How it was won
Wang Chuqin and Chen Meng won the singles at the first Saudi Smash in Jeddah. Wang, the top seed, beat Patrick Franziska 4-2 in the final, 11-2, 11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 10-12, 11-6. Chen, the fourth seed, beat the top seed, Sun Yingsha, 4-2.
Franziska was unseeded. He beat the second seed, Fan Zhendong, 3-2 in the last 16 after losing the first two games, then Dang Qiu and Jang Woojin, who had knocked out Ma Long in the last 32. Manika Batra beat the women's second seed, Wang Manyu, in the last 32. China won all three doubles titles, with Wang Chuqin taking the men's with Ma and the mixed with Sun.