The first regional leg of WTT in 2022 in Düsseldorf produced the first international Open title of the year, and the 42-year-old Austrian veteran Gardos and teammate Mitchek came in 3-2 to defeat host Germany's Francesca/Tobias to win the first title of the New Year! After the men's doubles semi-finals, the French duo felix/Alex and teammate Florian/Ogo will meet in the final, and the women's doubles final will be played between Ivana/Jaeger and Hana/Bernardina in Croatia.
Because the national table tennis team is preparing for the Macau Championship, the Japanese team is preparing for the All Japan Championship and the T League, and the South Korean team is also conducting the selection of the international competition, the Asian players are all absent, and even the host main players Pol, Ochalov, Francesca, Han Ying, and Solja are also competing in the Champions League or recuperating, making this side event level relatively low.
In the mixed doubles final, which led the title first, Germany's Francesca/Tobias failed to save face for the hosts, and the two of them led 1-0 and 2-1 in the competition, but Austria's Gardos/Mitchek were full of tenacity and later won their first international title in 2022 3-2 in two consecutive sets. Gardos, who is 42 years old and the top seed in the men's singles in this tournament, has now reached the men's singles semifinals, and the next opponent is Britain's samuel Samuel. In the past 20 years, the Austrian table tennis team has relied on the Three Chinese players Liu Jia, Li Yanbing and Chen Weixing to gain a foothold in Europe, and in recent years, only a third-rate veteran Gardos has supported it, which lacks competitiveness.
The biggest winner after the two semi-finals of the men's doubles was the French men's team, and in the first men's doubles semi-final that began first, France's Florian/Ogo directly advanced due to the withdrawal of the host team Meng Van Bo /Walter. With the exit of Meng Fanbo and Walter due to injury, the German table tennis team stopped in the semifinals of the men's doubles event on the doorstep after losing the mixed doubles final at home, and lost another championship.
In another semi-final, France's straight board hope star Felix appeared again, teaming up with teammate Alex against Austria's Zelda /Chen Xudong, despite the opponent's stubborn resistance in the 3-game game, it was still lost 0-3 due to the gap in strength, so the French combination won the men's doubles championship and runner-up in advance. Felix is the biggest discovery in France and even in Europe in 2021, he defeated Zhuang Zhiyuan in WTT Slovenia, bringing expectations for a straight board style that has not been emerged for a long time, and the 15-year-old youngster is expected to bring surprises to the French men's team in the future.
The women's doubles match became the third-rate female player in Europe, with the two semi-finals being won by five innings, with Croatia's Ivana/Jaeger beating Caroline/Bayor 3-2 and Hana/Bernardina beating Dalia/Baravok 3-2.