When Ding Ning retired, followed by the news of Liu Shiwen's retirement, when the mixed doubles lost gold, fans agreed that Liu Shiwen's career path may decline due to state and strength, and will eventually choose to retire in the near future, and Ding Ning, like Ding Ning, to start a new life, but in the WTT Macau Match, Liu Shiwen showed the state that shocked the fans, the 30-year-old veteran, let the fans shine, why Liu Shiwen is still not old, in the confrontation between the main forces of national table tennis, there is no downfall, that is because, Liu Shiwen's experience and change support, plus a huge advantage.
experience
As a veteran, her experience is a huge support for the victory of the whole game, just like Ma Long and Xu Xin, who use their many years of combat experience to find the breakthrough of the other party in the face of each opponent, to limit their play, to amplify their advantages.
In the WTT Macau tournament, the first round of the match against Wang Yidi, when the signing was released, the fans thought that Liu Shiwen would encounter a round of travel, but in the end 3-1 victory over Wang Yidi, this game reflects Liu Shiwen's experience, in the rapid development of table tennis today, Wang Yidi is very fast, the quality of the veneer is very strong, if Liu Shiwen and Wang Yidi fight hard, it is obviously not advantageous, although it is a five-game three-win game, the physical exertion will make Liu Shiwen's subsequent matches unable to play her advantages. Therefore, in the face of Wang Yidi, Liu Shiwen used her technical playing style to fully limit Wang Yidi's advantages.
But in turn to face Sun Yingsha, Liu Shiwen is just the opposite, it is not easy to mobilize Sun Yingsha, after all, Sun Yingsha's speed strength and experience are more advantageous than Wang Yidi, so it must be preemptive, in terms of speed play, we must limit Sun Yingsha's play, in order to be able to gain an offensive advantage, and Liu Shiwen's versatility helped her in this game, Sun Yingsha could not grasp Liu Shiwen's playing style routine, which in addition to experience and technical strength support.
This is a veteran in the face of different opponents, the variability shown, this is also the current young players lack a point, just blind attack, and no tactical play routine, it is easy to go to the end, let the opponent seize the opportunity, if it is an experienced veteran, in the case of advanced technology, but also rely on their own experience, limit the opponent's play, so that they will do more with less.
mentality
The strength of the mentality has always been the standard for the selection of athletes in the national table tennis, the outstanding players in the civil war, once they arrive at the international competition, they are afraid to attack, this is the mentality at work, only by practicing the mentality to the most powerful, can they fully exert all their technical and tactical capabilities. And Liu Shiwen embodied this in this Macau competition.
In the game against Wang Yidi, whether it is leading or lagging behind, Liu Shiwen's mentality has always maintained a very stable, and not impatient, the tactical play is clear, the thinking is agile, and Wang Yidi, once the lead is chased by Liu Shiwen and overtaken, the mentality will be impatient, in the case of impatience, the opposite is a first-class master, will definitely seize the opportunity to freeze the score, and then win. To put it bluntly, this game is a contest between Liu Shiwen and Wang Yidi's mentality.
In the face of Wang Manyu, Liu Shiwen lost 0-4, but it is certain that Liu Shiwen's mentality has not changed, Wang Manyu's strength is too strong, Liu Shiwen is not losing in mentality, but the difference in technical ability and on-the-spot state, after all, Wang Manyu is currently a representative player of women's playing style, and the state is at its peak, and Liu Shiwen has been playing according to her own style of play, even if the big score is behind, Liu Shiwen is not impatient, there is no change in mentality. That's why the veteran can be as steady as Tarzan in the game.
Huge advantage
Whether it is facing Wang Yidi or Sun Yingsha, or even Wang Manyu, the win or loss of a game is nothing, but at least it is certain that Liu Shiwen still has super competitiveness, and fans can't help but wonder why Liu Shiwen can still maintain a super high competitive state? That's because in addition to the support of experience and mentality, Liu Shiwen has a huge advantage, that is, her speed is still at its peak.
After the small ball is changed to a large ball, the attack of speed and strength is the main theme of the table tennis game, it can be seen that the main offensive method is to play fast, the player uses the speed of his front and backhand to mobilize the opponent's large angle, and more than one shot, which is the main offensive way of playing table tennis now.
And Liu Shiwen since her debut, is the speed of fast attack, which is completely in line with the current development direction of technical and tactical play, so Liu Shiwen's speed in the case of excellent state, still does not lose anyone, and the tactical play is clear, in the face of any opponent, Liu Shiwen firmly grasp the near stage, and then use her super speed advantage to create great trouble for the opponent.
summary
Liu Shiwen relies on her own experience, in the game, fully exerts her tactical variability, so that the opponent can not touch her tactical play routine, use her mentality, so that whether she is ahead or behind, are as stable as Taishan, and rely on her long-term speed and fast attack method, still the sword is not old. We believe that as long as Liu Shiwen is willing, she can still become a competitive player in the national table tennis women's team. She's still at the top.