On March 13, WTT Singapore Grand Slam women's singles 1/16 final staged a focus showdown, the national table tennis Olympic champion Liu Shiwen defeated the German Chinese veteran Shan Xiaona, successfully advanced to the round of 16, the next round of opponent is teammate Sun Yingsha, another strong dialogue is brewing!
In the national table tennis civil war that ended first, Sun Yingsha swept the same door sister Ku Man 3-0, waiting for the winner of Liu Shiwen vs Shan Xiaona. Facing Shan Xiaona, Liu Shiwen played steadily, did not give the opponent a chance to win, and finally swept the opponent 3-0 and advanced strongly.
In the first set, Liu Shiwen led 7-4, Shan Xiaona scored 2 points in a row to chase 6-7, Liu Shiwen then took control of the initiative, taking the lead at 11-7; in the second set, Liu Shiwen continued to fire at full force, leading 5-1, Shan Xiaona chased 4 points to 5 draws, Liu Shiwen launched an attack again, scored 3 points in a row to lead 8-5, Shan Xiaona was a little flustered, the serve error sent points, 5-9 behind, Liu Shiwen won 4 innings 10-6, 11-7 won 2 consecutive sets;
In the third set, Liu Shiwen led 5-1, Shan Xiaona forced the score to 5-7, Liu Shiwen wasted 3 match points, and finally locked up the victory 13-11;
In the next round of competition, Liu Shiwen will once again face Sun Yingsha, and this game still has some suspense. In the Macau Championship at the beginning of the year, Liu Shiwen, in the case of not being very optimistic, somewhat unexpectedly defeated Sun Yingsha, broke into the final and finally lost to Wang Manyu, and won the women's singles runner-up, in addition to the mixed doubles champion.
Now reunited in Singapore, Sun Yingsha is in good shape and ranks first in the world, she must be eager to beat Sister Zao and avoid losing consecutively. Of course, Liu Shiwen has continuously swept Tian Zhixi and Shan Xiaona, and her state is equally outstanding, and then she fights with Sun Yingsha, and she has no chance of winning, never underestimate Liu Shiwen's fighting heart!
At present, the three Olympic champions of Chinese women's table tennis, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Liu Shiwen, have all entered the women's singles round of 16. Ma Long, Wang Chuqin and Liang Jingkun of Chinese men's table tennis also reached the men's singles round of 16. In the already concluded matches, the national table tennis men's and women's teams have a total of 6 players in the round of 16.
On the third day of the competition, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi and He Zhuojia will continue to compete for the top 16 places. At present, Lin Gaoyuan, Chen Xingtong, Xiang Peng, Ku Man, Lin Shidong and other 5 people have been eliminated, ending the Grand Slam trip.