On the afternoon of January 20, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Macau Tournament ushered in a focus showdown - Liu Shiwen, an Olympic champion veteran who had not participated in the competition for several months, appeared on the scene and competed with Wang Yidi, a new star who only joined the main ranks last year, and as a result, Liu Shiwen once again made a 3-1 promotion, and Wang Yidi missed the set point many times, and finally regretted that the "one round tour" was eliminated.
Liu Shiwen defeated Chen Meng at the National Games last year, and now that she has won Wang Yidi, it seems that her strength can still be among the main forces. At present, the women's singles quarterfinals of the Macao Competition have been out of the sixth, and the next two places will be produced between Sun Yingsha, He Zhuojia, Chen Xingtong and Qian Tianyi, which is worth paying attention to!
Liu Shiwen was born in 1991 and Wang Yidi was born in 1997, and is an athlete who grew up in two different eras. Liu Shiwen has won 1 World Table Tennis Championship and 5 World Cup women's singles championships, but after all, she is not young and has not participated in the competition recently, so her state is definitely not as good as when she was young.
As for Wang Yidi's words, the progress in recent years has been obvious, defeating Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Ito Mimachi and other Olympic champions, and it is in the year of the fight, the threat to Liu Shiwen is very large, but the stability and experience are insufficient, and there is suspense in today's battle.
After the game began, Liu Shiwen knew that she could not fight a protracted battle, so she launched very quickly, and soon came out on top with 11-6, unlike a veteran. In the second set, Wang Yidi was more determined, ready for multi-board stalemate, not in a hurry to reduce mistakes, the effect was very good, but after getting the set point, the mentality fluctuated, almost overturned, but in the end it still equalized 12-10.
In the third set, the two sides once again tangled to the key points, and as a result, Wang Yidi was won by Liu Shiwen in a 13-11 reversal after holding the set point, and the situation was not good. In the fourth set, Wang Yidi was equalized by Liu Shiwen after getting 3 innings, and then lost 12-14 and missed the quarterfinals: it was a pity to lose!
Today's game Liu Shiwen played very well, showing a very high ability to control the field - as an athlete known for speed, although it is difficult for her to play the quality of the shot that she had when she was young, she still beat Wang Yidi with excellent landing points and rhythm changes this time, and her heart is very fixed in the case of backwardness, which is really a sword!
At present, Liu Shiwen, Wang Xiaotong, Chen Meng, Zhang Rui, Wang Manyu and Liu Weishan have all advanced to the women's singles quarterfinals, so who will get the last two places? The suspense is still there, let's wait and see!