On February 24, Beijing time, there are still three days before the ITTF WTT Oman Open. However, starting from the day after tomorrow, the European table tennis competition, the European traditional european round of 16 competition will take the lead in starting. The Round of 16 in Europe will be held in Montreux, Switzerland, from 2.26 to 2.27.
It is worth mentioning that this is the fourth time that Montreux, Switzerland, has hosted this event. As we all know, the European round of 16 has always been a gathering of masters. Germany's Francesca and Germany's Miltheim are the reigning men's and women's singles champions. In addition, world champions Pol and Waldner have both won the title seven times, and Ochalov and Nishalian have achieved three consecutive championships.
It is worth mentioning that this year's European Round of 16 German world champion Ocha announced his retirement. Ocha has missed the ITTF Open for four consecutive months due to knee and ankle injuries. Next, Ocha continued to miss the European Round of 16, as well as the WTT Singapore Grand Slam tournament, wishing Ocha a speedy recovery and return to the field.
With Germany's Ocha injured and withdrawn from the European Round of 16, Germany's Francesca was placed on the bench. In the last European Round of 16, Germany's Francesca defeated Portugal's Freitas in the men's singles final to win the championship. Germany's Mitheim defeated The Portuguese Chinese player Fu Yu to win the women's singles title. Francesca once defeated fan Zhendong, the world champion of national table tennis, and his strength was not bad.
At present, the men's singles 16 strong list has been released. German veteran Bohr is the top seed, England star Pecheford is the second seed, and German star Francesca is the number three. Swedish world champion Falke is the fourth seed. Next, there are European celebrities Dacco, French star Simon, Portugal's Freitas, veteran Galdos, Carlsson, Wang Yang, Lebison, Gross, Pucar, Habéson, Gasina, Moulay and others.
In the men's singles round of 16, there are 2 world champions, namely Ball and Falke. Before the match, defending champion Germany's Francesca said that I think I have a chance to win again, but of course it will be very difficult because this time Bohr is playing again. Although the national table tennis players in the top 16 in Europe did not have the opportunity to participate, it can be found that the men's singles lineup is very strong, and the competition is also very fierce.
After the european round of 16, most of their players will travel to Asia to compete in the Singapore Grand Slam tournament to compete for the first World Table Tennis Pro League WTT Grand Slam tournament. Sun Yingsha, a national table tennis player, said in an interview with the media that my goal and dream is to complete it on my own. The new year hopes to win more goals and win more championships.