The WTT Macau tournament continued, with a women's singles first-round match on the afternoon of January 20, with Olympic champion Liu Shiwen playing against mesozoic athlete Wang Yidi.
Before the game, many fans expected Liu Shiwen to suffer a tragic round of travel. After all, Liu Shiwen is now 31 years old, and has experienced the defeat of the Tokyo Olympic Games, although Liu Shiwen herself said that she will not retire, but in fact, many people are no longer optimistic about Liu Shiwen.
Wang Yidi was in very good shape during this time, defeating Liu Shiwen's nemesis in four straight sets at the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, Japan's Ito Mimachi, and then defeating ST Olympic singles champion Chen Meng in the WTT World Cup finals.
However, Liu Shiwen, who experienced the defeat of the Tokyo Olympic Games, was more and more frustrated and courageous at this time, and in the afternoon of January 20 with Wang Yidi, she played her specialty to the fullest!
In the first set, Liu Shiwen's fast attack method made Wang Yidi suffer a lot, and won the first set with an 11-6 score.
In the second set, Wang Yidi set off a fierce counterattack and took the lead 10-3 to get the set point.
If you put it in the past, in the case of such a backward score, Liu Shiwen may have to give up the game, however, after experiencing the Olympic defeat, Liu Shiwen's psychological quality has been greatly improved, and the veteran's spirit of fighting and not giving up has been played to the extreme, continuously chasing points, from 3-10 to 10 draws.
Although in the end of this game, Liu Shiwen still regretted losing it, but there is no doubt that this gave Liu Shiwen a great psychological effect, that is, as long as she does not give up, miracles will always happen!
In the third set of the game, Liu Shiwen in the case of backwardness, once again overtook the score, although in the case of 10-7 taking the lead in the set point, Wang Yidi chased the score, but Liu Shiwen was not chaotic, still insisted on being the main for herself, taking the initiative to change the line, causing Wang Yidi's active mistake, in the end, Liu Shiwen won another round with a score of 13-11!
In the fourth set, the two competed more fiercely, the score was drawn many times, after 10 draws, the two sides did not give in, and finally after the 12 draws, Liu Shiwen was more decisive, scoring two points in a row, and locked up the victory with a score of 14-12!
Judging from this game, Liu Shiwen's psychological quality has been greatly improved than before, and she played very tenaciously in the game.
Wang Yidi, as a Mesozoic athlete, played a little conservatively in this competition.
It can be said that Liu Shiwen is fully worthy of the victory of this game.
Liu Shiwen, whose psychological quality has been improved, can be said to be promising in the future, I believe that as long as Liu Shiwen can maintain such a strong fighting spirit, two years later in the Paris Olympic Games, Liu Shiwen has the opportunity to participate again, perhaps, you can take back your lost mixed doubles champion again!
Come on Liu Shiwen!