On January 13, Beijing time, the ITTF Düsseldorf Open is underway. There is a battle for a place in the men's doubles quarterfinals, and in this open tournament, only 12 pairs of men's doubles pairs are competing. The men's doubles top seed has just 154 places in the world rankings, coming from Puerto Rico duo Gonzalez/Afanadore.
In the just-concluded match, puerto Rican duo Gonzalez/Afanadore, the top seed in the men's doubles, suffered a round trip. In the first round, the two faced the German duo of Mon Van Bo/Walter, and in the first set, the German duo won the first set 11:7. In the second set, the puerto Rican duo of Gonzalez/Afanadore still had too many mistakes, and the German duo won another set 11:4.
In the third set, the German combination of Meng Fanbo / Walter took advantage of the victory to win 11:8, fell three straight sets, and defeated the top seed 3:0 on aggregate, and the Puerto Rican combination Gonzalez / Afanador successfully advanced to the men's doubles quarterfinals. It is worth mentioning that the second seed in the men's doubles also suffered a round of travel, losing 0:3 to the French players in the first round and did not qualify.
In this open tournament, Liu Guoliang's coaching team chose to give up, and did not arrange for the main players to participate, and the second team of young players also did not have the opportunity to participate. Japan and South Korea are also absent, resulting in a great reduction in the viewing point. However, it is worth mentioning that the open tournament has points, which is still very good. The top seed in the women's doubles was the multinational duo Caroline/Bayor, and the top seed in the mixed doubles was the Belarusian duo of Kanin/Darya.
Liu Guoliang's coaching staff abandoned the Düsseldorf Open, and the national table tennis players were collectively absent. Compared to the doubles aspect, the singles aspect, there are still some points to watch. The top seed in men's singles is Austrian veteran Gardos. At present, it ranks 27th in the world and has a certain strength in the world table tennis. The second seed is The German star Duda.
In the women's singles, Chinese player Shan Xiaona is the number one seed, and Luxembourg's 58-year-old world champion Ni Xialian is the second seed in the women's singles, and the two are very strong. In the women's singles, there were 32 signings in the first round, and Ni Xialian and Shan Xiaona were both bye in the first round and directly advanced to the round of 16. In the just-concluded World Table Tennis Championships, veteran Ni Xialian and his teammates won the bronze medal in the women's doubles of the World Table Tennis Championships, creating the history of table tennis.