On March 11, Beijing time, the first round of the women's singles of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, Liu Shiwen played against South Korea's Tian Zhixi. In this game, the two players still played very stiffly, and in the first set, Liu Shiwen won 13-11, and in this move, Liu Shiwen won another set 11-6, and won the match point 2-0. In the third set of the game, Liu Shiwen started behind, completed the reversal at the key moment, won the single set score 12-10, swept Tian Zhixi 3-0, advanced to the women's singles round of 32, ushered in the women's singles opening red.
Tian Zhixi is a very strong player, although in the face of the Chinese team players, her record is not ideal, but she still has her own hard strength, in the international competition, personally also achieved a lot of good results. In the first round of challenging Liu Shiwen, Tian Zhixi also created a lot of trouble for Liu Shiwen, so that Liu Shiwen did not play so easily.
In the first game, Tian Zhixi and Liu Shiwen played very stiffly, and Liu Shiwen was unable to complete the score continuously when facing tian Zhixi's impact. The score in the first set was also very sticky, both sides took the lead, but were quickly equalized by the opponents, from 3-3 draws to 10-10, the two players came and went. In terms of key points, Liu Shiwen was more skilled, she scored 2 consecutive points, and won 13-11 in a single set, leading Tian Zhixi 1-0 in a big score.
In the second set of the game, at the beginning, Tian Zhixi and Liu Shiwen were difficult to score, and the score was still very sticky. However, when the battle reached 7-5, Liu Shiwen began to exert her strength, she scored consecutive points, played a wave of 4-1 attack, won 11-6 in a single set, and led Tian Zhixi 2-0 in a big score to get the match point.
In the third set, Tian Zhixi had the advantage in the start, Liu Shiwen lost too quickly, and fell behind 3-6 in a single set. Liu Shiwen then scored two consecutive points to narrow the point gap. Tian Zhixi's forehand performance was too good, and she scored three consecutive points again to lead 8-5 in a single set. After falling behind, Liu Shiwen withstood the pressure, she scored consecutive points again, and finally she also won 12-10, sweeping Tian Zhixi 3-0 and successfully advancing to the women's singles round of 32.
After Liu Shiwen's comeback in Macau at the beginning of the year, her state was very good, and she defeated many outstanding players in the women's singles competition consecutively, showing her very good competitive state, and this Singapore Grand Slam event, Liu Shiwen also hopes to achieve a good result and continue to prove her strength in international competitions.
In the first round against Tian Zhixi, who was not inferior in strength, Liu Shiwen played a little difficult in the first set, and only narrowly won with a 2-point advantage. Fortunately, in the second set, Liu Shiwen was in good shape, and she won the game again 11-6, leading 2-0. In the third set, when Liu Shiwen was behind, she relied on her own scoring explosive power, she won again 12-10, swept Tian Zhixi 3-0, successfully advanced to the next round, and won the opening. Although this game was swept 3-0, there were only two wins of 2 points in two sets, Liu Shiwen won not easily, there were ups and downs in the state. However, this is only the first round, as the competition progresses, I believe Liu Shiwen will play better and better and achieve good results in this event.