liu weishan won the women's singles first "national table tennis derby" by "maintaining a normal mind"
2024-09-29
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on the afternoon of september 29, the first "national table tennis derby" of the wtt china grand slam women's singles was held between liu weishan and qian tianyi. as a result, liu weishan, who advanced through the qualifying round, narrowly defeated the 18th-ranked player in the world 3-2. teammates, advance to the second round.
liu weishan, ranked 100th in the world, had won three consecutive qualifying rounds to qualify for the main draw. in the second round, she eliminated another teammate yang yiyun. facing qian tianyi in this game, liu weishan took the lead in entering the state and won two consecutive games 11-9 and 11-7.
however, qian tianyi caught up in the third game and grasped the key ball better at the end of the game, recovering the game 12-10. in the fourth game, qian tianyi found the feeling and evened the game 11-5.
liu weishan in the competition. image source: @wttworld table tennis federationin the crucial deciding game, liu weishan led 6-2 at the beginning, but the stubborn qian tianyi did not give up, and the two tied at 9 and 12 levels. at the last moment, liu weishan stabilized the situation and won two points in a row, and won the fierce battle 14-12 with difficulty.
"the game against lao qian was a bit like the first game. the score went up and down, and my mentality also changed." the first game liu weishan was talking about was her 3-2 victory over german player kauf in the first round of qualifying. in mann's match, she also won two games first, then was tied by her opponent, and then won the deciding game to advance. talking about the key to defeating her teammates in the fifth game this time, liu weishan said: "the main thing is to maintain a normal mind and be able to deal with every problem patiently."
liu weishan said that she has played against qian tianyi a lot in recent years. the two have won and lost each other and understand each other very well. whoever plays more firmly on the court wins every time. regarding the ups and downs of the decisive game of this game, she reviewed and analyzed: "when i was chased to 9-9, i had some psychological fluctuations. at that time, i thought that if i couldn't calm down, the game would be lost, so i tried my best to calm down. "
source: beijing news sports
reporter: wang xiaoxiao, zhao xiaosong
