The two returned to the team the very next day to begin intense training for the Macau World Cup.
This World Cup marked a return after a three-year hiatus and stood as one of the three major table tennis tournaments. Its sheer weight and prestige far exceeded any ordinary commercial event.
Shasha had participated in the Women's World Cup in Weihai, Shandong back in 2020. At only twenty years old and newly emerging on the international stage, she had burst into prominence by defeating a roster of formidable opponents, including a surging Mima Ito. In the final, however, she fell to a peak-form Chen Meng, taking home the silver.
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