The 2024 Saudi Arabia Grand Slam has entered the final day of competition, which will produce the men's and women's singles champions. Its Chinese table tennis world No. 1 Wang Chuqin and the hopeful star, only 19-year-old Lin Shidong started a civil war, Wang Chuqin caught up when the big score was 0-2 behind, and finally successfully turned the tables 4-3 and advanced to the men's singles final, while Lin Shidong regretted stopping in the semifinals and missing the championship. In the other semi-final, the German star Francesca, who knocked out Fan Zhendong, played well in the match against South Korea's Zhang Yuzhen, and after seven rounds of fierce battles, Francesca won 4-3 and met Wang Chuqin in the final.
The men's singles semifinals staged a national table tennis civil war, the world's No. 1 Wang Chuqin faced the 19-year-old Lin Shidong, the two are the best players in the national table tennis of this Grand Slam, after the four main forces were eliminated from the game, Wang Chuqin and Lin Shidong stood up to defend the honor of national table tennis, and the two passed the test to enter the semifinals to compete for a final seat. Judging from the past year or so, Wang Chuqin has become the strongest player in the men's singles of national table tennis, he has won two gold medals in men's doubles and mixed doubles in this Grand Slam, of course, he is most eager for the men's singles championship, in March Singapore Grand Slam, Wang Chuqin won the championship, Wang Chuqin is becoming more and more dominant on the field, compared with the instability of the veterans, Wang Chuqin's game is more and more reassuring. The teenager Lin Shidong played flawlessly in this game, he was like a bamboo to reach the semifinals, including the first game to eliminate the World Table Tennis Championships men's singles runner-up Moregard, which is eye-catching, objectively speaking, there is a certain gap in the comprehensive strength of the two, and the comprehensive strength of the world's No. 1 Wang Chuqin is even better.
However, as soon as the game came up, the young player Lin Shidong gave the big brother Wang Chuqin a dismount, the first two games Lin Shidong took the initiative on the court as soon as he came up, he always led Wang Chuqin in the score and won two games 11-8 in a row, and the big score was 2-0 to lead the world No. 1 Wang Chuqin. The backward Wang Chuqin did not mess up, in the third game Wang Chuqin was still behind for most of the time, but he suddenly broke out when he was 6-8 behind and faced danger, and scored five points in a row to pull back a city 11-8, in the first half of the fourth game, Wang Chuqin was still behind, he scored four points in a row when he was 5-7 behind, and finally won 11-9 to chase the score to a 2-2 draw, Lin Shidong has been occupying the initiative on the court in the first four games, and it is a pity to lose the last two games, and the two sides returned to the same running line.
In the fifth game, Wang Chuqin broke out completely, scoring consecutive points at the beginning to take a 7-1 lead, Lin Shidong lost 4-11 due to weakness, Lin Shidong, who had no way back in the sixth game, let go of it, and lost points in a row at the beginning, and gradually equalized the score in the middle game, and Wang Chuqin lost four points in a row after the two sides fought to a 7-7 draw, and lost 7-11, and the first six games of the two sides were tied 3-3. In the deciding game, Wang Chuqin played a good start to take a 6-2 lead, and finally he held the lead and won 11-6, defeating his opponent Lin Shidong with a total score of 4-3, and advancing to the men's singles final to impact the triple crown.
The other men's singles semi-final was between Francesca and Zhang Yuzhen, both of whom defeated the main national table tennis men's singles on the way to promotion, which can be called two dark horses. Among them, Francesca reversed the world No. 2 Fan Zhendong in the third round, while Zhang Yuzhen eliminated Ma Long in the second round, and the two played at a high level in the semi-finals. In the first game, Zhang Yuzhen chased the score to a 5-5 draw in the first half of the game, and at the end of the game, he scored three points in a row to take the lead 11-8, and in the second game, Francesca started 5-0 and then pulled back a city 11-6, and in the third game, Francesca firmly occupied the initiative on the court after taking the lead at the beginning and easily won another game 11-5, and the big score was 2-1 to surpass Zhang Yuzhen. In the fourth game, Zhang Yuzhen was in a brave state, although the first half had been behind, but relied on the second half of the effort to win 11-7 to equalize the score, and then the two sides won one game each, and the first six games were tied 3-3. In the first half of the decisive game, the two sides fought to a 5-5 draw, Zhang Yuzhen scored consecutive points to open up the difference, unfortunately he lost five points in a row when he was leading 8-6, Francesca reversed 11-8 to win the seventh game, defeated Zhang Yuzhen 4-3, and met Wang Chuqin in the final.