The 2nd leg of the 2022 WTT Düsseldorf Regional Championship ended the first round of singles and resulted in the round of 16! After defeating Alexander Chen of Orlidi 4-2 as the top seed, German men's table tennis mains Francesca will compete with South Korea's Kim Tae-hyun for a place in the quarter-finals, while two European men's singles stars, France's Felix and Romania's West Posia, have a youth dialogue in the quarter-finals. In the women's singles, the top seed in Egypt, Messelif ushered in the challenge of the German-Chinese beauty Wan Yuan, whose boyfriend is also the Swedish general Carlberg, who has been in the european table tennis scene in the past two years!
Men's Singles 1/8 matchup: Francesca vs Kim Tae-hyun, Sypler vs Robles, Skachekov vs Apollonia, Zelda vs. Ofanadol, Alex vs Tiau, Antoine vs Yonescu, Omar vs Robino, Felix vs Sipos
The South Korean table tennis team is preparing for the Korean Table Tennis Championships at this time, and I don't know why Han Ping-Pong has sent Kim Tae-hyun alone to participate in the two regional tournaments in Germany, and in front of the top seed Francesca, it is difficult for the South Korean teenager to enter the men's singles top 8. Although Spain's Robles is the runner-up in the men's doubles of the World Table Tennis Championships, his singles strength is no different from That of Germany's Sypler, and there is suspense in the outcome of this match. Russia's Skochekov and Portugal's Apollonia met in the men's singles round, although Apollonia has a long reputation in Europe, but the movement is slow, the age is too old, and there have been no outstanding results in the past two years. Puerto Rican youngster Ofanador, who reached the men's singles final in the regional tournament in the last leg, faced Austria's Zelda in this round, and the probability of qualifying is very high.
Senegal's Tiaw met France's Alex in the quarter-finals, and Alex is expected to reach the quarter-finals after knocking out Germany's main player Qiu Dang. Romania's Jonescu is a doubles player, the Tokyo Olympics teamed up with Szokos to reach the mixed doubles quarterfinals, and the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships and Robles finished second in men's doubles, this round against France's Antoine, the international competition experience is dominant. Egypt's Omar is also expected to win against The Franco's Robino, with 15-year-old French teenager Felix most anticipated in a youthful conversation with Romanian teenager Sipos.
Women's Singles 1/8 matchup: Messerif vs Wan Yuan, Christina vs Toliu, Roplescu vs Issa, Pickering vs Polina, Balinte vs Gisnell, Emily vs Chantal, Zhang Xuan vs Nate, Abramian vs Filipa
Despite being the top seed in women's singles, Egypt's Messeliff is not optimistic about winning the championship, and she may encounter an upset opponent against the host Chinese Wan Yuan in the quarter-finals, Wan Yuan is also the girlfriend of Swedish general Karlberg, and Renmei is also a German quasi-main force. No. 2 seed Sweden's Christina, Serbia's first sister Romalescu, Italy's Pickering and France's Gisnell are expected to join forces to reach the women's singles quarterfinals. Germany's Chantal, who eliminated Ni Xialian in the last leg, is expected to make two consecutive stops in the top 8, and Zhang Xuan, a Chinese from Spain, will be a close match against the world championship women's doubles runner-up in Luxembourg. Russia's youngster Abramian once won the women's singles runner-up of the Hungarian Challenge in 2021, and this round of opponents Sweden's Filippa is not strong enough, or the achievement of the Russian youngster is further.