On May 13, Beijing time, the 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam came to a successful conclusion, with the Chinese team winning all 5 championships and the Japanese team losing 0 championships. Among them, in the men's doubles final, the Chinese pair Ma Long/Wang Chuqin defeated the Japanese pair Hayasuke Togami/Shinozuka Daito 3-0 to win the third championship for the Chinese team after the opening match.
The 2024 WTT Saudi Grand Slam is a very high-profile event. In this competition, there are 5 events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles. In this competition, the Chinese men's table tennis sent Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, and Lin Shidong to participate, and the Chinese women's table tennis sent Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng, Chen Xingtong, and Qian Tianyi to participate.
The Japanese team also sent Hina Hayata, Miwa Zhangmoto, Miu Hirano, Tomokazu Zhangmoto, Hayasuke Togami, and Daito Shinozuka to participate in the competition. In the men's doubles, the Chinese team will be played by Ma Long/Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan/Liang Jingkun, while the Japanese team will be played by Hayasuke Togami/Shinozuka Oden in the men's doubles match.
After fierce competition, Ma Long/Wang Chuqin successfully advanced to the top 4, while Lin Gaoyuan/Liang Jingkun were out early. In the Men's Doubles semi-finals, Ma Long/Wang Chuqin took on Sweden's Carlsen/A. Carlberg, who had previously eliminated Lin Gaoyuan/Liang Jingkun 3-1.
Therefore, this match with Carlsen/A-Carlberg is a contest of "revenge" for Ma Long/Wang Chuqin to his teammates. After a fierce battle, they defeated Sweden's Carlsen/A-Carlberg 3-0, 11-9, 11-8, 11-4.
In the other semi-final, Japan's Hayasuke Togami/Daito Shinozuka defeated France's Alex Lebrun/Felix Lebrun 3-0 to advance to the final. In the championship match, Ma Long/Wang Chuqin faced Hayasuke Togami/Shinozuka Daito, and the No. 1 seeds showed their strength in this battle, and they won the championship 3-0 in straight games, locking the third championship for the Chinese team after the start of the tournament.