At the end of the 2024 World Table Tennis Federation Saudi Arabia Grand Slam men's singles competition, Chinese player Wang Chuqin defeated Germany's dark horse Francesca 4-2, with the scores of 11-2, 11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 10-12 and 11-6 in six games. Wang Chuqin controlled Francesca at the beginning, and there were fluctuations in the fourth and fifth games, but finally withstood the pressure to win the men's singles title. After this competition, Wang Chuqin is still ranked No. 1 in the world, winning $65,000 in singles and 2000 world ranking points. In addition, Wang Chuqin teamed up with Ma Long to win the men's doubles championship and Sun Yingsha won the mixed doubles championship, winning $8,500 and 4,000 points in two games. Wang Chuqin has qualified for the men's singles and men's team with Fan Zhendong, and Wang Chuqin has also qualified for the mixed doubles, and will compete in all three competitions at the Paris Olympics.
In this competition, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha swept Japan's Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Hina Hayada 3-0 in the mixed doubles semifinals, which was the biggest experience before the Olympic Games, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha shared the prize money of 8,500 US dollars and won 2,000 points. Wang Chuqin and Ma Long won the Men's Doubles title, sharing an equal prize of US$8,500 to score 2,000 points, and swept Japan's Hayasuke Togami/Shinozuka Daito 3-0 in the final, and Sweden's Carlsen/Carlberg 3-0 in the semi-finals, who beat China's Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan 3-0 in the quarterfinals. Wang Chuqin won 3-0 in the first round of the men's singles match against France's Goetz, won Japan's Yoshimura Maharu 3-1 in the 1/8 finals, swept Grote 4-0 in the 1/4 finals, and won Lin Shidong 4-3 in the semifinals to enter the final.
The biggest surprise of Chinese men's table tennis in this competition is the outbreak of 19-year-old Lin Shidong, who also eliminated Fan Zhendong before, and won the Swedish star Moregard 3-1 in the first round of this competition, and Lin Shidong's world ranking rose 4 places to 11th. Fan Zhendong is currently ranked No. 2 in the world, but has not entered the semi-finals of the major tournament since the Singapore Grand Slam, and this game is even more embarrassing 2-3 loss to Germany's Francesca to stop the round of 16, Fan Zhendong watched Swift's concert before the Singapore Grand Slam, and during this competition, Real Madrid played against Bayern in the key European Football Champions League, this state is difficult to make a difference in the Paris Olympics. Ma Long is currently ranked No. 3 in the world, and lost 0-3 to South Korea's Zhang Yuzhen in the round of 32 in this competition, but the men's doubles championship is still very strong, and there is still a chance to qualify for the third place in the men's team at the Paris Olympics.
Francesca rose seven places to No. 9 in the world, earning $33,050 and 1,400 points in this tournament. Francesca was in great form in this competition, and won 3-2 in the 1/8 finals to win China's Fan Zhendong to enter the quarterfinals, and in the 1/4 finals, she swept her teammate Qiu Dang 4-0 to enter the semifinals, and in the semifinals, she defeated Zhang Yuzhen, who was also in excellent form 4-3 South Korea, and Zhang Yuzhen's world ranking also rose 7 places to 13th. Zhang Yuzhen swept China Ma Long 3-0 in the 1/16 finals to enter the quarterfinals, 3-2 in the 1/8 finals to win Joczyk, and 4-1 in the 1/4 finals to defeat the French rising star Felix Lebrun to enter the semifinals, and won 20,750 US dollars and 700 points in singles in this competition. France's Felix Lebrun defeated Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto 3-0 in the 1/8 finals, while Tomokazu Haramoto beat South Korea's Lim Jong-hoon 3-1 in the 1/16 finals.