On May 11, Beijing time, the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam entered the final match, and the final men's and women's singles champions were born! At present, the women's singles final has ended, Chen Meng defeated teammate Sun Yingsha 4-2 and won the women's singles championship of this event.
The men's singles final is a national table tennis foreign battle, Wang Chuqin against German player Francesca, this game is undoubtedly in the spotlight! Wang Chuqin is 23 years old, the world No. 1 in men's singles; Francesca, 31, ranked 16th in the world, has not played each other before, so this match is an encounter and it will be very exciting, so here are the details of the matchup.
In the first game, Wang Chuqin took the lead 8-1, Francesca couldn't chase the points, Wang Chuqin firmly occupied the initiative of the game and easily won the first game 11-2.
In the second game, Wang Chuqin took a 6-1 lead, and Francesca seemed to have no way to deal with the hot head. Although Francesca chased four game points in a row after falling behind 3-10 at the end of the game, Wang Chuqin still won the second game 11-7 and took the lead 2-0.
In the third game, after the two sides fought to a 2-2 draw, Wang Chuqin scored three points in a row, and Francesca asked for a timeout. After the pause, Francesca chased the score to 4-5, and then Wang Chuqin scored consecutive points, Francesca couldn't parry it at all, and Wang Chuqin won the third game 11-5, and the big score was 3-0 to take the lead.
In the fourth game, the two sides fought to a 2-2 draw, Wang Chuqin scored 2 points in a row, Francesca chased to a 4-4 draw, Wang Chuqin led 8-7 in the middle and late stages and then suddenly lost power, Francesca scored 4 points in a row, won the fourth game 11-8, and chased the big score to 1-3.
In the fifth game, Francesca took a 4-0 lead, and Wang Chuqin chased the score to a 5-5 draw in the middle section, and the two sides fought until a 7-7 draw, Francesca scored 2 points in a row, and Wang Chuqin chased 2 points in a row. Although Wang Chuqin saved the game point later, Francesca still seized the opportunity and won the fifth game 12-10, chasing the big score to 2-3.
In the sixth game, Wang Chuqin took the lead 3-0, Francesca chased to a 4-4 draw, Wang Chuqin led 8-6 in the middle and late stages and scored 2 points in a row, and finally scored 3 points in a row, winning the sixth game 11-6, defeating Francesca 4-2 and winning the men's singles championship of this event, congratulations to Wang Chuqin!
With Wang Chuqin winning the men's singles championship of this event, the national table tennis team also successfully won all 5 championships of the event! Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha won the mixed doubles championship; Ma Long/Wang Chuqin won the men's doubles championship; Chen Meng/Wang Manyu won the women's doubles championship, and Wang Chuqin also became the only triple crown winner in this Saudi Grand Slam! Congratulations to Wang Chuqin!
So far, Wang Chuqin has received the most prize money of all players, the men's singles champion received $65,000, the men's doubles champion is $8,500, and the mixed doubles champion is also $8,500, but the doubles event needs two people to divide it equally, so Wang Chuqin got a total of $8,500 in the men's doubles and mixed doubles events, plus $65,000 in singles, a total of $73,500.
According to the latest exchange rate, 73,500 US dollars is about 530,000 yuan, and Wang Chuqin can get at least more than 300,000 yuan when he gets it.
Although the prize money of table tennis is much less than that of tennis, basketball, football and other sports, table tennis is our national sport after all and has a broad mass base. No matter what sport, the championship must have gone through our unimaginable sweat and hardship, so we should not distinguish the high and low of each sport according to the level of prize money, every athlete deserves to be respected!
After the end of the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, the national table tennis team should participate in two more tournaments before the Paris Olympics, one is the Taiyuan Regular Challenge held from May 21 to 26, and the other is the Chongqing Championship held from May 30 to June 3.
After that, according to the practice of the national table tennis team, a one-month closed training camp should be carried out to sprint for the Paris Olympics! I hope that the national table tennis team will prepare for the competition during this period, surprise the Chinese people in the Paris Olympics, and defend the glory of the national ball!