The WTT Singapore Grand Slam has entered the final white-hot stage, with both men and women singles deciding on the top 4 places. The women's singles round of 4 is still covered by the national table tennis, the men's singles national table tennis team 3 people enter, and another place is given to Yukiya Utada of Japanese table tennis.
The influence of this competition is very large, so there are many young players with wild cards, such as Xiang Peng and Lin Shidong, as well as many old faces who have been away from the field for many days, such as Ma Long, Xu Xin, Ito Mimachi and Liu Shiwen. Xiang Peng, Lin Shiwen and Ku Mann, a few young players, have not been able to go far in this competition, but we see hope and future in them. The performance of the veterans, the fans are also very much looking forward to!
Liu Shiwen, Ma Long and Xu Xin all have a lot of fans, and this competition is also the first time they have appeared in the field of vision of fans since the national games.
Liu Shiwen, who fans call Xiao Zao, is 31 years old this year! This age may be the right age for foreign players. Look at the 37-year-old Yuan Jiannan, she was also able to eliminate the indispensable Ito Mimako 3-1. Look at the 58-year-old Ni Xialian, who played the women's doubles match with Denut until she met Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha in the semi-finals. However, 31 years old is the age when it is time for national table tennis players to retire. Because there are too many outstanding talents in national table tennis, unless these veterans can still be unstoppable on the field.
Liu Shiwen's only regret in her career may be that she was not able to qualify for the Olympic Games, this Grand Slam, she met the young sun Yingsha in the 16-8 competition, she thought it would be a mars hitting the earth-like competition, the result of the situation of the competition completely into a one-sided trend. Sun Yingsha easily won Sun Yingsha 11-5, 11-5 and 11-9, although Liu Shiwen after the game was unwilling, but she did not obey the old, she was old, the speed could not keep up, the strength could not keep up, and it could not form an impact.
Let's take a look at Xu Xin, he is a rare straight board player in the table tennis world, and the straight board has a natural short board, but Xu Xin still relies on the straight board to play in the table tennis world for several years. Xu Xin, who is a year older than Liu Shiwen and is 32 years old this year, has been called an "artist" by fans. In this competition, also in the 16-in-8 competition, Xu Xin was eliminated.
Compared with Liu Shiwen, who lost the civil war, Xu Xin lost the foreign war. Xu Xin faced Germany's third singles Francesca, and after five hard sets, he lost to his opponent 2-3 with a 2-point difference. After the game, Francesca bluntly said that she did not expect to win, and she looked very excited. Although Xu Xin lost, the fans did not spray him, believing that although he lost Yu Rong, after all, the impact was not as good as the opponent in all aspects.
After the Singapore Grand Slam, Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin may face the choice of whether to retire. If the duo retires, Kuman may come up to the top and enter the first team. Xiang Peng and Lin Shidong may also enter the first team, because the 27-year-old Lin Gaoyuan is estimated to have to give way without retiring, what do you think?