China's Chen Meng defended her Olympic crown in the table tennis women's singles event after defeating world No. 1 Sun Yingsha 4-2 in the final at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.

Chen, 30, second seed in the event, outclassed compatriot Sun 4-11, 11-7, 11-4, 9-11, 11-9, 11-6 at the South Paris Arena 4.

It's the second straight Chen-Sun singles final showdown on the Olympic stage. At Tokyo 2020, Chen overcame Sun to claim her first Olympic singles title, also in six sets.

"I knew it would be extremely challenging. In the past three years, my matches with Sun were tough. Today, I had a mindset of giving my all and fighting to the end," Chen said after the match.