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, Olympic double champion Chen Meng defeated the world's No. 1 "Little Devil" Sun Yingsha 4-2 to win the women's singles championship, and "Big Head" Wang Chuqin defeated Germany's Francesca 4-2 to win the men's singles championship.
The 2024 WTT Saudi Grand Slam is a very high-profile event. In this competition, there are 5 events in men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, and the goal of the Chinese team is to win all 5 championships again, and the Japanese team is also full of desire for the championship.
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.
In addition, the Japanese team also sent all the main players to participate in the competition, including Hina Hayata, Miwa Zhangmoto, Miu Hirano, Tomokazu Zhangmoto, Hayasuke Togami, and Shinozuka Daito.
China's first title came in the mixed doubles, where Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha defeated Japan's Hina Hayata/Tomokazu Zhang 3-0 in the final. Subsequently, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu and Ma Long/Wang Chuqin won the men's doubles championship.
The fourth title came from Chen Meng's women's singles title. After fierce competition, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi, and Hina Hayada reached the top 4 in women's singles. In the semifinals, Chen Meng swept Japan's first sister Hina Hayada 4-0 to advance to the finals, and Sun Yingsha defeated teammate Wang Yidi 4-1 to advance to the finals.
In the women's singles final, Chen Meng defeated Sun Yingsha 4-2 and successfully reached the top. Before winning the championship, Chen Meng defeated three Japanese players in a row: Miu Hirano, Miwa Zhangmoto, and Hina Hayata. China's fifth title came from Wang Chuqin's men's singles title, who defeated Germany's Francesca 4-2 in the final.