On January 10, Beijing time, the first leg of the New Year of Table Tennis, the final of the German Cup men's team is underway. FC Düsseldorf takes on FC Saarbrücken. In the first set, Düsseldorf's Carlberg lost 2-3 to Dakow. In the second set, Düsseldorf's Karlsson also lost 1:3 to Francesca, a national table tennis rival.
In the third set, Düsseldorf's Qiu Dang faced Saarbrücken's Polanski, and in the case of a big score of 0:2 behind, Qiu Dang withstood the pressure and fought backwaters, losing three straight sets at 11:4, 11:9, 11:4, 3:0 clean sheet against Polanski, helping Düsseldorf Club win back a set, and Düsseldorf fell behind 1:2.
In the fourth set, Düsseldorf club player Karlberg made another appearance against Saarbrücken's Francesca. In the first set, youngster Carlberg was very impactful, winning the first set 11:9. In the second set, veteran Francesca pulled back a set 11-9. In the third set, Francesca still won 11:9.
In the fourth set, the youngster Carlberg made more mistakes, and Francesca locked up the victory 11:7, so that the national table tennis rival Francesca defeated Düsseldorf's Carlberg 3:1 to help Saarbrücken club lock in the victory. In the end, Saarbrücken beat Düsseldorf 3:1 on aggregate, winning the championship and winning the German Cup men's team championship.
In this men's team final, the national table tennis rival Francesca can be called the biggest contributor, winning consecutive world champions Carlsson and Carlberg, winning two consecutive victories. It is worth mentioning that Francesca also defeated the national table tennis Olympic champion Fan Zhendong, Francesca is currently a very stable third player in the German men's team. His guard is very large, and his strength and speed have obvious advantages.
In the Düsseldorf club, the main player Pol chose to withdraw from the game due to abdominal muscle strain, so his strength was greatly reduced. The youngster Karlberg suffered two consecutive defeats, but Ball still praised the new generation of European players, Pol said that Carlberg has stabilized at a very high level, and the rest of the team has performed very, very well.