At the WTT Macau Tournament, on January 21, the mixed doubles quarterfinals were held.
Liu Shiwen Xu Xin, a mixed doubles pair of national table tennis aces, ushered in a powerful challenge in this match, and their opponents were the combination of Olympic champion Chen Meng and world champion Liang Jingkun.
Liu Shiwen Xu Xin, a mixed doubles pair, is a pair of gold partners that Liu Guoliang focused on building after serving as the Chinese Table Tennis Association, and they shouldered the heavy responsibility of winning the first gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
But unfortunately, in the mixed doubles final of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Liu Shiwen Xu Xin and the two people did not resist the pressure, and under the excellent situation of leading 2-0 in the big score, they did not grasp the advantage, and they were tragically reversed by Japan's Ito Mizutani Hayabusa.
And this also made Liu Shiwen Xu Xin and the two controversial, believing that the national table tennis should not let the two participate in the Tokyo Olympic Games.
After the Tokyo Olympics, Liu Shiwen Xu Xin only participated in the national games, and the two became the only mixed doubles pair of cross-provincial and municipal combinations, and as a result, the two people swept away the downturn in the Tokyo Olympic Games and won the championship strongly, which also allowed fans to see the strength of the ace mixed doubles combination.
But considering the age of the two people, it is impossible to appear at the Paris Olympics again, so at the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin did not participate.
Although the two have not been together again for a long time, in this Macau competition, the two finally joined hands to attack the championship again.
In the quarterfinals, Liu Shiwen Xu Xin's opponent was Chen Meng and Liang Jingkun.
In the first game, after the opening, Liu Shiwen Xu Xin cooperated very tacitly, while Chen Meng and Liang Jingkun made mistakes continuously, and Liu Shiwen Xu Xin quickly won the first set with an easy score of 11-5!
In the second set, the two sides fought very fiercely for the score and drew many times, but at the critical moment, Liu Shiwen Xu Xin was still better, and they won another set with a score of 12-10, leading 2-0.
In the third game, Chen Meng and Liang Jingkun, who had no way to retreat, began to strengthen the active attack, but the two people were obviously not as tacit as Liu Shiwen Xu Xin in terms of coordination, and after a fierce competition, Liu Shiwen Xu Xin won another round with a score of 12-10, and the big score swept Chen Mengliang Jingkun combination 3-0!
In this game, it can be seen that although Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin are both 30+ years old, the two people still maintain a very good state, plus the two people have been partnered for more than three years, and the mixed doubles strength of the two people is still the best combination in the world today.
And the other mixed doubles combination, Sun Yingsha Wang Chu Qin is not inferior to Fan Zhendong Ku man, which also makes Liu Shiwen Xu Xin's mixed doubles combination more stable than Sun Yingsha Wang Chu Qin!
Now it seems that Liu Shiwen Xu Xin's mixed doubles combination is still the favorite to win the Macau Tournament, and the two are also expected to make up for the regret of losing the mixed doubles at the Tokyo Olympic Games! Come on!