On January 16, 2022, the first leg of the WTT regional event held in Düsseldorf, Germany, all five crowns were released, which was the first international event that ended after the start of the new season, the host Germany team was absent from many main players, and the result was not able to reach the highest podium, Shan Xiaona reached the women's singles final, defeated Slovakia's Barazova, and Austrian veteran Gardos achieved doubles.
This WTT side event held in Germany, although there are points, but the gold content is not high, a number of famous players are absent, the number of participants is small, the national table tennis coaching team did not send young players to participate, the Macau tournament is about to start, everyone is preparing, there is no time to go to other competitions can be understood, more importantly, there is a risk in going out to participate, or to put physical health first.
The first to produce are three doubles titles, the mixed doubles final Austrian duo Gardos / Mišek narrowly defeated the German combination Ofer / Schreiner 3-2, the men's doubles final French combination Felix / Esteban beat teammate Ogo / Florian 3-1, the women's doubles final Croatian team Ivana / Jagel temporarily withdrew, sending the opponent Paulina / Hana directly to win the championship, this situation can be said to be relatively rare.
15-year-old straight board rising star Felix has great potential, just last year he eliminated the World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles champion Zhuang Zhiyuan became famous and came to the new season to win the men's doubles championship, the youngster is very young, there is still a lot of room for growth in the future, it is worth our attention.
The men's singles final was played between the Austrian veteran Galdos and the Puerto Rican player Afanador, the German star Duda temporarily withdrew, Afanador won without a fight and directly advanced, the strength of the two is not in a level, Gardos 4-1 victory over Afanador to win the championship, the 42-year-old Gardos won the men's singles, mixed doubles crowns, becoming the biggest winner, can get good results, it is indeed not easy.
The highest degree of attention is the women's singles final, Shan Xiaona once won the Olympic women's team silver medal, the competition experience is very rich, her opponent is a Slovak sister Barazova, the latter is very strong, just last year's Slovenia tournament, she and Liu Weishan also played to the decider and lost, almost eliminated the national table tennis players to advance, the strength gap between the two is not large, Shan Xiaona technical tactics also have no advantage.
Shan Xiaona 0-2 behind to chase 3 draws, but still lost 4-11 in the decider, Barazova 4-3 narrowly defeated Shan Xiaona, won the women's singles championship, overall, the German competition is not high in gold content, the top 16 players did not register, but also to create opportunities for many fledgling young players, so that they have the opportunity to exercise themselves, can get points to improve the ranking, even if it is worth the trip.