The Women's Singles 1/8 match of the Macau Table Tennis Championships continued, with Liu Shiwen making her debut against Wang Yidi. Liu Shiwen has missed many international competitions in the past period of time due to her injuries. Wang Yidi, on the contrary, participated in many international competitions and achieved very good results, in the World Table Tennis Championships, she entered the semi-finals, in the Table Tennis World Cup, she defeated Chen Meng to enter the final, and won the women's singles runner-up. From the perspective of strength, Wang Yidi's ability is very strong, and Liu Shiwen has not participated in too many competitions in recent times, and in terms of recent status, Wang Yidi has certain advantages.
In the first set of this game, Liu Shiwen came up to take a 6-2 lead, and then Wang Yidi scored 2 consecutive points to narrow the point difference. And Liu Shiwen did not give Wang Yidi a chance, the quality of her backhand and forehand is particularly high, and Wang Yidi cannot adapt. In the first set, Liu Shiwen won easily 11-6, leading Wang Yidi 1-0.
In the second set of the game, Wang Yidi's state rebounded, after losing the first set, Wang Yidi played very actively, in the first three boards will seize the opportunity to complete the rush, the effect is very good. In this inning, she took the lead to take a 5-1 lead, and then she took the lead to take the set point 10-4. And Liu Shiwen did not give up, she scored 6 consecutive points to chase the score to 10 draws. Subsequently, Liu Shiwen returned the ball to the low quality, Wang Yidi pulled the ball with the forehand to score, and then Liu Shiwen received a backhand error, Wang Yidi scored 2 consecutive points, in the second set, she won 12-10, successfully equalized.
In the third set, Liu Shiwen performed strongly, she was more powerful than Wang Yidi in momentum, and personally took the lead in 10-7 to win the set point. Subsequently, Wang Yidi scored 3 consecutive points to tie the score, in the key points handling, Liu Shiwen was even better, she scored 2 consecutive points, won 13-11 in a single set, and won the match point 2-1.
In the fourth set, Liu Shiwen once again suppressed Wang Yidi in momentum, her return was very strong, and the angle was more elusive, and he led 7-4 in a single set. Subsequently, Wang Yidi scored 6 consecutive points, and personally took the lead in 10-7 to win the set point. And Liu Shiwen also scored 3 points in a row, equalizing the score, and the two players fought again to 10 draws. In terms of key points, Liu Shiwen is still a skilled player, she scored 2 consecutive points again, won the fourth game in a single set 14-12, eliminated Wang Yidi 3-1 in a big score, and advanced to the women's singles quarterfinals, her performance in this game was too strong.
I believe everyone knows that after Liu Shiwen's poor performance in the Olympic Games and the National Games, in the eyes of the outside world, Liu Shiwen's strength is not as good as before, and she needs to make way for young players. However, after many days without playing the game, Liu Shiwen's state is very good, this battle against the outstanding strength of Wang Yidi, Liu Shiwen played still very dominant, in the game to occupy the initiative, many key points are also handled very well, in the confrontation with Wang Yidi, Liu Shiwen also has an advantage, her large angle of mobilization so that Wang Yidi has no way to fight. In the end, Liu Shiwen defeated Wang Yidi 3-1 in the women's singles debut and successfully advanced to the top 8. After resting for such a long time, Liu Shiwen has once again proved her strength and proved that she still has the ability to perform well in international competitions. After defeating Wang Yidi, it is expected that Liu Shiwen will have a better performance in the follow-up competition.