Original title: Sword finger Zhang Yining record! Can Liu Shiwen win the women's singles title for the fourth time in Qatar?
At the 2023 ITTF Qatar Open, Liu Shiwen will attack her fourth Qatar Open women's singles title, and if this goal can be achieved, Liu Shiwen will equals Zhang Yining's record set at the Qatar Open. However, it is not easy for Liu Shiwen to achieve this goal.
In the women's singles list of the Qatar Open, Chinese Grand Slam player Zhang Yining has topped the championship list four times in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009. Among the active players, Liu Shiwen won the championship three times in 2011, 2016 and 2018, becoming the player with the most Qatari women's singles titles among active players. At the Qatar Open, Liu Shiwen will be aiming for her fourth title.
The last time Liu Shiwen won a singles title at the Open was at the Australian Open in late July 2018, when she defeated Ding Ning 4-3 to win the women's singles title. Since then, Liu Shiwen has missed the singles title in 10 consecutive Open tournaments (2 Open in 2018, 7 Open in 2023, and 1 Open in 2023). Of course, in 2023, Liu Shiwen won the two most weighty singles championships of the World Table Tennis Championships women's singles championship and the World Cup women's singles championship.
Liu Shiwen wants to win the women's singles championship at the 2023 Qatar Open, it is not easy, first, there are domestic players Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Ding Ning, Zhu Yuling and other players all participated, all with strong strength. Second, Liu Shiwen suffered an injury at the previous German Open, and it is a question whether she can return to her peak form within a month.