In the early morning of January 20, Beijing time, the second table tennis tournament in Germany Düsseldorf decided the list of singles top four athletes, and its Chinese table tennis rival Francesca (who won Over Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan) and others successfully won the promotion, while the African champion and Olympic men's singles quarterfinalist Omar was eliminated in a 0-4 defeat and lost to the world table tennis championships men's doubles runner-up Robles.
As for the South Korean team's "only seedling" kim Tae-hyung has also been eliminated by Francesca, so the team has been completely destroyed, but the Korean table tennis world is currently hosting its own national championships, and has no heart to support this lonely overseas athlete - see below for details.
Affected by the retirement of world champion Ni Xialian and others, the main focus of the second German race was almost all focused on the men's singles event. But unfortunately, in the first round of the game, there were many famous players such as Qiu Dang and Philus who were upset and out, so the subsequent matches were not paid much attention.
In terms of technical strength, Francesca, the top seed from the host team, is undoubtedly the biggest favorite to win the championship, and he also lived up to expectations and advanced to the semi-finals with two 4-2, one 4-1 scores, including the elimination of Kim Tae-hyung - as mentioned earlier, the Korean table tennis championships are in full swing, but the 18-year-old is still training in Europe, which is not easy.
In addition to Francesca, there is Also Alex of France (who eliminated Qiu Dang), while the lower half is Romania's Jonescu and Spain's Robles.
It is worth mentioning that Ionescu and Robles have cooperated to win the men's doubles silver medal of the World Table Tennis Championships, and this time they are also the number one seed in the men's doubles of the German competition, and now they are competing for a place in the final in the men's singles competition, both teammates and opponents, this feeling must also be mixed, and many national table tennis players should be more empathetic.
In the women's singles, the top seed Messerf and the no. 4 seed Diaz were out, while the No. 2 seed Ni Xialian and the No. 3 seed Barazova withdrew before the game, so naturally they had nothing to do with the semifinals. At present, the athletes who have advanced to the women's singles semifinals in the first half are George of Italy and Elizabeth of Russia, and in the second half of the region are Solja of Austria and Karlberg of Sweden.
The doubles has advanced to the final stage, with the men's doubles against Felix/Alex (France), the women's doubles against Manz/Wanyuan (Germany), and the mixed doubles against Ój de Boevo/Monfatini (Italy).
The German race is coming to an end in the early morning of January 21, Beijing time, so let's sit back and wait for the final champion to be born!