On October 20, Beijing time, the 2024 European Table Tennis Championships ushered in the final day of competition, and the competition in the European Championships is also relatively strong, especially in men's singles, which is fully capable of competing with Asian and national table tennis.
In the men's singles quarterfinals to the semifinals of this competition, they were all occupied by Germany, France, and Sweden, but F Lebrun has been upset out, and many famous players like Francesca, Darko, Qiu Dang, etc. have also been out.
In the semifinals, A Lebrun faced Moregard, both of them are European masters, and they are also very competitive in the table tennis world, after all, Moregard won the men's singles and men's team runner-up in the Paris Olympics, A Lebrun is in average form this year, and the results are not ideal, this time the performance is remarkable, all the way to the semifinals.
This game was very close in the first game, the score rose alternately, and at the end of the game, Lebrun successfully grasped the 12-10 victory. At the beginning of the second game, A Lebrun was clearly superior, from the first three boards to the hold, the offense, the overall situation was dominant, playing very actively, and the quality of the shot was also higher.
Moregard looked a little sluggish, and with some mistakes, he was basically in a passive situation, and A Lebrun won three games in a row 11-5; 11-5, 11-6 won the final match and swept Moregard 4-0.
The other semi-final was the civil war in Germany, world champion Ocharov against Duda, Duda played well in this competition, especially the elimination of the top seed F Lebrun in the last round, whether it is the world ranking or previous results, Duda is not outstanding, and the Germany men's team is also on the main edge.
In the end, Duda defeated Ocharov 4-2, 11-8, 11-8, 11-5, 8-11, 6-11, 11-8, it should be said that there were still some surprises, and I believe that more people were optimistic about Ocharov before the game.
In the semifinals of the women's singles, Polkanova defeated Germany's Mittram 4-1, the first game was also very fierce, Polkanova narrowly won 12-10, the second game was still very close, the middle game began to open the score, and won another game 11-7. The third game was still difficult to solve, until the end of the game, Mittrum pulled back 12-10. In the last two games, Polkanova dominated completely, winning the final match 11-4 and 11-6.
In the other women's singles semifinals, Szox defeated Xiao Yaoqian 4-1, easily won the first game 11-3, and lost 9-11 in the second game. In the next three games, Szokos was a step ahead, played very consistently, and played higher quality in the hold, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6, won the final match, and successfully advanced to the final.