On January 20, the five-day "WTT Macau Champions 2021 China Star" began its second day of competition at the Macau Tower Stone Stadium. In today's focus match, 30-year-old Liu Shiwen faced teammate Wang Yidi and won 3-1 to reach the quarterfinals of women's singles.
As the first battle of the year in 2022, the performance of Ma Long, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen who are 30+ years old is expected. In particular, after withdrawing from the team competition of the Tokyo Olympic Games due to injury and missing the Houston World Table Tennis Championships last November, Liu Shiwen, a "little jujube" who had been away from the international arena for more than five months, returned.
In the first set, she won the opening red 11-6; in another game, Wang Yidi drew the score 12-10;
In the third set, the two sides continued to get into a fight. Liu Shiwen, who was once behind, reversed 10-7, but was saved by "Dadi" for two consecutive sets. At this time, coach Marlene decisively called a timeout. After restarting the game, he was still chased to 10 draws by Wang Yidi! After 11 draws, Liu Shiwen took advantage of the victory to chase and win 13-11. In the fourth set, Liu Shiwen locked in the victory 14-12.
After hearing the praise of the host on the sidelines, Liu Shiwen became shy, and she smiled and said: "Today's game is still thanks to WTT for having such a good game during the epidemic, especially for a slightly older player like me." There have been no games for a long time, I really enjoy and crave this kind of game, to be able to win the game today, to be able to play one more game, or very happy, continue to work hard. ”
(He Xia)