Beijing time on January 14 news, WTT World Table Tennis Federation officially announced the big list of participants, the main force of national table tennis all participated, what people did not expect was that Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen partnered again, impacting the mixed doubles champion. Both are over 30 years old, and in this WTT competition, they hope to show excellent form and impact the team World Table Tennis Championships qualification.
In the mixed doubles final of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen lost 3-4 to Mizutani Hayabusa / Ito Mishimasa, losing the only gold medal of national table tennis at the Tokyo Olympics, and the two veterans were too stressed to withstand the impact of the Japanese combination. After the Olympics, the two participated in the National Games to win the mixed doubles championship, and have not partnered since. Moreover, neither of them participated in the World Table Tennis Championships. Originally, the fans thought that the Xinwen combination would become a thing of the past. But now, Liu Guoliang has made a decision to make the fans happy, and the Xinwen combination is together again, 112 days have passed since the last pairing!
In addition to pairing mixed doubles, the two also have to participate in singles competitions, if you want to get the team World Table Tennis Championships qualification, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen must do their best in the WTT competition, after all, the competition within the national table tennis team is fierce. In the team World Table Tennis Championships, the national table tennis men's team and the women's team can only send 5 people each!
In the men's team, Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Chuqin are Mesozoic players, while Ma Long is the table tennis GOAT, and there are already 5 people above, xu Xin needs to compete with them.
In the women's team, Liu Shiwen's situation is similar to Xu Xin's, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha, Chen Xingtong, and Wang Yidi are already in front of Liu Shiwen.
Of course, both veterans are very strong, and now it depends on how eager they are to continue to work the table tennis field.
Liu Shiwen has spoken out publicly, saying that she will not forget her original intention.
As for Xu Xin, the decision to fight may not be so big, he already has 2 children and is already an Olympic champion.
Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen have worked hard, if the Tokyo Olympics are not postponed, both of them may be able to qualify for the Olympic singles, but unfortunately, the Tokyo Olympic Games were postponed for 1 year, Xu Xin's state declined, Liu Shiwen was injured, the two were full of regrets, and this time they joined forces to hope to prove themselves again.