On the evening of October 29, Beijing time, the table tennis Tunisia Tournament broke out a super cold goal - Francesca, the top seed of the men's singles who had defeated the three world champions of national table tennis, Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan, played badly, losing 1-3 to Croatian Filippo, who was only ranked 273 in the world, stopping the top 8 seat.
Before that, this Philip was completely unknown in the table tennis world, and could only be regarded as a second-rate player in Europe, but he did not expect to eliminate Francesca, who was ranked 15th in the world, which was really unexpected, it seems that competitive sports are really full of surprises!
Francesca of the German team is a relatively fast-paced athlete in the European table tennis world in recent years, although not like the other two teammates Pol and Ocharov to win the world championship, but also has made a splash in the international arena, once by the national table tennis as an important opponent.
In the 2019 season, Francesca broke through the defenses of Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan, creating a lot of pressure on the Chinese team, but his training after the arrival of the epidemic may not be particularly systematic, coupled with the age is not small (29 years old), the result is a significant decline in status, but before the match with Philippe, everyone still believes that he can win.
However, after the start of the game, Francesca's situation was very bad. After the first set was a fierce battle between the two sides to a 10-10 draw, Philippe won 12-10. In the second set, Francesca also pulled back a city in color, 11-7. The next match, however, became the Croatian home stadium entirely.
Philip played well in the third set, winning 11-6. In the fourth set, Francesca still had no way, and as a result, Philippe won 11-7, so Francesca was out with a big score of 1-3, which was really surprising!
At present, it seems that some young players in the European table tennis world, especially men's table tennis, have grown up, posing a greater threat to the first-line celebrities, and the typical representative of them is Slovenia's Dako, who won the 2 "first group" opponents in the eyes of the national table tennis team in this year's Tokyo Olympic Games, Pitcheford, Zhang Benzhihe, showing good strength.
However, in general, the new generation of leaders in the world table tennis world is still concentrated in East Asia, especially China and Japan, but we still have to pay close attention to the dynamics of European table tennis to avoid being upset by some dark horse players.