The 2024 Saudi Arabia Grand Slam has produced three championships in mixed doubles, men's doubles and women's doubles, and all of them have been won by the national table tennis: Sun Yingsha/Wang Chuqin, Wang Chuqin/Ma Long, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu, and the women's singles final has also been released: Sun Yingsha VS Chen Meng, which also means that the national table tennis has won 4 championships in advance. The only foreign association is the men's singles final: Wang Chuqin VS Francesca, judging from the performance of the two in the semifinals, it can be described as quite thrilling.
Wang Chuqin 4-3 Lin Shidong——
This is a derby battle between national table tennis, Wang Chuqin is ranked No. 1 in the world, Lin Shidong is ranked No. 15 in the world, although they are both post-00s, but the two have only played each other once in the international arena before, and Wang Chuqin won at that time. In the first two games, Lin Shidong played quite well, especially in the key points, all of which were scored continuously, winning with two 118, and leading 2-0. Wang Chuqin won three games in a row to overtake 3-2, and in the sixth game, Wang Chuqin withstood the pressure and won 11-7. In the decisive game, Wang Chuqin had a hard laugh to the end, defeating Lin Shidong 4-3 and completing an incredible reversal.
Francesca 4-3 Zhang Yuzhen
Due to the early elimination of the players in this semi-region, Francesca and Zhang Yuzhen met in the semi-finals. Zhang Yuzhen is ranked 20th in the world, and has defeated Wang Chuqin, Ma Long and other main players of national table tennis, and also won the men's doubles runner-up at the World Table Tennis Championships; Francesca, ranked 16th in the world, has also defeated Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and others, in addition, has also won the Olympic men's team runner-up, the overall strength of the two is still relatively close. In this game, the two also fought quite fiercely and dragged into the deciding game, in which Francesca won 11-8 with difficulty and defeated Zhang Yuzhen 4-3.
4-3, 4-3, 2 thrilling games, the Olympic runner-up narrowly won, the world No. 1 almost overturned, these two men's singles semi-finals, it was really exciting. And Wang Chuqin, who has already won the mixed doubles and men's doubles championships, will be aiming for the third crown.