In the men's singles final of the WTT Düsseldorf regional tournament, 42-year-old veteran Galdos from Austria successfully defended the honor of top seed, defeating Puerto Rico's dark horse Brian Ofanaldo 4-1 (11-9/11-8/11-7/5-11/11-9) to win the men's singles title in the first international match of 2022. In the semi-finals, the Biggest champion of the Middle East in the men's singles event, Duda was hoped to retire, which not only completed the Puerto Rican youngster's direct final, but also made the German team a difficult to find a crown in this competition, and ended awkwardly.
Germany Düsseldorf branch as the first international match of the year, but did not attract big players to participate, even the host Ochalov, who has just recovered from injury, also chose to represent Russia's Orenburg to participate in the Champions League and gave up the low point level of this station, other German main players Han Ying, Solja is also in the Champions League competition, only Duda and Shan Xiaona two German main players came to participate, Shan Xiaona lost to Slovakia's Barazova in the final, Duda was before the semi-final because of the test, Eventually retired from the tournament to protect Puerto Rico's Ofanaldo to the men's singles final, competing with Oriland's veteran Galdos for the title, and with Duda's withdrawal, the German team as the host did not win a championship in the end.
The 42-year-old veteran Gardos competed as the number one seed in this men's singles, although he was older and may not even be in the top 8 in Europe, but with the absence of all the top players, he also had the opportunity to get ahead, and the opponent of the final, Ofanaldo, was a dark horse in the men's singles field, and almost no one predicted that he could reach the men's singles final before entering the final.
In the first set, Gardos and O'Fanardo both used the serve to try to find the opportunity to limit the opponent, preemptively occupy the initiative of the attack, insisted on changing the line in the middle of the standoff, and limited the opponent's attack by returning the ball from a large angle, the score was deadlocked to 9-9, or Gardos continued to use the serve to grab the hand, 11-9. The ensuing two sets were uneventful, with Galdos controlling the rhythm of the game on the pitch, with strong consistency and fewer unnecessary turnovers, and taking a 3-0 lead 11-8, 11-7 in a row. However, the fourth set that followed as a decider for Galdos was disrupted by Ofanaldo's ferocious fight, and the Puerto Rican dark horse pulled back the set 11-5. In the 5th set, the scores of Galdos and Ofanaldo did not open up, and the Gardos championship point won the men's singles championship 11-9 with the opponent's mistake.
The level of Gardos in the world men's table tennis should be between second-rate and third-rate, even if the European table tennis with the rise of Moregold and Carlberg, he does not have the slightest advantage to stand in Europe. However, I was also very lucky to be able to seize the rare opportunity to win a men's singles championship! Starting on 17 January, the second leg of the Düsseldorf regional tournament will begin, with the host men's singles player Francesca, the third main player, to play, which will surely be more intense than the first leg.