On 10 March, there was only one day left before the start of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam Tournament. Liu Shiwen, who is training intensely, ushered in a long-lost combination with her friend Ai Fukuhara, and the pair of transnational girlfriends continued the fine tradition of "than height". Judging from the group photo, Fukuhara Ai is obviously a lot whiter, after all, Liu Shiwen just recently trained in Lingshui, Hainan, and "tanned" a lot.
In the athlete era, Fukuhara Ai was known as the "group favorite" of national table tennis, of which her relationship with Wang Nan and Liu Shiwen was the closest. In front of Wang Nan, Fukuhara Ai is a little sister who is taken care of, and she has great respect and admiration for Nan Sister; in front of Liu Shiwen, Fukuhara Ai is a good sister who can confide in her heart and support each other.
Previously, Liu Shiwen suffered the blow of the Mixed Doubles Loss of Gold at the Tokyo Olympic Games, and Ai Fukuhara also suffered a divorce storm, and the two people cheered each other up and interacted with each other many times, which made people envious that this transnational friendship has been continuing. Not long ago, Ai Fukuhara officially became the general manager of the WTT World Table Tennis Federation Japan, responsible for the development of the Japanese market, and became a member of the "cadre general" under Liu Guoliang, chairman of the World Table Tennis Federation Council.
The Singapore Grand Slam is WTT's first Grand Slam event, and Ai Fukuhara was also invited to attend and actively participate in this event, which can learn a lot of experience in organizing events. Seeing the good sister Liu Shiwen, Fukuhara Ai looked up and smiled, and Liu Shiwen put her arm around Fukuhara Ai's shoulder for a group photo.
The two then changed their postures, Liu Shiwen reached out and grabbed Fukuhara Ai's arm, and Fukuhara Ai held Xiao Zao's hand, and the happiness of the sisters reuniting was touching. Fukuhara ai happily said: "Finally continue to be taller than Sheng, who do you think is taller, tomorrow start the game to cheer oh, you can!" ”
Because he was too happy to type too quickly, Ai Fukuhara also wrote the height wrong, and he also took the initiative to explain it. Liu Shiwen replied: "White is indeed white, gao well everyone can see it, it seems to be a little bit." ”
Compared with fukuhara's "dazzling" love of marriage and children, and divorce to find a new partner, Liu Shiwen is still focused on the field. In this Singapore Grand Slam, Liu Shiwen only participated in the women's singles competition, she will face South Korea's sister Tian Zhixi in the first round of the competition, if successfully advanced, is expected to meet Sun Yingsha in the quarterfinals.
In the previous Macau Championships, Liu Shiwen showed good form, not only partnering Xu Xin to win the mixed doubles championship, but also defeating Sun Yingsha in the singles competition, and finally losing to Wang Manyu in the final and getting the runner-up in women's singles. As a veteran, Liu Shiwen no longer needs to compete for Olympic places, but more to enjoy the field, without so much psychological baggage, but to play better.