The 2024 ITTF Saudi Arabia Grand Slam ended the men's and women's singles semifinals, the national table tennis players played strongly, the women's singles won the championship and runner-up in advance, the Olympic women's singles champion Chen Meng performed strongly in the match with the Japanese star Hina Hayata, she swept the opponent 4-0 in four straight games to advance to the final, Chen Meng not only has the opportunity to compete for the Grand Slam championship of this station, but she also locked in the Olympic women's singles qualification, and has the opportunity to defend the women's singles title at the Paris Olympics, which is really a double happiness. In another semi-final competition, the world's No. 1 Sun Yingsha and teammate Wang Yidi had a fierce battle, after five rounds of fierce battles between the two sides, Sun Yingsha defeated the opponent 4-1 and advanced to the finals.
Women's singles semifinals by the world No. 1 Sun Yingsha and the world No. 3 Wang Yidi to start the semi-finals, both of them performed very well in this competition, Sun Yingsha played strong as always, Sun Yingsha's opponents in this station are generally not strong, she unsurprisingly continued to break through to the finals, Wang Yidi played very well in this game, the first round of the game thrilling escape after the state is getting better and better, she defeated a number of famous players including Ito Misei and advanced to the semifinals. Wang Yidi has been controversial because she has lost many times in foreign battles, but her performance in the Saudi Grand Slam is still flawless, although she is likely to miss the Paris Olympics, she still needs to prove her strength in international competitions, and the match with Sun Yingsha is a good opportunity to prove herself. The two fought in the game not long ago, Sun Yingsha won a big victory, Wang Yidi is eager to prove himself again in this game, but objectively speaking, there is a certain gap in the comprehensive strength of the two, and Sun Yingsha's strength is superior.
The competition between Sun Yingsha and Wang Yidi is very fierce, the game process between the two is not as easy as the score shows, although Sun Yingsha won by a big score, but in fact the process is very difficult, Sun Yingsha can only be said to be narrowly defeated Wang Yidi. In the first game, Sun Yingsha entered the state faster, scoring four points in a row at the beginning to take a 4-0 lead, Wang Yidi's state was a little slow, Sun Yingsha took the opportunity to pull the score bigger and bigger, and finally won 11-4 first game. In the second game, the two sides started to draw 4-4, Sun Yingsha scored two points in a row to open the score, and at the end of the game, Wang Yidi fell into passivity again, Sun Yingsha wasted the game point and then went to the next city 11-7, leading Wang Yidi 2-0.
In the third game, the two sides fell into a bitter battle, Wang Yidi's state gradually warmed up, Sun Yingsha led 4-0 at the beginning and was chased by Wang Yidi to a 5-5 draw, and then the two fought from 5 to 9 draws, Sun Yingsha wasted the game point and was tied again, the two fought from 10 to 13 draws, Wang Yidi scored two points in a row to pull back a game at 15-13, the fourth game The competition between the two sides was still fierce, Sun Yingsha was in the lead most of the time, but at the end of the game was chased by Wang Yidi to 8-8 draw, Sun Yingsha withstood the pressure and scored two points in a row to win 11-9 and then the next city, The big score is 3-1 ahead of Wang Yidi.
In the fifth game, Wang Yidi, who had no way out, scored two points in a row at the beginning to take a 2-0 lead, Sun Yingsha quickly equalized the score, and then the two went back and forth from 2 draws, 3 draws, 4 draws, 5 draws to 9 draws, Sun Yingsha scored two points in a row to win 11-9, and defeated Wang Yidi with a total score of 4-1 to advance to the finals. Sun Yingsha's opponent in the final was Olympic champion Chen Meng, who swept Japan's first sister Hina Hayada 4-0 in four straight games in an earlier match to meet Sun Yingsha in the women's singles final. The women's singles final was once again staged in the women's singles match, the last time the two met was in the women's singles semi-finals of the Macau World Cup, Sun Yingsha narrowly defeated Chen Meng to advance to the final and finally won the championship in one fell swoop, winning the first World Cup singles title in her career. Chen Meng's morale was greatly boosted after getting the singles ticket to the Olympic Games, and the pressure was completely released, she may be easy to play in the finals, which is conducive to the technical and tactical level of play, and look forward to the wonderful performance of the two in the finals.