On May 14, Beijing time, it was reported that the 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam came to a successful conclusion, with the Chinese team winning all 5 crowns and the Japanese team losing 0 crowns. In this competition, Wang Chuqin, the world's No. 1 "big head" in men's singles, won 3 championships. And Lin Gaoyuan, who swept Tomokazu Zhang 4-0 in the Macau World Cup, became mediocre again.
The 2024 WTT Saudi Grand Slam is a very high-profile event. 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 Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, and Ma Long are undoubtedly the favorites to win the championship. In the Japanese men's table tennis side, players from Tomokazu Zhangmoto, Hayasuke Togami, and Daito Shinozuka were sent to participate.
In this competition, the men's singles match was upset from the 1/16 finals. Lin Gaoyuan, who won back-to-back World Cup victories in Macau against Fan Zhendong and Tomokazu Zhangmoto, became mediocre again, losing 1-3 to Denmark's Jonatan Grote.
Next, Liang Jingkun, who recently won the Singapore Grand Slam Women's Singles Championship, was knocked out 2-3 by Iran's Noshad Alamiyan, 12-14, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5.
Next, Malone was also eliminated. Fan Zhendong led 2-0 and won match point in the match against German star Francesca, but lost three games in a row and suffered a 2-3 reversal.
The other matches of the Men's Singles 1/16 finals were: Slovenia's Darko Jochik defeated Australia's Lin Wenzheng 3-0, 11-3, 11-6, 11-6. Brazil's Hugo Calderano defeated Japan's Hayasuke Togami 3-2 in five games: 9-11, 11-5, 11-13, 11-8, 11-8.
In the case of Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, Ma Long, and Fan Zhendong out of the game successively, the world's No. 1 "big head" Wang Chuqin's performance was tough enough, and he went all the way to the final, and defeated Francesca 4-2 in the final, winning the men's singles championship At the same time, he also "avenged" his teammate Fan Zhendong. Since then, he has won the Mixed Doubles, Men's Doubles and Men's Singles triple crowns.