From December 12th to 17th, Beijing time, the WTT Italy Regional Tournament came to a successful conclusion. In essence, it was already the early morning of the 18th when the last game was played, so this is the last international event of 2023.
Since then, the 2023 international arena has officially come to an end, and the national table tennis has not participated in this competition (because it coincides with the WTT Nagoya Finals, and the mixed team competition has just been completed, so it needs to be rested), and the champions and runners-up in the 5 events are mainly won by European players!
After 6 days of fierce competition, all 5 champions of the event were released, let's first understand the ownership of each championship!
Men's Singles: Germany's left-hander Duda and Greece's Gioannis reached the final, with Duda winning the title.
Women's singles: The finalists were Spain's Xiao Yaoqian, and the United States' Zhang An (overseas table tennis team), and the former won the championship in the end!
In Men's Doubles, France's Esteban/Florian won the title, while Greece's Gionis/Angelakis (runners-up!)
In Women's Doubles, Japan's Asuka Sasao/Ryo Taketani won the championship, and Poland's runners-up Wegeson sisters won the runner-up!
In Mixed Doubles, Slovakia's Pisteje/Balazova won the title, while Serbia won the silver medal, Levajac/Luplescu.
Because the level of this event is very low, it is the bottom WTT competition, so the points and prize money are very low, only $20,000 in total prize money!
The national table tennis did not participate, and it should be an opportunity for some famous players from foreign associations, such as the men's singles line: world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan, Japanese star Matsushima Terukor, and Kawa Ruiki, Shinozuka Daito...... But unfortunately, they didn't get their chance and didn't even make it to the final!
It can also be seen that these players actually still have a lot of problems, and when facing familiar famous players, they can often burst out with huge energy, but in the face of unfamiliar unknown players, it is easy to lose in an upset!
In the end, the famous Duda of the German team played a relatively normal role and seized this rare opportunity to win the men's singles championship!