WTT regular challenge Lima station, long time no see Ochalov, Simon, Hugo, Niwa Takashi and others participated in this competition. Returning to the game, Ochalov shared a photo of himself with Takashi Niwa on social media, and the two trained together in the WTT Regular Challenge Lima Battle for pre-race training.
Ochalov is the main table tennis player of the German men's team, and Niwa Takashi is the main table tennis player of the Japanese men's team. In the group photo, Ocharov and Niwa Takashi both smile happily, one tall and one short, and the height difference is cute.
Since late October 2021, Ochalov sprained his ankle due to training, underwent ankle surgery, and missed the Houston World Table Tennis Championships for recuperation, while his teammate Pol stood on the coveted podium at the Houston World Table Tennis Championships. In the following matches, Ochalov did not participate in the game because of the injury, and at present, it seems that his injury is better and he can participate in the game.
Ochalov's performance at the Tokyo Olympics was actually very good, giving the opponent a great challenge, and finally won the third place in the men's singles and the second place in the men's team at the Tokyo Olympic Games, which was a very good result for the German team.
Ochalov's way of serving is his signature feature, known in the industry as the "submarine style" for his half-squat, forehand and backhand rotation. His serve has even been on The Time Magazine's Top 50 Inventions list, sending out the ball fast and turning, and the landing point is tricky and changeable.
Because he has never won many battles with Malone, Ochalov is "deeply affectionate" for this powerful opponent, and once let his wife wear Malone's clothes to accompany him, which shows how much he wants to win a "hexagonal warrior", and has to say that Malone's strength is really strong, and he is quite popular among German table tennis players.
And Niwa Takashi is a Japanese table tennis male player who is more likely by Chinese fans, he is affectionately known as "Mud Wa Teacher", because of his Buddhist personality, he is very quiet in the game, moody and angry, always a look of grievance, looks careless, but often plays a surprising "god ball", the feel is excellent. With the small ball changing to the large ball, because of the short size and light weight, the advantage is difficult to play out.
If Niwa Takashi is taller and stronger, and his strength is greater, his technical strength is terrible. Some balls that seem careless and unexpected really make the other party have a big psychological blow, even Malone feels that playing against him is very uncomfortable, because Malone prefers to count the ball and likes to control everything on the field, but in the face of Niwa Takashi, seeing that he always shakes his head and shakes his head, he is very embarrassed to play.
These two athletes have a good attitude towards China, are also loved by many Chinese fans, and are relatively veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles. In this competition, Ochalov and Takashi Niwa successfully advanced, while Hugo "upset" and stopped in the quarter-finals.