News on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 Beijing time. The WTT Macau Table Tennis Tournament officially started today. The first women's singles 1/8 final was China's Wang Xiaotong and Poland's Li Qian. Wang Xiaotong was born in 2000 in Qingdao, Shandong Province, and is now only 22 years old. Wearing a pink battle robe, the live commentator has always boasted: very good-looking!
Fans familiar with Li Qian know that she was born in 1987 and is now a 35-year-old veteran. As a Polish citizen, her performance has been stable, and although she does not appear frequently in the top competitions, she is still very experienced. Aged 35, she is known as "Sister Qian" by many fans. The coach on the sidelines, also her husband.
Today's game, the first game, everyone was a little nervous. In the first set, the two sides fought 10-10, and then Wang Xiaotong scored two consecutive points, a big score of 1-0!
In the second game, the two sides were still in the fight, and Wang Xiaotong played the characteristics of high quality of the veneer. In this round, Li Qian always led in the first half, while Wang Xiaotong was constantly chasing points. Wang Xiaotong kept moving Li Qian's forehand, and then caught up with the score, and Li Qian called a pause. The duo then led 10-10! Li Qian served short consecutively, 12-10, and the Polish player pulled back a set!
In the third set, Wang Xiaotong entered the state extremely quickly, and the score quickly led to 7-2. But then Li Qian began to chase the score, the score reached 6-8, Wang Xiaotong shouted a timeout. Then the two fought for the third time to 10-10! The two sides then had a super 10-round stalemate, and the fight was very exciting. 15-13, Wang Xiaotong finally won the third set. The two sides played this game for more than 20 minutes, which was a huge test of physical strength.
In the fourth set, Li Qian took the lead across the board, the ball sense was very smooth, Wang Xiaotong felt very weak, 11-5, Li Qian turned the big score into 2-2!
In the fifth game of the decider, Li Qian still had a strong lead, although she was 13 years older than Wang Xiaotong, but she seemed to be better than the other party physically, and her mood was more stable! As a chipper, Li Qian's ball sense is also improving with age. Li Qian began to bite in the ensuing score, and the two sides fought again to 7-7, 8-8, 9-9! At the critical moment, Li Qian made two consecutive mistakes, and Wang Xiaotong won the ball!