How popular is Liu Shiwen?
The Houston World Championships kick off just two days away. Xinhua News Agency reporters visited a local stadium called "Texas Table Tennis Training Center". Posters of the National Table Tennis Champion, World Championships Golden Slam winner Shi Wen and German Table Tennis Evergreen Bohr were pasted at each end of the walls of the venue. It can be seen that in foreign countries, Liu Shiwen has a super popularity.
I remember in the interview Q&A of the first issue of the International Table Tennis Federation in 2018, when Pol was asked who he wanted to match with, Pol said Liu Shiwen and said it three times! It can be seen that everyone likes Liu Shiwen very much among well-known sports celebrities. In addition to Pol, Japan's Mizutani Hayabusa has also said that she wants to match Liu Shiwen with mixed doubles, and Japan's famous world champion Hirano Miyu idol is also Liu Shiwen, including Zhang Benzhihe's sister Zhang Benmeiwa, she said that the idol she likes is also Liu Shiwen, and she likes Liu Shiwen the most. Why is this, why does everyone like Liu Shiwen so much?
Xiaobian Xinxi 6 feels that the ball skills are good, the ball is good and the appearance is high and the girl is very kind and generous, Liu Shiwen herself has her own light. She has competed at six World Championships, and from 2009 to 2019, she was able to stand on the podium in singles each time. In 2009, at the age of 20, she defeated Guo Yan 4-0 and defeated the great demon King Zhang Yining 2-4 to win the third place. 2011 semi-final loss to Ding Ning is also the third, 2013 into the final, the second place result, lost to Li Xiaoxia, 2015 1/4 of the game won Zhu Yuling, semi-final win Li Xiaoxia advanced to the final, but unfortunately Providence tricked people, Ding Ning accidentally fell on his feet, plus a little performance of the action, the drama lost the crown, the world's first did not qualify for the second year olympic singles, leaving a lifetime regret.
At the 2017 World Championships she was 3-4 Zhu Yuling in the semi-finals. She was selected for the 2019 Straight Pass Tournament with seven wins, and the first four rounds were all foreign players, including 1/8 4-0 Rio Olympic Bronze Medalist Jin Songyi. 1/4 match 4-1 Japanese teenager Miyu Kato. In the semi-finals, 4-2 Grand Slam Ding Ning, in the final 4-2 Chen Meng, the world's number one. She played the most passionate game, because in a game as close as the semi-finals and the final, she magically played two 11-0 matches, both of which were innings. People used ten years of sharpening a sword to praise her tenacity and her efforts.
It is a pity that in the eyes of foreign fans, including the millions of fans who like Liu Shiwen at home, Liu Shiwen, who loves and is willing to pay her enthusiasm so much, including ma long of doubles and doubles Wang Xuxin, is always tactfully withdrawn from the international arena of the World Championships by the national table tennis with the goal of training newcomers. Let the game be a lot less interesting and exciting.
I don't know if this World Championship, without Liu Shiwen, who can play such an imposing score of 11-0? Is it Ito or Chen Meng or Sasha?