On May 11, the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam 2024 women's singles final, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng faced off, Chen Meng established an advantage 3-1, Sun Yingsha recovered a game, and Chen Meng finally won the game 4-2!
Chen Meng won the 2024 Saudi Arabia Grand Slam women's singles title, ending a long singles title drought since the 2022 Singapore Grand Slam.
Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng have played 15 times in the international arena before, Sun Yingsha is 10-5, and has an obvious upper hand, especially in the new Olympic cycle, Sun Yingsha has an advantage against Chen Meng, 8-1, and the last 6 encounters, all of which were won by Sun Yingsha.
However, since the last Women's Singles World Cup, it can be felt that Chen Meng's state has improved, which has caused Sun Yingsha a lot of trouble.
In the first game, Chen Meng had an advantage at the beginning, leading 4-2, and then Sun Yingsha changed her point, actively mobilized Chen Meng, and played a continuous score of 8-4 to overtake, and Sun Yingsha took the lead to win the first game 11-6. In the second game, Chen Meng actively started in his own service round, opened the score 9-2, and won the second game 11-5. The two sides drew 1-1.
In the third game, Chen Meng led 8-4, Sun Yingsha accelerated and chased three points in a row, and Chen Meng grasped the key point to win 11-8. In the fourth game, Chen Meng opened the score 7-2, Sun Yingsha chased three points in a row, Chen Meng shouted a timeout, Sun Yingsha chased 7-7, this game came to 9-9, Chen Meng grasped the serve and won 11-9. Chen Meng led 3-1.
In the fifth game, Sun Yingsha was of high quality and scored 8-2 to open the score, 11-6 to recover a game. In the sixth game, Sun Yingsha made a lot of mistakes, Chen Meng opened the score 5-1, Sun Yingsha chased the score, Chen Meng's luck helped open the score again, and finally Chen Meng won the championship 10-4 match point and 11-8.