On January 14, 2022, the WTT regional event held by the International Table Tennis Federation in Germany continued to be held in Düsseldorf, the second match day ended, the singles quarterfinals and doubles final four were released, the 58-year-old world champion Ni Xialian advanced, she is the second seed of the women's singles, attracted the attention of outside fans, the national table tennis did not send young players to participate in the competition this time, the coaching staff is also for everyone's health considerations.
In fact, now the national table tennis fans are waiting for the recent opening of the Macao Tournament, although the German tournament has points, but the attention is indeed not high, the top seed of the men's singles is gardos ranked 26th, the top seed of the women's singles is Shan Xiaona, who ranks 38th, the 58-year-old Ni Xialian is the second seed, she once won the Mixed Doubles Championship of the World Table Tennis Championships, and last year's partner Nat won the bronze medal in the women's doubles of the World Table Tennis Championships.
Doubles is not enough to make up the number, the women's doubles only eight pairs of competition, and there is a temporary withdrawal, men's doubles semifinals German combination Meng Fanbo / Walter vs Ogo / Florian, French combination Felix / Alex vs. Austrian combination Chen Xudong / Zelda, Felix eliminated Zhuang Zhiyuan last year to become famous, he is a straight board play, which is relatively rare among players of the same age.
In the mixed doubles semifinals, the Belarusian duo against Kanin/Daria vs. the Austrian duo Ofors/Caroline, the Italian duo of Loncarlo/Piccolin against the German duo of Hippler/Schrein, the women's doubles semifinals bayur/Caroline against the Croatian duo of Jagel/Ivana, the Belarusian duo of Daria/Baravok vs. Hana/Polina, the duo of the two pairs did not play to advance to the semifinals.
Women's singles quarterfinals came out, Germany's Shan Xiaona against Slovakia's Kukurkova, Germany's Winter against Serbia's Luplescu, Slovakia's first sister Barazova against Poland's Bayor, Luxembourg's veteran Ni Shalian against Germany's Chantal, Ni Shalian will impact her first personal championship in the new season, this time the main opponents are Shan Xiaona and Barazova.
The most fierce competition in the men's singles field, seeded player Alberto from Ecuador completed a big reversal, 0-3 behind four consecutive sets to advance, followed by The British teenager Samuel, Austria veteran Gardos against France's Antoine, Portugal's Montero against Puerto Rico's Afanador, Germany's Duda's opponent is his compatriot Meissner, he is expected to achieve another good result.
On the whole, the gold content of this German competition is not high, and the players who are more familiar with it are only Duda, Galdos, Shan Xiaona, Ni Xialian and others, many names have not even heard of, it is completely fledgling young generals, and the main purpose is to train instead of race.