On January 20, Beijing time, the Macau Championship tournament in China is underway. At present, the women's singles final eight have been released for 6 seats, namely Olympic champions Wang Manyu, Liu Shiwen, Liu Weishan, Wang Xiaotong, Zhang Rui, and Chen Meng. It is worth mentioning that the players of the foreign association were all wiped out, Li Jie, Li Qian, and Du Kaixuan were eliminated successively, and the national table tennis women's singles has locked in the championship and runner-up.
In the just-concluded competition, Liu Shiwen, the Olympic champion of national table tennis, faced the main player Wang Yidi. Previously, Liu Shiwen missed the World Cup due to injury. This time back to the field, Liu Shiwen's state is worth looking forward to. Through the World Table Tennis Championships and the stable performance of the World Cup, Wang Yidi has successfully entered the main layer of the national table tennis women's team. In particular, Wang Yidi has repeatedly defeated the national table tennis rival Ito Mimachi, and eliminated Chen Meng in the World Cup.
In the match between Liu Shiwen and Wang Yidi, in the first set, Liu Shiwen, who returned from injury recovery, entered the state quickly, continuing her advantage of speed and landing point, winning a set first 11:6 and leading 1:0. In the second set, the quality of Wang Yidi's veneer board was significantly improved, once 10:3 to get the set point, Liu Shiwen did not give up, blasted out a wave of 7:0, chased the score, the two sides drew 10:10. However, Wang Yidi did not miss the opportunity and won a set back at 12:10.
In the third set, Wang Yidi can be described as a miracle, and Liu Shiwen won the key set 13:11. In the fourth set, Wang Yidi once got the set point at 10:7, and Liu Shiwen did not hesitate to chase down to 10:10. At 11:10 Liu Shiwen countered the score, and finally made a final decision at 14:12, locked in the victory, and defeated the main player Wang Yidi 3:1 on aggregate, successfully advancing to the women's singles quarterfinals.
Liu Shiwen conquered the fans with her strength and achievements, telling everyone that she was still the main force. After the game, Olympic champion Liu Shiwen excitedly said that she had not played against Wang Yidi for a long time, and today she came with the mentality of fighting, and she was also very liberated. Talking about the next planning of her career, Liu Shiwen said that the future will definitely face a gradual transformation, but table tennis is a career I love, and I hope to promote table tennis and let more people love this sport.
It is worth mentioning that Wang Yidi, the main player of the national table tennis women's singles, was eliminated from the open tournament in this station. In the women's singles, Wang Yidi lost 1:3 to Olympic champion Liu Shiwen, stopping in the first round. In the mixed doubles, Wang Yidi's partner Yuan Licen lost 1:3 to the new duo of Fan Zhendong Kuman, who also suffered a round trip. In this way, Wang Yidi has already ended his trip to Macau ahead of schedule.