On January 21, Beijing time, the third match day of the WTT Macau Championship began, the morning session was a showdown of the mixed doubles round of 8, the national table tennis stars all appeared, and the three Olympic champions Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng were successively out, stopping the mixed doubles top 8. Among them, Wang Manyu took the lead, partner Lin Gaoyuan against the combination of Chen Xingtong and Yu Ziyang, in the case of winning one game first, lost 3 consecutive games, and finally was eliminated 1-3.
Followed by Sun Yingsha partner Wang Chuqin's new World Table Tennis Championships mixed doubles combination, against the first partner of Fan Zhendong and Ku Man, the "Sha Tou" combination was the same to win the first set, the big score 1-0 lead, but Fan Zhendong in the course of the game constantly adjusted, and has been encouraging the new star Ku Man, directly reverse the game, play to a 2-2 draw. In the crucial fifth game, Wang Chuqin made several mistakes in several rounds, and in the end, Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin lost 2-3 to stop in the round of 8. As the champion group of the Xinke World Table Tennis Championships, the "Shatou" combination was originally the biggest mixed doubles champion favorite of this tournament, but unfortunately stopped in the top 8.
Finally, Chen Meng partnered Liang Jingkun to play in the last mixed doubles top 8 match, against the strong liu Shiwen and Xu Xin combination, Xinwen combination since its establishment, has been one of the best mixed doubles partners in national table tennis, won the world championship, but also the active mixed doubles world ranking 1st, has a clear advantage. In the 3-game matchup in this game, Chen Meng and Liang Jingkun were bitterly suppressed at the beginning of each set, although there would be a counterattack but it was difficult to win, and the final score was 3-0, Chen Meng and Liang Jingkun were swept away.
You know, Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng are all New Branch Olympic champions, they won the women's team championship at the Tokyo Olympic Games, Chen Meng is also the New Branch Olympic Women's Singles Champion, and the strength of all three is very strong. However, they have fallen in the mixed doubles top 8, which is enough to reflect the fierce competition within the national table tennis, even if it is an Olympic champion, it is impossible to guarantee the win, the national table tennis internal talent is abundant, who loses and who wins is not surprising.
In the final macau mixed doubles final four matches were: Fan Zhendong and Ku Man against Xiang Peng and Zhang Rui, xu Xin and Liu Shiwen against Yu Ziyang and Chen Xingtong. These two sets of duels are bound to stage a duel like Mars hitting the earth, and their respective strengths are very strong. Among them, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen are the biggest favorites to win the championship, after all, they have won the world championship, it can be said that the mixed doubles combination of the national table tennis is currently the strongest comprehensive, the experience, technology and tacit understanding of the partner are the best, which is difficult to compare with other combinations, and the Xinwen combination has been cooperating for a long time.
Of course, whether or not to win the championship in the end, the impact on Xu Xin Liu Shiwen will not be too big, these two veterans plus Ma Long, are in the stage of enjoying table tennis, with age, the mentality of veterans is completely different, they do not need to prove themselves, just need to enjoy table tennis, enjoy the game, and strive to play the best state.
(Lin Xiaoxiang)