In the early morning of January 14, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Germany Düsseldorf Challenge ended the third round of the men's singles competition, and the entire list of the top eight was born.
It is worth mentioning that the "single seedling" player of the South Korean team, Kim Tae-hyung, who was temporarily added before the draw, failed to persevere, and was eliminated 4-2 by the German-Chinese player Meng Fanbo, and the team's hope of winning the championship was also dashed. As for the top four seeded players Gardos, Duda, Alberto and Monteiro, they have not been upset and have all been promoted so far - see below for details.
In this Düsseldorf competition, Chinese, Japanese and Korean players did not sign up to participate, because everyone had to consider epidemic prevention, prepare for the national championship, and select the national team. But just before the game started, the South Korean team somehow sent an 18-year-old male player, Kim Tae-hyung, to the competition (personally, Presumably because he recently played in Europe), so he also became the focus of many fans.
However, it is clear that the youngster's strength is still obviously insufficient, and although he once led Meng Fanbo 2-1, he then lost three consecutive sets, and finally the big score was eliminated 2-4 (8-11, 11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 3-11, 8-11), and hastily ended the trip to Germany.
Of course, Kim Tae-hyung was not originally a famous player, and if he did not represent the Korean team very abruptly this time, it is estimated that he would not attract the attention of fans and friends. Compared with him, the 20-year-old Russian teenager Maxim, who played a heroic role in the team European Championship at the end of last year and swept sweden with his teammates to advance to the final, is more noteworthy.
In the first two rounds of this competition, Maxim played very steadily, winning 4-1, 4-0 consecutively, 4-0, but his next match with the top seed, Austria's famous Gardos, did not play well, directly 0-4 out of the game, it seems that Ginger is still old and spicy!
In addition to Gardos, the other three seeded players Duda (Germany), Alberto (Ecuador) and Monteiro (Portugal) have all passed the level and advanced to the quarterfinals, in which Duda also defeated his teammate, Meng Fanbo, who eliminated Kim Tae-hyung: competitive sports are so cruel, only champions can laugh to the end, and the victories of the rest are temporary.
On the evening of January 14, Beijing time, the men's singles quarterfinals is about to start in full swing, and the pressure on the third seed Alberto is relatively large, after all, he is an Ecuadorian player with a weak foundation in table tennis, and he fought until the decider in the last round to narrowly win, and the next game is also not easy to play: then who can go to the next round and reach the semifinals of the men's singles?
The suspense is still there, let's sit back and wait for the latest war report to come back!