The WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam has come to an end, and the national table tennis has won 5 championships. Some people are happy, some people are sad, some people are happy and some people are crying, and there are three winners and three losers in this Grand Slam tournament:
The biggest winner is of course Chen Meng, not only won the women's doubles and women's singles two championships, this championship is very significant to him, he has not won a women's singles championship for more than two years, and is in the final after the three masters of Japan, the opponent in the final is the world's No. 1 Sun Yingsha, in the face of this opponent she has almost never defeated in the Paris Olympic cycle, Chen Meng did not have stage fright, defeated Sun Yingsha 4-2, and became the champion. This game, so it is very timely for Chen Meng to boost morale. More importantly, she relied on this title to overtake Wang Manyu in Olympic points and rank second. This also means that in this year's Paris Olympics, the 30-year-old Chen Meng can be seen again.
The second person is Francesca, who, as Germany's No. 4 man, no one expected that he would be able to reach the final of this Grand Slam tournament. He faced strong opponents, including Tomokazu Zhangmoto, Fan Zhendong, and Zhang Yuzhen, each of whom was a top player, and Francesca knocked them out one by one. And in the finals, he played back and forth with Wang Chuqin, and played his best level. It was also by virtue of this final that he entered the world No. 9, which is the first time he has entered the top 10 in the world. Unfortunately, we will not see him at the Paris Olympics, because he is not listed as a table tennis player representing Germany at the Olympics.
The third big winner is Lin Shidong, who is only 19 years old this year and is a young player. But in front of many outstanding athletes in the world, he has no stage fright, dare to fight, we see that he and Wang Chuqin played very intensely in the semifinals, and he can even win two games in a row first. In this event, we saw a rising Lin Shidong. In the next Olympic cycle, Lin Shidong will definitely shine in the table tennis world.
The biggest loser is Wang Manyu. She lost a match she shouldn't have lost, it wasn't an easy match, and losing this match cost her 3,000 Olympic points. She must have been very sad that she was ahead for several years, and she was suddenly overtaken by the Olympics and could not participate in the Olympics. This loss could be a lifetime. There are always a few key moments in life that can affect personal fate, and for Wang Manyu, this Saudi Grand Slam is a turning point in his fate, and unfortunately she did not grasp this key point.
The second loser was Fan Zhendong, although he had already qualified for the Olympics. However, his recent form has been particularly sluggish, and he was once the world number one and has not won several races. In this game, he still performed quite unsatisfactory and was eliminated early. If he doesn't adjust his form, it could affect his performance at the Olympics.
The third loser was Tomokazu Zhangmoto. Zhang Benzhihe's recent performance is quite eye-catching, but in this tournament, his performance can only be described as average, with many masters out of the game, including Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, and Fan Zhendong. originally thought that Zhang Benzhihe would be able to go further, but he was eliminated by Zhang Yuzhen in the 1/4 finals, stopped in the top 8, and couldn't even enter the semifinals.