On March 13, 2022, the table tennis Grand Slam tournament continued, and the six members of the national table tennis took the lead in advancing to the round of 16, namely the men's singles Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, the women's singles Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Liu Shiwen, of which Ma Long and Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha and Liu Shiwen will meet the division, lock in two top eight seats in advance, are young main players to challenge the veterans, who can continue to move forward is looking forward.
Liu Shiwen is very familiar to everyone, in the world table tennis has a high popularity, supported and loved by fans, she has won the Women's Table Tennis World Cup championship five times, won the World Table Tennis Championships singles championship and the Olympic women's team gold medal, this year Xiao Zao did not participate much, 30-year-old she ranked 17th, the first round against South Korea's sister Tian Zhixi, Liu Shiwen won three consecutive games to advance, maintaining a good state.
Just this year's Macau Competition, Liu Shiwen in both of the finals, the women's singles won Wang Yidi, Sun Yingsha, lost to Wang Manyu to get the runner-up, mixed doubles partner Xu Xin defeated Fan Zhendong / Ku man to win the championship, through the recent performance can be seen that liu Shiwen still has a strong competitiveness, in the face of the impact of young players can also achieve good results, which many people did not expect.
In the second round of women's singles, Liu Shiwen against the German player Shan Xiaona, who was 39 years old and ranked 27th in the world, before coming from the provincial team, and then went out to play, representing the German team to participate, the same situation is also Han Ying, Shan Xiaona won the Olympic women's team silver medal, but she and Liu Shiwen compared to the gap is larger, the two are not a level of players, Liu Shiwen occupies an absolute advantage, the result is no suspense.
In the first set, Liu Shiwen entered the state very quickly, pulling the point difference to 6-3, for Shan Xiaona's playing style, Liu Shiwen is very familiar, the two have played each other many times in the international arena, Shan Xiaona has never won Liu Shiwen, and then Shan Xiaona has continuously chased points, bringing some pressure to Liu Shiwen, Liu Shiwen strengthened the first three board changes, banging out 11-7 to take the lead, Liu Shiwen's head coach Ma Lin served as off-field guidance.
In the second set, Liu Shiwen took advantage of the situation to chase and take a 5-2 lead, it can be seen that Xiao Zao played more relaxed and has been enjoying the game process, Shan Xiaona scored 3 points in a row to chase 5 draws, Liu Shiwen stopped loss in time, opened the point difference to 9-5, and then won another round at 11-7, the third set Liu Shiwen seized the opportunity to end the game with 13-11, and finally won 3-0 against Shan Xiaona, advancing to the women's singles round of 16, and meeting Sun Yingsha.
Just this year, Liu Shiwen and Sun Yingsha had a confrontation, when Liu Shiwen eliminated Sun Yingsha to advance, it is precisely because of this experience, so who can win the game is really difficult to say, the key is still to see the on-the-spot play, can only say that Sun Yingsha's chances of winning are still greater.