On February 20, Beijing time, the semi-finals of the first stage of the Table Tennis Champions League ended, and the Düsseldorf team led by world champion Bol played steadily, sweeping the Saarbrücken Club 3-0: Bol is worthy of the evergreen tree of table tennis, and can still have such a good state after experiencing the blows of infection with the new crown and the recurrence of old injuries.
Prior to this, Orenburg, with Samsonov, Ochalov, Lin Yunru and Hugo, also beat UMMC 3-1. However, although Pol is currently only ranked 8th in the world, lower than Lin Yunru (world 7th), Ochalov (world 6th) and Hugo (world 3rd), no one dares to underestimate the 40-year-old veteran, so the next game is still full of suspense!
Düsseldorf and Orenburg are the most powerful teams in the European Table Tennis League, of which the former has long been dominated by Ball, plus two Swedish players Karlsson (the men's doubles champion of the New World Table Tennis Championships), Carlberg, and the German Chinese player Qiu Dang and others, the strength is very strong.
As for Orenburg, it used to be the backbone of world champions Samsonov and Ochalov, but the old Sa basically entered the state of retirement last year, and Ochalov has also been recuperating because of the leg injury, so Lin Yunru and Hugo will not hesitate to stand up.
From the perspective of the athlete lineup, Düsseldorf and Orenburg are half a pound, but if you look at the level of singles, the latter may have more advantages, because Lin Yunru and Hugo are athletes who can overturn the main force of national table tennis, while only Pol has this strength, Karlsson, although he is the world champion, is a doubles champion, and the state of singles in recent years has not been good.
Relatively speaking, the two young players of Carlberg and Qiu Dang may be more impactful, but Carlberg and Pol have been diagnosed with the new crown before, and there are still doubts about whether the current physical condition has returned to the best state, and even if Orenburg is missing Ochalov, there are still Lin Yunru and Hugo sitting in the town, and the strength is very strong.
In the semi-final battle in the first stage, Bohr, Lin Yunru and Hugo defeated their opponents very easily, showing the level of the top ten athletes in the world ranking, so everyone is also very much looking forward to their meeting in the final and staged the peak showdown of the European League.
However, according to the arrangement, the second semi-final will be held from March 3 to 4, and Düsseldorf and Orenburg will still compete with Saarbrücken and UMMC respectively, so it is not sure who can get the ticket to the final, so let's wait for the latest duel results!