In the early morning of January 13, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Düsseldorf Challenge (the first leg) held in Germany ended the first day of the showdown, and the full list of the men's singles round of 32, the women's singles round of 16 and the doubles round of 8 was born.
As for the 58-year-old former national table tennis world champion Ni Xialian, who has attracted the attention of fans, she is a first-round bye, without a fight and wins, and will debut in the early morning of tomorrow (January 14), while another Chinese celebrity, Shan Xiaona, will play tonight, which deserves everyone's attention!
This time in Düsseldorf was originally a regional event for WTT, so the level is not high. Coupled with the impact of the epidemic and the fact that China is about to celebrate the Spring Festival, Liu Guoliang and The National Table Tennis have not sent athletes to participate, while the Japanese table tennis world is preparing for the national championship, and the South Korean side is holding a national team selection, so it is almost all absent.
However, although the athletes participating in this competition are of average standard, there are still many who have played in the decider or 4-2 scores, but the top 4 seeded players in the singles have all had a first-round bye and have not yet appeared.
The more noteworthy athletes in the first round were Russian rising star Maxim and South Korea's only child Kim Tae-hyung (the 18-year-old who was added before the draw, ranked 926 in the world, I don't know why the South Korean team sent him alone), the result was that the two defeated their opponents 4-1 and 4-0 respectively, and got tickets to the round of 32.
As for the 8 seeded players Gardos, Duda, Alberto, Monteiro, Shan Xiaona, Ni Xialian, Barazova and Solja, they all won without a fight and directly advanced - the following is the matchup of the men's singles round of 32 and the women's singles round of 16:
How to say it, the level of singles players participating in this competition is indeed not high, even among the seeded players, only Gardos, Duda, Shan Xiaona, and Ni Xialian are worth mentioning (Note: Solja participating in this competition is not the main athlete in Germany, but his sister, an Austrian player), and can occupy a place in the world table tennis world.
As for the doubles project, there is not much to see, so everyone can focus on the above 4 people. In addition, Maxim's recent progress is very fast, which is also worth noting. As for Kim Tae-hyung's words, I don't know what his level is, but after all, he is a player from a table tennis country, so let's wait and see what happens!