At the just-concluded WTT Singapore Competition, the national table tennis team strongly won the women's singles final four, of which Chen Meng and Wang Manyu won the championship and runner-up, and Sun Yingsha and Wang Yidi reached the top four. At the same time, veteran Liu Shiwen stopped in the round of 16, losing 0-3 to Sun Yingsha in the quarter-finals. Actual combat is the touchstone. Objective facts have proved that the new "troika" of Chinese women's table tennis has been formed, and it is difficult for Liu Shiwen, who is getting older, to return to the main layer.
The three main forces of national table tennis
At last year's Tokyo Olympic Games, Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha won the championship and runners-up. Wang Manyu played for Liu Shiwen and cooperated with Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha to win the team championship 3-0 lightly against Japan. Sun Yingsha also defeated Ito In both singles and team matches. The great victory in the Battle of Tokyo marked the beginning of the new "troika" composed of Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu.
In the subsequent Shaanxi National Games, the difficulty of competition and the level of confrontation were no less than those of the Olympic Games and the World Championships. As a result, Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha won the championship and runner-up, and the two young generals proved themselves again. And Liu Shiwen defeated Chen Meng 3-1 to win the bronze medal, so that Xiao Zao has a sense of immortality, and many people believe that Liu Shiwen may return to the peak and enter the main layer again.
Liu Shiwen
Then came the World Championships in Houston in November, which was a big review of the core layer of national table tennis, but Liu Shiwen was suspended due to injury. As a result, Wang Manyu defeated Sun Yingsha and was crowned at the World Championship for the first time, with Chen Meng and Wang Yidi tied for third place. The first battle in Houston made the main position of Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng more stable. Liu Shiwen missed the opportunity to prove herself.
In this Singapore competition, the top four once again belonged to Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha and Wang Yidi, and Liu Shiwen failed to enter the quarterfinals, proving that the positions of the three main forces Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha were unshakable, and Wang Yidi gradually entered a better situation and stood firm in the position of the fourth main force. At this point, the new "troika" of national table tennis has been completely formed.
Happy Liu Shiwen
The back wave of the Yangtze River pushes the front wave, and one generation is stronger than the next. Prior to this, the famous "troika" of the national table tennis women's team was Li Xiaoxia, Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen. However, with the retirement of Li Xiaoxia and Ding Ning one after another, relying on Liu Shiwen's bitter support alone was no longer enough to deter all the princes. Now, with the maturity of Chen Meng, the rise of Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha, the Chinese women's table tennis has successfully completed the replacement of the old and the new. On the other hand, good flowers always wither, and it is also the law of competitive sports to innovate and replace. Therefore, Liu Shiwen's withdrawal is not that she herself is not good enough, but the inevitability of the law. Xiao Ju definitely does not have to be sad about this, she has proved herself before, and she is still the best in the hearts of fans!