The 30-year-old Liu Shiwen defeated Wang Yidi and Sun Yingsha to reach the women's singles final at WTT Macau, which really surprised everyone's expectations. So in WTT Singapore, can Liu Shiwen still have such a highlight play? Let's explore this topic:
Macau teammates underestimated Liu Shiwen's state, and the main reason for winning was that experience played a big role, and hard power was still inferior.
In fact, as early as the 2019 Budapest World Table Tennis Championships, Liu Shiwen admitted that she had not won against Chen Meng for 2 years. To win the women's singles final, Xiao Zao also relied on Chen Meng's lack of strain in the competition, coupled with her real courage to open up, not how much technical advantage she still has against young players.
1. The teammates in Singapore will pay more attention to it, and the strong will not have an advantage in attacking Liu Shiwen. Liu Shiwen has missed more than a year of games due to an elbow injury. After recovering from injury, she also failed to qualify for the women's singles for the Tokyo Olympics due to her poor form, and the Olympic simulation tournament was swept by sparring partner He Zhuojia 0:3. The women's singles of the National Games can get the 3rd place, and Chen Meng has a shoulder injury and a deliberate abandonment factor. After the National Games, Liu Shiwen also missed the Table Tennis Super League, the World Table Tennis Championships, and the World Cup Finals. Liu Shiwen, who is almost in the "disappearing" situation, is not the main opponent of her teammates in the Macau tournament.
Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu are the focus of the impact, and even "Meng Shaman" is also trying to defeat the other side to win the championship, who will also take Liu Shiwen, who is on the verge of retirement, as the main opponent, and even more unexpectedly Xiao Zao has such a good state in the Macau competition. Judging from the process of Liu Shiwen's victory over Wang Yidi and Sun Yingsha, she did not win in a strong confrontation, but won two young players by controlling the short ball in the forehand table and the rushing tactics of the first three boards. That is to say, Xiao Ju does not compete with you for hard power, and plays a routine on the first three boards to win. Of course, Liu Shiwen's method of winning is very clever and strategic.
It is not like Chen Meng, who has to fight to six or seven boards or above, but to see who has more than one board and plays the strength ball. However, this kind of forehand control in the stage is short, and the backhand is quickly torn after serving, and teammates in Singapore will pay attention to these routines. If the speed and landing point of the first three boards are adapted or blocked by the new generation, then when the stalemate link is "hard and hard", Liu Shiwen is obviously inferior in strength and technological advancement. In the final of the Macau Tournament, Liu Shiwen was swept by Wang Manyu 0:4, which showed that there was a gap between Xiao Zao and Wang Manyu in terms of batting quality and strength.
Liu Shiwen is in the stage of retiring, and now she mainly enjoys table tennis, and there is no target requirement for The Singapore station.
Liu Shiwen has been playing in table tennis for more than ten years, and it does not mean much to her to have one more championship or one less championship. Unlike the "Monsaman" who is competing in the Paris Olympic cycle, it is necessary to go all out to compete for the championship.
1. Liu Shiwen's spirit of fighting for every ball is worth learning from young players. Although it is to enjoy the last ping-pong time, when we see Liu Shiwen in the lead, we have not relaxed at all; when she is behind, she is also actively trying to find a way. For every ball played, Liu Shiwen cherishes it very much, and she will play it as the last ball of her career. At this age, there is such a spirit of fighting for every goal, which is indeed admirable. Such a spirit can also be seen in the Grand Slam Malone.
Liu Shiwen has long passed the peak period, and it is unrealistic to say that she must win the women's singles championship in Singapore, or reach the final. How far the jujube women's singles can go depends on the specific lottery situation. If you meet Wang Manyu and Chen Meng too early, then Liu Shiwen may be eliminated early. Liu Shiwen's project with the ability to win the championship is still a mixed doubles partner with Xu Xin.
Do you think Liu Shiwen can beat Sun Yingsha and Wang Yidi again at WTT Singapore? Will the new generation give Xiao Ju another chance? Will her teammates take her seriously? Welcome to leave a message, discuss, thank you for your attention! I am a teenager at the Temple of Horse riding.