On May 17, Beijing time, when the International Table Tennis Federation announced the world rankings for the 20th week of 2024, the list of women's singles matches for the Chinese women's table tennis at the Paris Olympics was also released.
The just-concluded 2024 WTT Saudi Grand Slam is a very high-standard event. In this competition, a total of 6 Chinese women's table tennis players participated, namely: Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng, Chen Xingtong, and Qian Tianyi.
After fierce competition, the double Olympic champion Chen Meng and the world's No. 1 "Little Devil" Sun Yingsha met in the final. In this final, Chen Meng was as domineering as the men's singles final of the Tokyo Olympics, defeating Sun Yingsha 4-2 to win the championship.
What is even more classic than this final is that in the process of winning the championship, she defeated three Japanese players 3-0, 4-1, 4-0 from the 1/8 finals to the semifinals, showing a very good psychological quality, and also won herself the qualification for the women's singles of the Paris Olympics.
For Chen Meng's performance in the Saudi Grand Slam, the WTT World Table Tennis Federation gave a very high evaluation, and its official Weibo introduced Chen Meng's journey to winning the championship in this competition: "WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam 2024 Women's Singles Championship Road, #陈梦# - 3-0 Adina Diaconu ➡️3-0 Zhang Mo ➡️3-0 Miu ➡️Hirano 4-1 Zhang Benmei and ➡️4-0 Hina ➡️Hayada 4-2 Sun Yingsha ".
Fans and netizens also praised Chen Meng's performance: "Congratulations to Chen Meng @ Chen Meng-Table Tennis deserves its name [Biye]"; Congratulations to Chen Meng [Rainbow Fart] for preparing well, see you in Paris"; ":#陈梦# The champion with 100% gold content! See you in Paris! @陈梦 - Table tennis".
After the Saudi Grand Slam, Chen Meng surpassed teammate Wang Manyu to rise to No. 2 in the women's singles world in the latest world rankings. At the same time, her Olympic points surpassed Wang Manyu, with the invincible performance of this stop, she successfully counterattacked and won the qualification for the Paris Olympics table tennis, looking forward to Chen Meng's performance in the Olympic Games!