In the early morning of January 15th, Beijing time, a big upset broke out in the table tennis WTT Düsseldorf Challenge, representing Luxembourg The 58-year-old former national table tennis world champion Ni Xialian_ span6span was eliminated after 7 rounds of hard work, and lost 3-4 to Germany's Manz, who was ranked only 193 in the world. In a single game, he was even beaten to a 1-11 defeat.
Although she is very old, Ni Xialian defeated the national table tennis main force Wang Yidi last year, and also won the bronze medal in women's doubles at the World Table Tennis Championships. I didn't expect to stop at the top eight this time, which is a pity. At present, the semi-final list of the women's singles has been released, and the German Chinese star Shan Xiaona will continue to fight for the championship, which is worthy of attention! See below for details.
Ni Xialian, born in 1963, is a legend in the table tennis world. She won the women's team and mixed doubles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships at the age of 20, and she can still stand in the World Table Tennis Championships after 38 years. The podium is indeed shocking.
Therefore, in the absence of experts from China, Japan, Korea and other countries, Ni Xialian is also regarded as the favorite of this Düsseldorf competition, and she is also the second seed of the competition (world ranking). 40th, second only to Shan Xiaona's 38th), so many fans think that Ni Xialian can at least reach the final of the women's singles, but the result is not the case.
As mentioned earlier, in the quarter-finals, Ni Xialian's opponent is the German athlete Manz. Facing this athlete who is 33 years younger than himself and ranked only 193 in the world, Ni Xialian has a hard time. They came out on top, but soon fell into a hard fight, especially when they were beaten 11-1 by the opponent in the second game, and lost 11-13 in the deciding game. In the end, the big score was reversed 3-4 and they missed the top four.
Same as Ni Xialian, the seeded player in the 7th round is Slovakia's Balazova, but she finally defeated Poland's Natalia (not the one-armed player) 4-3.As for the other two quarter-finals, they were "one-sided". Shan Xiaona and Winter of the German team both swept Serbian rivals Kurkova and Luplescu 4-0 to advance.
Although Ni Xialian lost the game, she can continue to compete at the age of 58 and achieve good results. There is only one athlete at this age who has maintained such a good state, so Ni Xialian is still proud of her defeat this time!
In the next semi-final match, Shan Xiaona and Winter will play a derby, while Balazova will continue to face Manz: three of the semi-finalists are German players, can the Slovak athletes survive the siege? What about winning the championship? Let's wait for the latest battle report to come back!
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