The women's singles final of the 2024 Table Tennis Saudi Arabia Grand Slam officially started tonight, in the just-concluded game, Sun Yingsha, the main force of national table tennis and the world's No. 1 Sun Yingsha, fought hard for 6 games with another main force and the world's No. 4 Chen Meng, but Sun Yingsha broke out a big upset, losing to Chen Meng 2-4 and being the runner-up, while Chen Meng won the women's singles championship with her superior skills, which is really not easy! This result was somewhat unexpected by the fans.
Looking back on Sun Yingsha's promotion path, the little devil was in a burst of state, successively eliminating Tian Zhixi, Qian Tianyi and Wang Yidi and other table tennis celebrities, while Chen Meng's performance was also outstanding, and he single-handedly wiped out the Japanese team's Olympic lineup, Miu Hirano, Miwa Zhangmoto, and Hina Hayada all became her defeaters. Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng successfully met in the semifinals, which is destined to be a pinnacle showdown!
After the start of the game, the two did not have much temptation, they strengthened the control of the first three boards, and the opportunity to attack was to restrict the opponent with a variety of violent arc balls, and Sun Yingsha was more stable in the second half and won the first place 11-6. But Chen Meng played remarkably well overall.
In the second game, Chen Meng first pursued the stage, improved the hit rate in the multi-board hold, and cooperated with the landing point to take the lead in the score, Sun Yingsha couldn't keep up with the rhythm of the big dream in the game, Chen Meng took advantage of the momentum to expand the score and equalized the score 11-5. The two sides are tied 1-1!
In the third game, the two fought wits and courage to fight inseparably, the round ball on the field was very ball, on the backhand line, Chen Meng played a momentum, 9-8 in the second half of the score, and then scored 2 points in a row, 11-8 and the next city, the big score 2-1 lead!
In the fourth game, Sun Yingsha strengthened her forehand attack and put pressure on Chen Meng on the first three boards, but Chen Meng's defensive skills were too strong, Sun Yingsha's offense was resolved by Chen Meng one by one, Chen Meng led 5-1 at the beginning, and then expanded the score 7-2, Sun Yingsha opened the scoring mode, scored 3 points in a row, Chen Meng asked for a timeout when he was 7-5 ahead, and after coming back, Sun Yingsha tied the game, the two continued to fight, 9-9 after Chen Meng rushed to score, 11-9 and then the next city. The big score of 3-1 forced Sun Yingsha into a desperate situation!
In the fifth game, Sun Yingsha fought against the water, strengthened the quality of the board and played an advantage with the landing point, Chen Meng was a little power-off, Sun Yingsha decisively accelerated the score, and quickly got the game point in the end game, and pulled another game with 11-6, and the big score was 2-3 behind Chen Meng.
In the sixth game, Chen Meng restarted, leading at the beginning, Sun Yingsha decisively paused, and after coming back, Sun Yingsha chased the score, Chen Meng led 6-4, and then used the drop point change to score 2 points in a row, 8-4 lead, the key ball Chen Meng wiped the net, 9-4 lead and quickly got the match point, and finally Chen Meng locked the victory with 11-8! Congratulations to Chen Meng!