The veteran of national table tennis released an important signal, Liu Shiwen Xu Xin joined forces again! Wang Man Yulin played in the mixed doubles. The WTT Macau Championship will be held at the Macau Ta shek Stadium from the 19th to the 23rd of this month, and the official list has been announced, including 16 players in the men's and women's singles, and 16 pairs in mixed doubles. Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, Liu Shiwen, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha of the Chinese table tennis team will participate in the WTT Macau Championships.
Due to the impact of the epidemic, the number of overseas players in the WTT Macau Championship is small, Japan, South Korea and other teams have not sent players to participate, so the national table tennis occupies more than half of the participating seats, from the list of participants alone, the WTT Macau Championship is likely to become a practice event within the national table tennis. In the past events, singles matches will receive a lot of attention, but this WTT Macau Championship is just the opposite, mixed doubles received more attention, from the list of participants, Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin will join forces again, "Xinwen" combination will also be one of the focus of attention in this competition, in last year's Tokyo Olympic Games, Liu Shiwen / Xu Xin lost to the Japanese combination Ito Mimakoto / Mizutani Falcon did not win the gold medal, which made Liu Shiwen / Xu Xin bear considerable pressure, Fortunately, the two won the championship at the subsequent Shaanxi National Games, and then the two withdrew from the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, so this WTT Macau Championships was the second time the two joined forces after a gap of 4 months.
In addition to Liu Shiwen/Xu Xin, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, who won the mixed doubles championship at last year's Houston World Table Tennis Championships, will also play together again, and for these two young players, if they can beat Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen in the competition, it will indicate that the replacement of old and new has been completed. In addition, Lin Gaoyuan / Wang Manyu will also join forces, compared to Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha, Lin Gaoyuan / Wang Manyu needs to prove themselves with actions, and this WTT Macau Championship will be a start, in the next three years, Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha, Lin Gaoyuan / Wang Manyu will definitely compete for the qualification for the mixed doubles event of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Other mixed doubles combinations include Fan Zhendong/Ku Man, Ma Long/Qian Tianyi, Liang Jingkun/Chen Meng, and these pairs all have the strength to impact the championship. It is worth mentioning that Liu Shiwen also posted a sentence on social platforms: do not forget the original heart. The outside world generally believes that Liu Shiwen released an important message - she will not give up easily, so this WTT Macau Championship, Liu Shiwen will go all out to win the championship, let's wait and see.