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The 2024 Table Tennis WTT Saudi Grand Slam is coming to an end. The three doubles competitions have all ended, and the national table tennis Ma Long/Wang Chuqin, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha won the gold medals in men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles respectively. Women's singles Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng and Hina Hayada advanced to the semifinals, and in the semifinals, Sun Yingsha defeated Wang Yidi 4-1, and Chen Meng swept Hina Hayada 4-0.
Men's singles Wang Chuqin, Lin Shidong, Zhang Yuzhen, and Francesca advanced to the semifinals, and Wang Chuqin faced Lin Shidong in the semifinals, and Francesca faced Zhang Yuzhen.
Francesca, 32 years old, ranked 16th in the world, once won the mixed doubles championship of the European Games, and is one of the main opponents of national table tennis. In 2019, he defeated Fan Zhendong 4-2 in the Australian Open, Liang Jingkun 4-2 in the T2 Diamond Tournament, won Fang Bo 4-1 in the Swedish Open, and defeated Lin Gaoyuan 4-1 in the German Open; 2022 WTT Budapest Championship 3-2 win over Ma Long; The 2024 WTT Singapore Grand Slam defeated Ma Long 3-2.
Sadly, however, he failed to win the Olympic competition for the German team and only won a P card.
In this competition, Francesca performed well, defeating Danish star Linde 3-2 in the first round; defeated Spanish veteran Robles 3-0 in the 1/16 finals; The 1/8 final was even more shocking, with a score of 11-6, 11-8, 12-10 in two games after falling behind 4-11 in two games, and reversed the World Table Tennis Championships champion Fan Zhendong 3-2; In the quarter-finals, they defeated Qiu Dang 4-0 with a score of 11-7, 12-10, 11-7, 11-5.
Zhang Yuzhen is ranked 20th in the world. defeated Chinese Taipei's Feng Yixin 3-1 in the first round; defeated Grand Slam Malone 3-0 in the 1/16 finals; In the 1/8 finals, he defeated Slovenia's Darko 3-2 with a score of 13-11, 11-6, 6-11, 12-14, 11-4; In the quarter-finals, he beat French star Felix Lebrun, the world's highest-ranked men's singles player, 4-1, 12-10, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 11-7.
At the beginning of the game, Francesca felt hot, picked and stole continuous scores, led 3-0, Zhang Yuzhen made a force in the middle game, overtook 7-6, won the game with stable play, and took the lead 11-8.
In the second game, Francesca continued to take the lead, leading 5-0, Zhang Yuzhen chased 2 points in a row, Francesca scored another 3 points, 8-2 to open the score, 10-3 got 7 game points, 11-6 easily won the second game, and the big score was 1-1 draw.
In the third game, Zhang Yuzhen took the lead and launched a fierce offensive with his forehand and backhand, but Francesca was tall and long-armed, with a large platform area and tight defense, Zhang Yuzhen's attack was difficult to penetrate the opponent's defense, Francesca led 5-3, expanded the gap 8-3, and went down 11-6.
In the fourth game, Francesca made persistent efforts to chase after the victory, leading the score 6-3, Zhang Yuzhen changed the strong attack tactics and took a large angle to risk attacking, 6-6 tied the score, 11-7 recovered a game, and the big score was 2-2 draw.
In the fifth game, Francesca was aggressive, leading 8-3, Zhang Yuzhen was not to be outdone, chasing the score to 6-8, 8-9, Francesca called a timeout, and then got the game point 10-8 and won 11-9.
In the sixth game, Francesca took the lead at the beginning, and Zhang Yuzhen scored a wave of 6 points, 9-3 to pull the score away, 11-5 to equalize, and the big score was 3-3.
In the deciding game, Francesca was more experienced, winning 11-8, defeating Zhang Yuzhen with a thrilling score of 3-2 and successfully advancing to the men's singles final.
In the other semi-final, Wang Chuqin narrowly defeated Lin Shidong 4-3 and will have a peak showdown with Francesca.
It is worth noting that Francesca has won two victories over Fan Zhendong and two victories over Ma Long, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan have also lost to him, and the main force of national table tennis has been defeated by him, only the young Wang Chuqin is a rising star, and the two have not yet played against each other. Which of the two will win the Grand Slam title, we can only wait and see!
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