In the early morning of January 15, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Germany Düsseldorf Challenge decided the first champion - Austria's Galdos and teammate Miček fought fiercely for 5 rounds, in the 0-1, 1-2 behind the forced into a desperate situation of the big reversal, 3-2 defeat to the German combination Tobias / Francesca, became the final winner of the mixed doubles event.
Prior to this, the 42-year-old Galdos had reached the semi-finals in the men's singles event, and now the mixed doubles has reached the top successfully, worthy of being an athlete who can play with the main player of national table tennis. So this time the top masters of China, Japan, Germany, And South Korea are not there, can he win the championship in a row? The suspense is still there!
As the first battle of the 2022 international table tennis world, the level of the Düsseldorf Tournament is really too low, although Gardos is the number one seed in the men's singles, but it is only ranked 26th in the world, while his partner Michek only ranks 146th in the world in the women's singles, and the combination of the two is not even the top seed of the mixed doubles of the tournament, it does not look high.
However, in the absence of a master to join, Galdos forced the mixed doubles with his personal skills to "stand out", and reached the final with Michek.
After the start of the match, Gardos/Mitchek started unfavorably, losing the first set 9-11. In the second set, the two counter-attacked successfully, pulling back a city 11-7. However, the initiative in the third set returned to Tobias/Francesca, and as a result, they won 11-6 again, and the big lead of 2-1 forced the Austrian combination into a desperate situation.
At the crucial moment, Gardos/Mitchek did not mess with themselves, but steadily played with their opponents, first winning the fourth set 11-9, and then locking in the victory at 11-8 in the fifth set, successfully winning the final championship.
How to say it, the two sides of this final can hardly be called a world-class mixed doubles combination, and even in Europe, it is difficult to rank first - the Francesca who played today in the German team is not the male table tennis player that everyone usually knows (winning Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan), but the athlete of the women's team, the strength is average.
If francesca is a man, it is indeed interesting, but unfortunately he did not come to this game, but in a few days he will appear in the second race of Düsseldorf, so let's sit and wait for his duel to be staged!