On March 11, 2022, the table tennis Grand Slam tournament continued, the first match day of the national table tennis women's singles four-player competition, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Liu Shiwen are 3-0 promotion, Ku Man 3-1 victory over Singapore world champion Feng Tianwei, with teammate Sun Yingsha to meet the teacher, after the game Liu Shiwen was interviewed, specially thanked the fans for their long-term support, many people cheered for her on the spot, which made Xiao Zao very moved.
Liu Shiwen and Tian Zhixi have played each other many times, Liu Shiwen occupies an absolute advantage, the two are not a level player, Liu Shiwen has won the World Table Tennis Championship Women's Singles Championship, won the Women's Table Tennis World Cup championship five times, this year's Macau Tournament is even more consecutive wins Wang Yidi and Sun Yingsha, showing strong competitiveness, the latest issue of the world ranking, Liu Shiwen is 17th, Tian Zhixi is 10th, the two are relatively close.
Tian Zhixi's doubles are better than singles results, partner Zhang Yuzhen's mixed doubles, partner Liang Xiayin's women's doubles, all have a certain competitiveness, this game against Liu Shiwen, all she can do is to go all out to fight, the first set of the two sides into a fierce battle, Liu Shiwen took the lead, but soon by Tian Zhixi equalized, the end of the set to 11 draws, Liu Shiwen seized the opportunity, scored 2 points in a row to win 13-11.
In the second set, Liu Shiwen took advantage of the situation to chase, the last set failed to win, which had a great impact on Tian Zhixi, Liu Shiwen quickly opened the point difference and grasped the initiative of the game, Tian Zhixi could not keep up with Liu Shiwen's speed, Liu Shiwen scored consecutive points, and won another round 11-6.
In the third set, Tian Zhixi stepped up his offensive attack, hoping to bring more pressure to Liu Shiwen, Tian Zhixi scored 3 points in a row to take a 6-3 lead, Liu Shiwen chased to 6-7, Tian Zhixi fought with Liu Shi in the near stage, the score alternately rose, Liu Shiwen got the match point 10-9, Tian Zhixi scored 10 draws, Liu Shiwen scored 2 consecutive points to end the game at 12-10, and finally defeated Tian Zhixi 3-0 to advance to the women's singles round of 32.
After the game, Liu Shiwen and the head coach Marlene discussed, mainly for the game process to summarize, although it is said that it is 3-0 to win the game, but the process is not easy, especially the first and third sets, are the last 2 points of difficult to win, through this game it is not difficult to see that Liu Shiwen maintains a good state, next she can go to which step, or let the results to tell us the answer.
In an interview with the International Table Tennis Federation, Liu Shiwen expressed her gratitude to the fans for their support, she is now enjoying the game, hoping to achieve good results, and then Liu Shiwen's opponent is the German star Shan Xiaona, who eliminated South Korea's Cui Xiaozhu 3-1 in the first round, for Liu Shiwen, this game has no problem, the key is that she is in the same area as Sun Yingsha, and only one person can reach the women's singles quarterfinals.