Today, August 21, the European Table Tennis Championships ended the men's singles semi-finals in the early morning of this year. In the first men's singles semi-finals, the world champion Falk 1-4 lost to German Chinese player Qiu Dang , while his doubles teammate world champion Carlson played 2-2 with Slovenia player Dako in the first four games, because he wanted to pull a non-half-square billiard ball, the palm was scratched by the corner of the table. It was broken, and it was very bloody. The fans said it was scary and they had to apply for withdrawal, so Dako successfully advanced to the finals. The men's singles final will be between Qiu Dang and Dako tonight.
The two women's singles semi-finals were held before, Austrian player Polkanova 4-3 beat German player Winter to advance to the final, while Shan Xiaona lost 1-4 to teammate Nina Mitterheim. The single final was played between Austrian tall beauties Polkanova and Nina Mitheim. Tonight's final schedule is as follows:
8-21 schedule (Beijing time):
20:30 Women's singles final: Polkanova vs Mitham
22:00 Men's singles final: Qiu Dang vs Dako
from the entire European Championship schedule Look at the young players, the young players finally laughed to the end. The 25-year-old Chinese player Qiu Dang made rapid progress. As a straight-board style, he won consecutive victories in the world champions Pole and Falk, and gradually became the international one after Xu Xin . The best straight board player on the field. Not only did he play excellent singles, but he also had good doubles. He collaborated with Nina Mitterheim to win the mixed doubles championship at last year's European Championship. In the WTT Lima Challenge on June 20, 2022, Qiu Dang not only won the mixed doubles championship with Mitheim again, but also won the WTT Lima Challenge men's singles final.
And Slovenia's Dako has also made great progress in the past one or two years. Last year, Dako defeated Zhang Motoka in the round of 16 with a score of 4:3, which made a lot of unpopularity. , and he also became the first athlete in Slovenian history to advance to the Olympic men's singles quarterfinals. In addition, Dako defeated Zhou Qihao in the 2021 WTT New Mesto Challenge last year, and also beat Liang Jingkun in the 2017 Swedish Open. Dako defeated Philip all the way in this European Championship, and Pukal, Apollonia and Carlson advanced to the finals. His progress is indeed very fast!
Yesterday, the Chinese player of the women's singles semi-finals, 39-year-old Shan Xiaona lost to her 25-year-old teammate Mitheim. Mitheim has also made great progress. Now the world ranking has risen to 12th, second only to Monaco player Yang Xiaoxin , higher than Shan Xiaona, who ranked 17th. Tonight's women's singles final, Mitheim and Polcano Who will win? Let’s wait and see!
