The debut of the new season of national table tennis will be staged at the WTT Macau Championships on January 19-23, and most of the players are in Beijing for winter training. In this competition, most of the main players of the national table tennis will participate, and Ma Long, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen, who will rest after the National Games, will return to the field. However, at present, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen have not returned to the team for winter training. Xu Xin returned to Beijing from Shanghai yesterday, and the purpose of his trip does not seem to be to participate in training.
After successively participating in the Tokyo Olympic Games and the Shaanxi National Games, Ma Long, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen, three veterans, were absent from the Houston World Table Tennis Championships and the final of the first WTT World Cup due to adjustments. When the national table tennis participated in the competition, Ma Long and Xu Xin participated in the Olympic delegation's visit to Hong Kong and Macao with the team, while Liu Shiwen did not have much dynamics. At Christmas, Liu Shiwen returned to Beijing, participated in the event, was elected the 2021 China Top Ten Brand Person of the Year, at the end of the month, Liu Shiwen returned to Guangdong, and did not stay in Beijing to meet with the large troops for winter training.
Liu Shiwen's mixed doubles partner Xu Xin also did not return to the team on time, he flew from Shanghai to Beijing yesterday, but his trip does not seem to have returned to the team for winter training. Xu Xin, whether at Shanghai Airport or Beijing Airport, was warmly welcomed by fans, who took pictures of him and asked for autographs. Xu Xin will participate in an event on the afternoon of January 8, and the organizers of the event are already releasing advertisements to draw lucky fans. However, according to the itinerary revealed by fans, Xu Xin will leave Beijing after participating in the activities on the same day, and will not return to the team to participate in training and prepare for the upcoming WTT Macau Championship.
Judging from the news previously announced by the WTT Macau Championship, Xu Xin will participate, in addition to the men's singles, fans are also looking forward to seeing the Xinwen simulcast combination on the field again. Liu Shiwen has not yet returned to the team to prepare for the competition, but during the time she has been away from the field, she has been undergoing high-intensity training. Not long ago, Liu Shiwen conducted an advertising shoot in Guangzhou, and Liu Shiwen, who wore exquisite makeup, staged an eye killing, and her expression was very determined.
Liu Shiwen also had a man-machine war with the table tennis serve machine, when the serve speed of the serve machine is getting faster and faster, Liu Shiwen also has to speed up the pace to move back to the ball, and finally Liu Shiwen can't help but laugh, she also sighed that this intensity is comparable to the swing speed training of national table tennis. Although it is not known when Liu Shiwen will return to the team for training, Liu Shiwen also called out to the fans through her hometown media Guangzhou Daily to meet in Macau, which also means that she will appear in Macau as scheduled.