng was indeed in excellent shape, announcing his return as a king with one victory after another. Next, she will face Sun Yingsha in the Women's Singles final, and regardless of the outcome, Chen Meng's performance in Saudi Arabia deserves respect.
Sun Yingsha faced Wang Yidi in the women's singles semifinals, in the previous game, Sun Yingsha won 4 consecutive victories without losing a game, and in the 1/4 finals against Qian Tianyi, Sun Yingsha also played 11-0, which is quite tough. Wang Yidi narrowly defeated Mimato Ito in seven games in the quarterfinals, and she said after the match that the victory gave her a lot of self-confidence. However, in the face of Sun Yingsha, who was in a hot state and strong strength, Wang Yidi was a little passive in the first two games, and was suppressed by Sun Yingsha most of the time, and it was difficult to break through Sun Yingsha in attack, Wang Yidi lost two games in a row 4-11 and 7-11.
In the third game, Wang Yidi let go, the key ball dared to fight, she saved the game point at the end of the game, grasped the key points, and pulled back a game 15-13, which was also the first game that Sun Yingsha lost in the women's singles field. In the fourth game, the competition between the two was very fierce, and they repeatedly played wonderful attacks, Sun Yingsha led 8-6, and Wang Yidi overtook 9-8, but Sun Yingsha still grasped the key points and won the game 11-9. In the fifth game, the two still clung to the score, and Sun Yingsha scored 3 points in a row when she was 8-9 behind at the end of the game, locked the victory with 11-9, eliminated Wang Yidi with a big score of 4-1, and advanced to the women's singles final.
Judging from the process of the game, it is not that Wang Yidi has played badly, she has done her best, but Sun Yingsha is too strong, she is full of confidence in the key ball, and she can always fight for opportunities in a stalemate situation, which is the confidence of the champion. After winning the mixed doubles championship, Sun Yingsha will hit the women's singles championship and stage a decisive battle with Chen Meng again!