WTT Macau ushered in a focus battle on January 20, with former world number one, Olympic champion and five-time World Cup winner Liu Shiwen facing 25-year-old mesozoic player Wang Yidi.
Before the game, many fans were not optimistic that Liu Shiwen could win, after all, Liu Shiwen is now 31 years old, and she also lost the mixed doubles final at last year's Tokyo Olympic Games, which is not in good shape.
Wang Yidi's recent form has been outstanding, not only defeating the strongest opponent of Chinese women's table tennis at the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, Ito Mimachi, but also defeating THE NEW Olympic singles champion Chen Meng in the recent WTT World Cup Finals.
However, veteran Liu Shiwen played a good state that he had rarely played in recent years without being optimistic, defeating Wang Yidi 3-1.
Just from the perspective of the big score, Liu Shiwen's 3-1 victory over Wang Yidi looks relatively easy, but if you look at the small scores in each round, you will find that the gap is not so big. The scores were 11-6, 10-12, 13-11, 14-12, except for the first set, which was easier, and the remaining three games were played until 10 draws.
It is worth mentioning that in the game, Liu Shiwen's fans played a very huge role in Liu Shiwen's final victory, Liu Shiwen in the game, every point won, the fans outside the field will shout loudly to cheer for Liu Shiwen!
And this also greatly inspired Liu Shiwen.
After Liu Shiwen won, the second hot search, it can be seen that Liu Shiwen is really worthy of being the most popular athlete in national table tennis!
After Liu Shiwen defeated Wang Yidi, she was also very excited, Liu Shiwen said: "I haven't fought with Wang Yidi for a long time, and today I came with the mentality of fighting, and I played very freely." ”
Liu Shiwen's victory also made her fans rejoice, and even some fans cried out excitedly, because for Liu Shiwen, her career was too sad.
Although Liu Shiwen has won the Women's Singles World Cup five times and won the Women's Singles Championship of the World Table Tennis Championships at the age of 29, Liu Shiwen has never been able to qualify for the Olympic Games.
At the Tokyo Olympics, although Liu Shiwen was plagued by injuries at the time, the national table tennis coaching team still insisted that Liu Shiwen Xu Xin participate in the mixed doubles competition, but in the final, after Liu Shiwen Xu Xin lost, he was attacked by many fans, believing that the two of them should not be sent to participate.
Today, Liu Shiwen has proved herself with a hearty victory.
After the game, in an interview, Liu Shiwen herself could not help but red eyes, she said that she is already an old athlete, cherish every game on the field.
As for the future, Liu Shiwen said that she will consider transformation, in addition to the field, hope to promote the sport of table tennis!