On March 11, Beijing time, the WTT Singapore Grand Slam tournament continued, and liu Shiwen, a veteran of national table tennis, competed in the women's singles round of 64 against South Korean beauty Tian Zhixi. Before this game, Liu Shiwen was absent from several consecutive world competitions, resulting in her personal world ranking slipping to 17th, not as good as Tian Zhixi's active world 10th, but at the beginning of the game, Liu Shiwen quickly took the initiative, winning the first set 13-11 and the second set 11-6. In the third set, Liu Shiwen also completed a big reversal, in the case of 3-6 behind, continuously chased points, so that 12-10 won the third set, the big score 3-0 eliminated Tian Zhixi!
Tian Zhixi is a Chinese-Korean athlete, originally from Hebei, China, but due to the fierce competition in domestic table tennis, tian Zhixi eventually changed to Korean nationality in order to play the world competition, becoming the absolute main force of Korean women's table tennis, and can rank among the top ten in the world, which is enough to reflect the strength of Tian Zhixi.
Unfortunately, Tian Zhixi is not yet a world champion level player, so it is still difficult to win against Liu Shiwen, even if this is a Liu Shiwen who is not at her peak. After Tian Zhixi became a Korean national, what attracted more attention was her appearance, through South Korea's excellent plastic surgery industry, her appearance changed greatly, becoming a beautiful woman, Tian Zhixi can be called a local custom.
After defeating Tian Zhixi, Liu Shiwen successfully entered the round of 32, it is worth mentioning that in this Singapore Grand Slam tournament, Liu Shiwen and Sun Yingsha were divided in a half-zone in the women's singles draw, if there is no accident, they will meet in the round of 16, which will be a national table tennis internal battle. Sun Yingsha, who is post-00s, is currently the No. 1 in the women's singles new branch world, with strong momentum and not easy to deal with. However, Liu Shiwen has an experience advantage as a veteran, and at the same time, in the last Macau match, Liu Shiwen also beat Sun Yingsha, and the veteran still has the possibility of winning!
Playing in international competitions again in excellent form, 31-year-old Liu Shiwen once again let the outside world see her strength, originally, after the Tokyo Olympic Games, the outside world generally believed that Liu Shiwen would abdicate, after all, the peak period has passed, the talent of the national table tennis women's team has emerged and is extremely terrifying, the new Science olympic women's singles champion Chen Meng, has lost to the younger Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha, who was born in 99 years, is the women's singles champion of the Xinke National Games, the women's singles champion of the World Table Tennis Championships, and sun Yingsha is the women's singles champion of the World Cup Finals after 00. Faced with such a large competitive pressure from the national table tennis women's team, I can't imagine that Liu Shiwen still insists on continuing to fight, and this spirit is worthy of praise.
This Year's Singapore Grand Slam Tournament, Liu Shiwen will also partner Xu Xin to play in the mixed doubles competition, have a chance to win the championship, according to the regulations, the players who win the single championship of this event can be given priority to enter the big list of the 2022 Asian Games, Liu Shiwen also has a chance to play in the Asian Games!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)