On January 20, the WTT Macau Championship Women's Singles Quarterfinals ushered in a focus battle, with "Xiao Zao" Liu Shiwen playing against "Dadi" Wang Yidi.
Liu Shiwen has fallen out of the top ten and ranked eleventh in the world ranking due to her lack of participation. Wang Yidi has soared to fifth place in the world ranking due to his excellent performance in recent months. The direct conversation between the two of you is bound to be very exciting.
Liu Shiwen has not participated in the competition for a long time since playing the National Games in the second half of last year. I don't know what her state is. Marlene serves as Liu Shiwen's off-field coach.
In the end, Liu Shiwen withstood the test and defeated Wang Yidi 3-1 to advance to the quarterfinals of the women's singles.
Liu Shiwen, who had not played in the first set for a long time, riveted her strength and made a 6:1 start. Wang Yidi scored three consecutive points to narrow the point gap. At 7:5, Liu Shiwen scored 3 consecutive points to win the set point. Liu Shiwen's introduction gave Wang Yidi an opportunity. Liu Shiwen won straight and won the first set 11:6.
In the second set, Wang Yidi began to break out, making a 5:1 start. Liu Shiwen scored 2 consecutive points to narrow the point gap. Wang Yidi scored five more consecutive points to win the set point 10:3. At this time, Wang Yidi did not seem to be able to play, and Liu Shiwen scored 5 consecutive points to narrow the point difference. The score came to 10:8. Wang Yidi called a pause. Paused back, Wang Yidi did not improve. First the serve is introduced, then the ball is returned to the net. Wang Yidi's confidence was frustrated, and the quality of the serve was very poor. Liu Shiwen chased the score to 10 draws. Wang Yidi quickly won the hand and won the round point again. At the critical moment, Liu Shiwen quickly introduced it. Wang Yidi pulled back a set 12:10. Wang Yidi's psychological quality is really not good.
In the third inning, the two sides played very stiffly. Liu Shiwen took a 3:2 lead. Wang Yidi scored three consecutive points to overtake, and then led Liu Shiwen 7-5. Liu Shiwen quickly rushed to attack, scoring 5 consecutive points to get the set point. Wang Yidi scored 3 consecutive points to chase the score to 10 draws. Liu Shiwen called a pause. At 11 ping, Wang Yidi took over the stage, and Liu Shiwen won the round point again. Liu Shiwen fought again, winning the third set 13:11 to lead Wang Yidi 2-1. Wang Yidi ate a lot of Liu Shiwen's serves, or there was a problem with his mentality.
After the two sides hit 3 draws in the fourth set, Liu Shiwen scored 3 consecutive points to take the lead. Wang Yidi scored two consecutive points to narrow the point gap. At 7:4 Wang Yidi scored six consecutive points to win the set points. Unexpectedly, Wang Yidi didn't seem to be able to play again. Liu Shiwen scored 3 consecutive points to tie the score. Later, entering the stalemate stage, Liu Shiwen won the fourth set 14:12.
In the end, Liu Shiwen defeated Wang Yidi 3-1 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the women's singles.
After a long time without playing, Xiao Ju is still in very good shape and plays very tenaciously. On the other hand, Wang Yidi, in fact, the technology is not worse than Liu Shiwen, that is, the psychological quality is a little worse. In the face of her sister, Liu Shiwen, who can even be said to be a senior, could not let go at all, and fought in a cowering and shrinking. And in the case of leading, it is a bit rushed, very eager to win the game quickly, but there are mistakes, and points are lost. Such mistakes are fatal in strong dialogues. This may be the gap between Wang Yidi and the top players. Unable to overcome this, Wang Yidi is difficult to achieve, and even the young general will not be able to beat him in the future.
In the second set, with a 10-3 lead, Wang Yidi was chased by Liu Shiwen by 7 points. It's not at all like a conversation between two powerful people. Standing on the field, Wang Yidi was a bit helpless, did not know how to deal with it, and his adaptability was too poor.
In an interview after the game, Liu Shiwen said that she enjoyed the game, and she was very happy to win a game and continued to work hard.
The women's singles final eight have produced six, namely Chen Meng, Zhang Rui, Wang Manyu, Wang Xiaotong, and Liu Weishan. There are still two games that have not been played, namely Chen Xingtong against Qian Tianyi and Sun Yingsha against He Zhuojia. The game will be played in the evening.
In a mixed doubles 1/8 final, Yu Ziyang/ Chen Xingtong defeated Sun Wen / Shi Xunyao 3-1, and the scores in the four sets were 11:5, 11:13, 11:4 and 11:8. Their quarter-final opponents were Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu and Zhao Zihao/Liu Fei as the winners.
Six seats have been produced in the mixed doubles finals, namely Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, Fan Zhendong/Ku Man, Xiang Peng/Zhang Rui, Xue Fei/Wang Xiaotong, Liang Jingkun/Chen Meng, and Yu Ziyang/Chen Xingtong.