The first round of the 2022 WTT Düsseldorf Regional Tournament began, with top seed Francesca of Germany overcoming the fatigue of consecutive battles and defeating Austria's Alexander Chen 4-2 (13-11/11/11-7/7-11/10-12/11-7/11-5) against Austria's Alexander Chen and struggling to advance to the men's singles second round. The other two German masters, Qiu Dang, lost 1-4 to French doubles player Alex and Pherus lost 1-4 to Romania's West Persia, both of which were upset by the men's singles. Two of the women's singles champions, Luxembourg's Ni Xialian and Slovakia's Barazova, the last women's singles champion, have chosen to retire.
World No. 17 Francesca, the highest-ranked singles master in the second leg of the Düsseldorf regional tournament, has recently held a grand wedding, married a Swedish bride, Karlsson (the sister of the Houston World Table Tennis Doubles Champion), and then helped Saarbrückenlik win the title against Düsseldorf in the German Cup. The first singles game of 2022 to the international arena did not find the best form, the opponent Austrian Alexander Chen is at most the world's third-rate level, but can form a balance with Francesca in the first 4 innings, if it is not inexperienced, it is likely to take a 3-1 lead, the result is really unpredictable, fortunately Francesca gradually found the rhythm to deal with the opponent in the 5th and 6th innings, and finally won the opening red without danger.
Qiu Dang, a Chinese straight board player who has recently been active in international competitions and German leagues, has suffered an unexpected defeat. Qiu Dang played for Düsseldorf in the German league, and although the club has recently lost cup matches and the 12th round of the German league matches, Qiu Dang has maintained a good feel and won a face-saving victory for Dusseldorf. In this game, Qiu Dang's opponent is The French teenager Alex, who won the men's doubles championship in the last regional competition, and his men's doubles partner Felix is the new hope of the men's straight board in Europe and even the world. Alex greatly controlled Qiu Dang's backhand in this game, using both sides to contain Qiu Dang's forehand gap, and Qiu Dang eventually lost the second round of men's singles 1-4 (8-11/7-11/12-14/12-10/9-11).
Coincidentally, German veteran Philus also followed in the footsteps of Qiu Dang in the first round of men's singles. The 34-year-old Philus is a late-time chipper, the first half of 2021 WTT Middle East tournament once reached the men's singles final, and Zhang Benzhihe played difficult to score, but the change in the rotation of Phyllis's cut ball in this game did not interfere with the attack of Romanian opponents West Persia, except for the second set Philus won more easily, the other 4 sets were all on the side of Western Persia, and finally Philus lost 1-4 (7-11/11-1/5-11/4-11/8-11).
Women's singles field has not yet started there are two championship favorites to withdraw, ranked second and third women's singles seed Slovakia's Barazova and Luxembourg's Ni Xialian have abandoned the game, the last stop Barazova also won the women's singles championship, Ni Xialian is also the champion of the women's singles women's doubles in this station, perhaps because someone detected the new crown at the last stop, for the purpose of their own health protection. In this way, the top seed Ofe Egypt's Messeliff has a greater probability of winning the women's singles title.