The 2024 World Table Tennis Federation Saudi Arabia Grand Slam is over, and Wang Chuqin won the championship with Germany's Francesca 4-2, after Wang Chuqin and Ma Long won the men's doubles championship and the mixed doubles championship with Sun Yingsha. Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha reached the final with a 3-0 win over Japan's Hina Hayata/Tomokazu Zhang in the mixed doubles semi-finals. Wang Chuqin won the men's singles championship with a prize of 65,000 US dollars, and after scoring 2,000 points, he ranked first in the world. Wang Chuqin's three championships totaled 73,500 US dollars, equivalent to 531,170 yuan, which is the highest among all players in national table tennis. Wang Chuqin has already qualified for the men's singles, men's team and mixed doubles at the Paris Olympics, and the task will be even more difficult in the future.
The 19-year-old Lin Shidong entered the semi-finals in this competition, only lost to Wang Chuqin 3-4 and missed the finals, Lin Shidong's growth is obvious to all, he got 20,750 US dollars in this competition and ranked second in the men's team, and his world ranking also rose four places to 11th. Veteran Ma Long lost to South Korea's Zhang Yuzhen and missed the men's singles round of 16, but teamed up with Wang Chuqin to win the men's doubles championship, and won $15,250 in this Grand Slam, ranking third in the world. Fan Zhendong continued his poor performance, losing to Francesca in the 1/8 finals, and has missed the semi-finals since the Singapore Grand Slam. Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan both stopped in the top 32 of the men's singles, and the two cooperated in the men's doubles to lose to Wang Chuqin/Ma Long in the quarterfinals, and the competition for Olympic qualification was at a disadvantage.
Chen Meng won Japan's three major players this time, Miu Hirano, Miwa Zhang and Hina Hayata, and defeated Sun Yingsha 4-2 in the women's singles final to win the championship. Chen Meng also teamed up with Wang Manyu to win the women's doubles title, defeating the Korean pair Tian Zhixi/Shin Yubin, Chen Meng's performance in this Grand Slam was very strong, with a total of 692.5 million US dollars, equivalent to about 500,000 yuan. Chen Meng gained 2,000 points this time, and his current world ranking has risen 2 places to return to second place. The worst performance in this competition was Wang Manyu, who lost to India Batra in the 1/6 finals, and also announced that she was not qualified for the Olympic women's singles.
In this competition, Chen Meng won the women's singles championship and got 3,000 national table tennis bonus points, and Sun Yingsha won the runner-up and got 1,500 national table tennis bonus points. Although Wang Yidi entered the semi-finals, due to the loss of the previous singles World Cup, she was unable to obtain 750 national table tennis bonus points this time, and she and Wang Manyu were also withdrawn from the Olympic points ranking after being deducted 3,000 points. Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha have already qualified for the women's singles and women's team at the Paris Olympics, and Sun Yingsha still has mixed doubles tasks. At present, it seems that the National Table Tennis Comprehensive Assessment will most likely choose Wang Manyu as the third women's team qualification, and her doubles combination with Chen Meng may be a rehearsal for the Olympic team doubles.