On February 27, Beijing time, the European table tennis competition was underway in the European Round of 16. At present, the list of 4 strong individuals has been released. In the men's singles semifinals, world champion Pol faces Sweden's 19-year-old Moregård and Dakow faces defending champion Francesca. In the women's singles semifinals, Polkanova faced Mikhainova and Szokos faced chipper Han Ying.
The men's singles semi-finals started first, with world champion Pol taking on Sweden's 19-year-old Moregard. World champion Pol is the top seed in men's singles at the European Round of 16. Moreover, Ball has won the men's singles title in the Round of 16 seven times before, and today, Ball will hit his eighth personal title. Moregold is a rising rookie in European table tennis.
The two played each other in the semi-finals of last year's World Table Tennis Championships, when Bohr's abdominal muscle strains affected their performance. In the end, Moregold fought in seven sets, eliminated Bol with a total score of 4:3, successfully advanced to the men's singles final, and finally lost to fan Zhendong, the national table tennis, and won the second place in the men's singles of the World Table Tennis Championships. Moregood once defeated Xue Fei, a national table tennis player of the same age, in the World Youth Championships, but lost to world champion Wang Chuqin.
In the first set of the semi-finals, veteran Ball took the lead and took a 6-2 lead at the beginning. The young player Moregold did not mess with himself, Moregold played steadily, in the middle of the game, successfully overtook the score, and finally Moregold won a set 11:7 first, leading 1:0. In the second set, Moregold became more and more courageous, Pol made more mistakes, and Morey-Gaud won another set 11:8, leading 2:0.
In the third set, the two sides were locked in a battle, but at the critical moment Moregold dared to shoot, locked up the victory 14:12, and led 3:0. In the fourth set, Ball, who fought back against the water, began to exert his strength, and finally Ball pulled back a set at 11:7, and fell behind 1:3. In the fifth set, Moregold won 11:6, and the aggregate score was 4:1 to eliminate the top seed world champion Pol.
In this way, Sweden's 19-year-old Moregold defeated the top seed Pol 4:1 on aggregate and successfully advanced to the men's singles final. Next, Moregold will face the winner between Dacco and Francesca. It is worth mentioning that today's Japanese famous Mizutani Hayabusa retired, Pol Online sent blessings to Mizutani Hayabusa, Pol said that he respects Mizutani Hayabusa's achievements as a player, and wishes Mizutani Hayabusa good luck in the future.