On the evening of January 20, Beijing time, the mixed doubles top eight list of table tennis WTT Macau Competition was officially released! Veteran Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen played steadily, eliminating Xu Yingbin / Liu Weishan 3-1 to get the last promotion ticket, while Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha, Fan Zhendong / Ku Man, Xiang Peng / Zhang Rui, Xue Fei / Wang Xiaotong, Yu Ziyang / Chen Xingtong, Lin Gaoyuan / Wang Manyu, Liang Jingkun / Chen Meng have already been shortlisted: congratulations!
Of course, there will definitely be losers if there are winners, at present, the 3 main players of national table tennis, Ma Long, Zhou Qihao, and Wang Yidi, are all in the mixed doubles project, and the only foreign association combination Lin Zhaoheng / Du Kaixuan (Hong Kong, China) is also out of the "round trip": very sorry, I hope that they can play better next time they have the opportunity to cooperate.
See below for detailed mixed doubles matchups and quarterfinals matchups.
The highlight of the mixed doubles event in Macau is the wang chuqin/sun yingsha and Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen pairs, as they are the winners of the 2021 and 2019 World Table Tennis Championships respectively, and the results are significantly higher than other pairs. Before that, Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen had not participated in the competition for several months, so everyone was curious about their status.
After the game began, Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen quickly grasped the initiative on the field, and the juniors were defeated one after another, and then won the first set 11-4. In the second set, Xu Yingbin/Liu Weishan fought very fiercely, using higher batting quality to force the veteran to make mistakes, and finally won 11-9 to equalize.
After the start of the third set, Xu Yingbin / Liu Weishan fought very fiercely, but not long after the opening lead, they were overtaken by the opponent, winning fast and losing fast, which seemed a bit immature, and the experienced Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen also seized the ups and downs of the opponent's mentality and attacked continuously, and then won 11-9, and the big score of 2-1 forced the youngster into a desperate situation.
In the fourth round of the big battle, Xu Xin/ Liu Shiwen played a little impatiently after taking the lead, and the result was successfully reversed by Xu Yingbin / Liu Weishan. But at this time, the veteran did not panic, but stood firm and counterattacked, and finally locked up the victory 11-8, won 3-1 by a large score, and successfully advanced to the top eight of the mixed doubles: congratulations!
In other matches , Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha met with Ma Long / Qian Tianyi in the first round , and as a result , even if Ma Long played the divine ball many times , it was difficult to change the strength comparison between the two sides , and as a result , he became the first Olympic champion to lose , losing 0-3 and being eliminated. As for the combinations joined by the other world champions, although they are not out, the battle situation is different:
Liang Jingkun / Chen Mengjian was upset, and only won 3-2 after 5 sets of hard fighting to win two post-00 youngsters Lin Shidong / Wang Tianyi; Lin Gaoyuan / Wang Manyu defeated the extremely rare straight-shooting player + chipper combination Zhao Zihao / Liu Fei 3-1; Yu Ziyang / Chen Xingtong defeated Sun Wen / Shi Xunyao 3-1; Fan Zhendong / Ku Man 3-1 eliminated Yuan Licen / Wang Yidi.
The other mixed doubles showdowns were: Xiang Peng/Zhang Rui won the only foreign association combination, eliminating Lin Zhaoheng/Du Kaixuan 3-1; Xue Fei/Wang Xiaotong's Jedi counterattack was successful, and 3-2 reverse Zhou Qihao/He Zhuojia - in this way, the national table tennis players Ma Long, Zhou Qihao and Wang Yidi planted a heel in the mixed doubles competition.
In the next semi-final matchup, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha will face Fan Zhendong/Ku Man, Xiang Peng/Zhang Rui will face Xue Fei/Wang Xiaotong, Yu Ziyang/Chen Xingtong will face Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu, and Liang Jingkun/Chen Meng will challenge Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen: So who can get the ticket to the semifinals? Let's wait for the latest war report to come back: Come on, guys!