On the evening of May 10, the national table tennis pair Ma Long/Wang Chuqin won the championship with a score of 3-0 in the men's doubles final of the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam.
This victory is another outstanding performance of national table tennis in this event. Ma Long and Wang Chuqin had already shown their quality in the semi-finals, also sweeping Sweden's Karlsson/Carlber 3-0.
In this final, they continued to maintain a high level of performance, and finally won the game with a straight three-game advantage, adding another important gold medal to the Chinese team.
In addition to the championship, Wang Chuqin and Ma Long can also get a men's doubles bonus, but the amount is indeed a little cheap.
As an important event in table tennis, the prize money distribution of the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam is an important incentive for the participants. Depending on the event's prize set, the Men's Doubles winner will receive $8,500 and the runner-up will receive $5,500. In addition, the men's doubles pairs who reach the semi-finals will receive $3,500, the quarterfinals will receive $4,000 and the round of 16 will receive $2,000, a far cry from the $65,000 prize money for singles.
According to the latest exchange rate between the US dollar and the RMB is 1 to 7.224, Wang Chuqin and Ma Long can get a bonus of 61,404 yuan, but this is a common bonus for the two, which is equivalent to Ma Long and Wang Chuqin can only get a bonus of 30,000 and 702 yuan each, which is not low!
It has to be said that such a bonus setting is not a huge incentive for top athletes.
It is worth mentioning that Wang Chuqin's performance in this Grand Slam is particularly outstanding, not only winning in the men's doubles event, but also winning the championship in mixed doubles, and Wang Chuqin can also get more than 30,000 yuan in prize money for winning the championship. In addition, Wang Chuqin has reached the semifinals of the men's singles, and will receive a huge prize of $65,000 if he wins the championship.
In any case, the men's doubles victory in the Saudi Grand Slam once again proved the deep foundation of national table tennis on the international stage, and Ma Long also proved that as a veteran of national table tennis, he has always been an important pillar of the team, and his game experience and consistent performance are crucial to the team's victory, while Wang Chuqin is equally dominant in singles and doubles.