The 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam has entered the final stage, and after Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha won the mixed doubles title, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu and Ma Long/Wang Chuqin won the top podium in the women's doubles and men's doubles events. In addition, in the singles field, Wang Chuqin reversed and narrowly defeated teammate Lin Shidong to advance to the finals, just one step away from the triple crown. Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng successfully met in the finals to help the national table tennis win the championship and the second place in advance, and the two will stage the ultimate PK for the double championship.
Chen Meng/Wang Manyu 3-0 Tian Zhixi/Shen Yubin【11-6,11-6,12-10】
The women's doubles final was a big battle between China and South Korea, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu quickly opened up the difference at the beginning of the first game and won the first game 11-6, and in the second game, Tian Zhixi/Shen Yubin lost 6 points in a row when they led 6-5, and Chen Meng/Wang Manyu reversed 11-6 to win the next game. In the third game, when the two sides drew many times, the Korean pair took the lead in getting the game point 10-8, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu let go and scored 4 points in a row to lock the victory, and the national table tennis women's doubles successfully won the gold, and the game only took 24 minutes.
Ma Long/Wang Chuqin 3-0 Hayasuke Togami/Shinozuka Daito【11-6, 11-5,11-9】
In the men's doubles Sino-Japanese competition, the national table tennis dragon king combination had the last laugh. The Japanese pair did not pose much threat to Ma Long/Wang Chuqin, and after 4 draws in the first game, the national table tennis combination gained the upper hand, scoring 4 points in a row at the end of the game to take the lead 11-6. In the second game, the dragon king combination easily won another game 11-5, although in the third game Ma Long/Wang Chuqin missed two match points but still did not give the opponent a chance to fight back, Hayasuke Togami/Shinozuka Daiden lost the game 9-11 at the same time, watching Ma Long/Wang Chuqin lift the championship trophy.
Chen Meng 4-0 Hina Hayada [11-9, 11-5, 12-10, 11-7].
Chen Meng's form in this tournament was extremely good, and after consecutive victories over Miu Hirano and Miwa Zhangmoto, he met Hina Hayata, the first sister of Japan, in the semifinals. After 3 draws in the first game, Chen Meng controlled the game, and although Hina Hayada saved a game point, Chen Meng still took the lead 11-9. In the second game, Chen Meng hit a 5-0 and 4-0 attack wave and then won 11-5. In the third game, Chen Meng fell behind 0-5 and blasted out an 8-0 attack wave to win the game and won the game 12-10. After 2-2 in the fourth game, Chen Meng led all the way to 11-7, and after 44 minutes of fierce battle, the national table tennis veteran successfully advanced to the finals.
Before this competition, there was suspense about who could get the singles tickets for the Paris Olympics between Chen Meng and Wang Manyu, and Wang Manyu, who was leading the points at that time, was in a favorable position. However, in the second round, Wang Manyu dropped the chain, and after being eliminated by India's Bharat 1-3 and missing the round of 16, Wang Manyu was deducted 3,000 points, turning the 1,555-point advantage over Chen Meng's previous lead to nothing. On the other hand, Chen Meng went all the way to the finals, and the gold content of the three main forces of Japanese table tennis is quite high, although there is still some suspense about whether she can win the championship in the end, but there is almost no suspense about the Olympic singles ticket, and Chen Meng controls his destiny with hard work.
Sun Yingsha 4-1 Wang Yidi【11-4,11-7,13-15,11-9,11-9】
As long as Sun Yingsha plays normally today, it is difficult for anyone to win from her, with the courage to win the World Cup women's singles championship for the first time, she went all the way to the final in the Saudi Arabian Grand Championship, and beat Qian Tianyi 11-0 in the first game of the semifinals. Facing the challenge of Wang Yidi in the semifinals, Sun Yingsha led all the way to 11-4 after a 4-0 start in the first game, and after 4 draws in the second game, she controlled the game and won another game 11-7. Although Wang Yidi fell behind 0-4 in the third game, he let go and achieved a 6-5 overtake, and fought to 13 draws and then pulled back a game with 15-13 difficulty, but Wang Yidi still failed to achieve a big reversal, in the fourth game Wang Yidi led 9-8 and then lost 3 points in a row to lose another game 9-11, and when the two sides were entangled all the way to 9 draws in the fifth game, Sun Yingsha decisively started to lock the victory with 11-9.
Wang Chuqin 4-3 Lin Shidong [8-11,8-11,11-8,11-9,11-4,7-11,11-6]
After winning the mixed doubles and men's doubles championships in a row, Wang Chuqin encountered Lin Shidong, a junior brother who has repeatedly played bravely in the semifinals. In the first game, when Wang Chuqin fell behind 3-7, although he once chased 8 draws, Lin Shidong still scored 3 points in a row to win 11-8. After 8 draws in the second game, Lin Shidong scored consecutive points to win 11-8, rewriting the total score to a 2-0 lead. In the third game, Wang Chuqin fought with his back to the water after falling behind 6-8, and after a 5-0 attack climax, he pulled back a game 11-8. In the fourth game, Lin Shidong failed to grasp the good situation of 7-4, and Wang Chuqin chased it to 9 draws and pulled another game 11-9. In the fifth game, Wang Chuqin took advantage of the victory to chase down and won 11-4, overtaking the total score to 3-2. In the sixth game, although Lin Shidong fell behind 3-6 and chased the score to 7 draws and won 11-7, dragging the game into the decisive game, Wang Chuqin completely stimulated his state in the decisive game, and opened the score difference with 6-2 when he came up, and there was no suspense in this game, Wang Chuqin ended the battle 11-6, and advanced to the finals while only one step away from the triple crown.
On 11 May, the singles finals will be played as follows:
19:00, Sun Yingsha VS Chen Meng
20:00, Wang Chuqin VS Francesca