On the evening of May 11, Beijing time, the final battle of the table tennis WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam - the men's singles final came to an end.
So far, the five champions of this competition have all been released, Wang Chuqin, Chen Meng singles to the top, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, Wang Chuqin/Ma Long, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu doubles king, of which Wang Chuqin won three gold and became the biggest winner, Chen Meng was also crowned two crowns, and locked the Olympic singles qualification at the same time, congratulations! Please see below for details of the Men's Singles final.
Francesca is a very bright athlete in the foreign association of players in the national table tennis record, as early as this year, he has won the five main forces of the Chinese team Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, and defeated Ma Long in March this year, and then defeated Fan Zhendong in this Grand Slam, and then won Qiu Dang and Zhang Yuzhen in a row, and indeed played a very good state.
Wang Chuqin's recent results have been very stable, the ranking has reached the first place in the world, and has been selected for the three major Olympic events, the Grand Slam mixed doubles, men's doubles have reached the top, and the men's singles has also won Chinese and foreign masters to advance to the finals, only one step away from the triple crown, but there is still suspense in this Sino-German war, Wang Chuqin has to make difficult preparations.
After the start of the first game, although Wang Chuqin didn't know much about the opponent, he must have studied Francesca's way with the coaching staff in depth before the game, so he played very actively and dared to attack, and soon took an 8-1 lead, and then easily won the first place with 11-2.
In the second game, Wang Chuqin still rushed to the front, and the stage began to actively twist and pull to form an upspin hold, and then took root near the stage to win the game quickly and slowly, but Francesca's counterattack was also very sharp, and the two-line attack also made Wang Chuqin feel greater pressure, but the national table tennis players were always in the leading position, and the result was to win 11-7 to continue to expand the advantage.
In the third game, Francesca exchanged space for time, freed up space to make room for his 1.90-meter tall figure to fully exert his strength, and then attacked Wang Chuqin on two lines, but soon there were many mistakes and was reversed by the opponent, and then called a timeout to adjust, but did not turn things around, and was won by Wang Chuqin 11-5, which fell into a desperate situation.
In the fourth game, Francesca had no way out, and stubbornly achieved a reversal after falling behind many times, and pulled back a city 11-8. In the fifth game, Wang Chuqin came up and lost 4 points in a row, and then saved the game point and successfully tied it, but there were still more mistakes at the critical moment, and the opponent narrowly won 12-10, and the suspense of the game increased sharply.
In the previous contest with Fan Zhendong, Francesca chased a 2-2 draw with a big score of 0-2, and fell behind 8-10 in the deciding game to save the match point and turn the tables, which shows that his will quality is very tenacious, and now he is chasing 2 games with a big score of 0-3 against Wang Chuqin, and the pressure is on the side of national table tennis, and the time to test Wang Chuqin has come.
In the sixth game, Wang Chuqin kept shouting to mobilize his enthusiasm, and then although the lead was tied for a while, he quickly suppressed the momentum of the opponent's counterattack, and finally ended the whole game with 11-6.