The 2022 WTT Macau Championship continues, although there are no points in this WTT event, but our main national table tennis players have participated in the event, which also makes fans very much look forward to the performance of the national table tennis players. It is worth mentioning that Liu Shiwen, who has previously missed many competitions, also participated in the event this time, and successfully advanced to the top 8 in the women's singles and mixed doubles events. Congratulations to Liu Shiwen! Women's Singles 3-1 promotion, mixed doubles 3-1 promotion, and Chen Menghui division mixed doubles 1/4 final!
If there are fans who pay attention to Liu Shiwen, they will know that she is not young and has played the role of a veteran in this event. However, in the first round of the women's singles showdown, Liu Shiwen defeated Wang Yidi with a total score of 3-1, which also allowed Liu Shiwen to successfully advance to the top 8. To know that Wang Yidi's strength should not be underestimated, in the previous World Table Tennis Championships, Wang Yidi even reached the top 4.
However, Liu Shiwen still played steadily, winning the 1st set with an 11-6 score, and in the second set, Liu Shiwen saved 7 consecutive innings in the case of 3-10 behind, once chasing the score to 10-10 draw, but unfortunately lost with a score of 10-12 and was pulled back by Wang Yidi. Liu Shiwen then adjusted her form, winning the match point at 13-11 in the 3rd set and winning the match at 14-12 in the 4th set.
Because Liu Shiwen has missed many major competitions before, many fans are also worried that her competitive status will decline. Facts have proved that the fans' worries are superfluous, from the first round of the women's singles situation, Liu Shiwen did bring fans a lot of surprises, she used practical actions to interpret the true meaning of the word "sword is not old", and in the next women's singles 1/4 final, Liu Shiwen will play against Wang Xiaotong.
Compared with the situation of the women's singles project, Liu Shiwen also has a bright performance in the mixed doubles project. This time, Liu Shiwen's mixed doubles partner is still Xu Xin, and the cooperation between the old partners is quite tacit. In the first round of mixed doubles matches, Xu Xin/ Liu Shiwen's opponent was Xu Yingbin / Liu Weishan, and Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen also showed great dominance, and finally defeated the opponent by a total score of 3-1, successfully advancing to the mixed doubles 8, and Liu Shiwen's performance in doubles promotion is indeed worthy of everyone's praise!
Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen in the mixed doubles 1/4 final opponent is Liang Jingkun / Chen Meng, to know that Chen Meng previously won the Tokyo Olympic women's singles and women's team championship, this time Liu Shiwen and Chen Meng will be the mixed doubles 1/4 final, which is also a big test for Liu Shiwen. On the other hand, the play of Xu Xin and Liang Jingkun has also become the focus of attention of fans, and this group of strong duels has also attracted the attention of a large number of fans.
Interestingly, Liu Shiwen, who has participated in many world competitions, actually participated in WTT events for the first time. Taking the women's singles event post-match interview as an example, when asked how it was to advance to the top 8, Liu Shiwen could not hide her excitement, "This is my first time to participate in a WTT competition, and I feel very excited. In addition, I haven't fought with Wang Yidi for a long time, so I play very freely, and I can also come with a fighting mentality! ”
In the final stage of the interview, Liu Shiwen also talked about future planning, "I will face gradual transformation next, but I still love the sport of table tennis, and in the future I hope to promote table tennis and let more people understand and like table tennis." ”
Finally, congratulations to Liu Shiwen again for advancing to the women's singles round of 8 and mixed doubles, the schedule of the WTT Macau Championship is very compact, as for what kind of performance Liu Shiwen will perform next, let's wait and see!