Liu Shiwen and Ai Fukuhara are friends away from the Table Tennis Table

At the recent Asian Championships 2012 Liu Shiwen of China and Ai Fukuhara of Japan fought one another in the Women's Singles Quarter final in an epic match up! The spectacular players can be seen competing against each other below, thanks to youtuber ttCountenance!

The table tennis players are enemy's on the table however off the table they are great friends. Here's a lovely photo of the two together at their hotel.

Posted by Liu Shiwen on her Weibo account

Enjoy the match

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[Steven]

Liu Shiwen wearing glasses. :0

 

[AiwPE]

nice pic. so cute'''

 

[nabilatouni]

that's cute! Nice friendship :3

 

[Matt Hetherington]

lol a lot of table tennis players are friends off the table, that's part of what sport is all about!