In the early morning of January 16, Beijing time, the first race of the 2022 international table tennis world - the first sub-station of the WTT Germany Düsseldorf Tournament came to an end, and the 42-year-old Austrian veteran Gardos became the biggest winner, winning the mixed doubles and men's singles championships in one go, while the Slovak and French athletes won the women's singles and men's doubles championships, and Croatia and Bulgaria shared the women's doubles championship.
This competition because the national table tennis and Japan, South Korea, Germany, Sweden and other top players have not come, so the technical content is not high, but there is still a world champion Ni Xialian, Olympic runner-up Shan Xiaona upset and lost, which shows that the competition is still quite fierce, but the withdrawal of many athletes has also affected the competition process, it is difficult to say.
1. Singles
In the men's singles, the second seed, Germany's main player Duda, announced his retirement in the semi-finals, while the top seed, Austria veteran Gardos, played quite steadily, winning the championship with two consecutive 4-0 and three 4-1 scores, including the final opponent Brian (Puerto Rico) - worthy of the famous victory over Liang Jingkun, Gardos deserved to reach the top.
Compared with the men's singles, the women's singles side can be said to be a cold one, the second seed, the world champion Ni Xialian lost to the German player Manz 3-4 in the 1/4 final, while the number one seed, the Olympic runner-up Player Shan Xiaona, also lost 7 innings in the final, and the result was that the Slovak player Barazova laughed to the end, and this ending also made many fans shout out that they did not expect it.
2. Doubles
In the mixed doubles, Gardos's performance was equally eye-catching, although he and his partner Mičeke were only no more than the No. 3 seeds, but the two were significantly stronger than other combinations, and finally defeated germany 3-1 in the final to win the championship; in the men's doubles final, France's direct shooting youngster Felix and teammate Esteban worked together to bring down another French player, Florian, and Portugal's Chen Jiahong 3-1.
As for the women's doubles final, the fans and friends are completely lonely - in the final battle, Ivana/Matya from Croatia simply gave up participating, and their teammates Hannah and Bulgarian Polina directly became champions, which was a real surprise!
According to the arrangement, the second sub-station of the WTT Germany Düsseldorf Tournament will be held from January 18 to 20, but the national table tennis players are still absent, because everyone is preparing for the WTT Macau Match from January 19 to 23, while Japanese athletes such as Zhang Benzhihe and Ito Mimachi will participate in the national championships in their home countries from January 24 to 30.
But even so, we will still see some new masters joining in the second matchup in Düsseldorf, including the German star Francesca who has defeated Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan, the top African master and Olympic men's singles quarter-finalist Omar, and the 58-year-old Ni Xialian is still registered.
So who will be the winners of these three competitions between China, Japan and Europe? The answer is about to be revealed, let's wait and see!