In a match in the 12th round of the German Table Tennis League, the giants Düsseldorf, which had previously maintained an 11-game winning streak, ended the winning streak, losing 1-3 to the underdog Berg Neustadt. Sweden's New World Championship champion Carlsson failed to make a difference as Düsseldorf's number one player, losing to Ecuador's Alberto and Germany's Duda respectively, losing two points in a row. Due to the absence of many main players in Düsseldorf, the head coach Hester had to play in person, and the 51-year-old coach was swept by the opponent's number one main force Duda, relying only on the Chinese straight board player Qiu Dang to win a face-saving victory in the third set.
FC Düsseldorf, led by Bol and Sweden's Zeinko World Championships men's doubles champions Karlsson, as well as Germany's main Khoo, India's Achanta and Sweden's Karberg, are a unique player in the German Table Tennis League, maintaining the best start of the season with 11 consecutive wins. As a result, Pol was absent due to muscle strains, Achanta failed to travel to Germany, Carlberg had no choice but to isolate because of the new crown, and even the 51-year-old Coach Hester had to wear the 12th round of the game.
Danny Hirster 0-3 (11-13/3-11/2-11) Duda
The 51-year-old Hester is a former Dutch table tennis player, and his worthy of showing off was the 2005 Shanghai World Table Tennis Championships that eliminated south Korean Yoo Seung-min, the Olympic men's singles champion in Xinke Athens, and there was no highlight since then. In the face of a shortage of employment, the old marshal also came in handy. In the first set, Hester took advantage of the unstable foothold of his opponent Duda, and the score could still be entangled, and the stalemate was 11-11, but unfortunately, he lost 2 consecutive points in the battle, and in the last 2 sets, Hester completely exposed the huge gap between him and Duda, and lost a big score.
Carlsson 2-3 Alberto Mino
Sweden's Carlsson teamed up with Falke at the Houston World Table Tennis Championships to defeat Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan in a row, and finally snatched the only gold medal from the national table tennis hand, but Carlson's record in the singles field was really average, and this game played as the first main force. The second set was met with a strong challenge from Ecuadorian youngster Alberto, who had just played in the regional tournament in Düsseldorf and reached the quarter-finals in the men's singles tournament, losing to Samuel of The United Kingdom in the quarterfinals. Alberto had the last laugh in the decider to give Berg neustadt a 2-0 lead.
Chu Party 3-0 Alvaro Robles
With no way back, Düsseldorf sent Germany's main straight-line player Qiu Dang in the third set against Robles of Berg neustadt, who was also one of the runners-up in men's doubles at the 2019 World Championships, and the mixed doubles of Robles and Xiao Yaoqian also often appeared in international competitions. In this match, Qiu Dang showed a superb competitive level, and won the opponent in a three-set and effortless straight set against Robles to save face for Düsseldorf.
Karlsson 1-3 (11-9/9-11/7-11/9-11) Duda
The crucial fourth set was the first main player, Sweden's Karlsson and Germany's Duda are the main players of their respective national teams, but it is clear that Duda's strength is even better, and he won the key points 11-9 twice in four games, which also laid the foundation for the upset ending of this round.