On January 20, 2022, the table tennis Macau Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals was released, 11 world champions were listed, and at present, everyone is most optimistic about the top three seeds, Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha, Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen, Lin Gaoyuan / Wang Manyu, if there is no accident, the champion should be produced between these combinations, Fan Zhendong / Ku Man, Liang Jingkun / Chen Meng, Yu Ziyang / Chen Xingtong have strength, but the partner time is too short.
In the last game of the first round of mixed doubles, Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen vs. Xu Yingbin / Liu Weishan, the singles of the four were advanced to the second round, Xu Xin reversed Zhao Zihao 3-1, Xu Yingbin narrowly defeated Yuan Licen 3-2, Liu Shiwen eliminated Wang Yidi 3-1, Liu Weishan swept Li Jie 3-0, this time Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen is the second seed, the two have won the World Table Tennis Championships and the Olympic Silver Medal, and the long-term partnership is also very tacit.
Xu Yingbin / Liu Weishan is a temporary team, Xu Yingbin once won the World Youth Championship, Liu Weishan had a prominent performance in last year's Slovenian competition, these two are young players who are the focus of the coaching team, the first time to participate in the mixed doubles, challenge the world champion combination Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen, as far as the previous singles competition is concerned, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen have maintained a good competitive state, which is expected.
In the first set Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen led 6-1, Xu Yingbin / Liu Weishan lost points consecutively, was fully suppressed, there was a gap in the strength of the two sides, then Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen continued to open up the point difference, and soon blasted out 11-4 to take the lead, in the second set Xu Yingbin / Liu Weishan stepped up the offensive, trailing the continuous score to chase 9 draws, Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen had unnecessary mistakes, Xu Yingbin / Liu Weishan scored 2 points in a row and won 11-9.
In the third set Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen fell behind 4-6 and began to accelerate, scoring 5 consecutive points to 9-6, and then 10-7 to get the set point, Xu Yingbin / Liu Weishan chased 2 points in a row, Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen received the serve to rush to score directly, seized the opportunity to win 11-9, in the fourth set Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen led 5-1 and suddenly dropped 5 points, Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen chased to 8 draws, scored 3 consecutive points to end the game, and finally eliminated Xu Yingbin / Liu Weishan 3-1.
In addition to Xiang Peng, Xue Fei, Ku Man, Zhang Rui, Wang Xiaotong five, the other 11 people have won the world championship, such a lineup is also very strong, but the real highlight is still behind, with the advancement of the game, the opponent will become stronger and stronger, the next who can win the championship is not easy to say, then it will also depend on the on-site play, Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha, Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen can meet the teacher Let us wait and see.
Mixed doubles quarterfinals released:
Wang Chuqin /Sun Yingsha vs Fan Zhendong/Ku Man
Xiang Peng/Zhang Rui vs Xue Fei/Wang Xiaotong
Lin Gaoyuan / Wang Manyu vs Chen Xingtong / Yu Ziyang
Xu Xin /Liu Shiwen vs Liang Jingkun /Chen Meng