The former world champion in table tennis overtook the women’s singles semifinal 3-4, and was bombarded by his opponent 11-1 in the second game.

In 2022, the first international table tennis event, the WTT Dusseldorf Branch Tournament, launched the women’s singles semifinals. Ni Xialian, a 59-year-old former table tennis world champion representing Luxembourg, won the match ball in a decisive game. 3-4 (11-9 / 1-11 / 11-8 / 9-11 / 11-7 / 9-11 / 11-13) unfortunately lost to German Chantal. This tough battle continued until the draw. In most cases, the score between the two did not open. The only opponent in the second game, Ni Xialian, returned with a lousy 11-1.

Ni Xialian is a former world champion of the Chinese table tennis team. He is among the famous players like Cao Yanhua and Dai Lili. Although the strength of the duel at that time was far from Cao Yanhua’s strength in table tennis, she still won the women’s table championship and the mixed team table tennis World Championships. The women’s doubles doubles and runner-up were considered one of the main line-ups for the table tennis team at the time. Ni Xialian did not give up his table tennis career after retiring, but came to Luxembourg to start his “happy years of table tennis”. The 59-year-old grandmother is expected to play at the 61-year-old Paris Olympics. After all, she still won bronze in the women’s doubles at the Houston Table Tennis World Championships. Singles are still competitive in Europe.

This Dsseldorf side event is dominated by local German players. There are not many well-known players. Ni Xialian participated in the No. 2 women’s doubles competition as a seed. In the quarterfinals, he faced the German Chantal, who was not mainstream. In the first game, Ni Xialian and Chantal tried each other and the result did not open. Until the draw 9-9, Ni Xialian won the first game by taking 2 points in a row with passes and attack.

In the second game, Chantal gradually adapted Ni Xialians ’straight quick break, and he found a strategy to press in a row and adjust his hand. He used the advantage of two bets to oppose Ni Xialian’s asshole and seized the opportunity to open his palm, as a result of which Ni Xialian barely dared to attack with his palm sideways.

In the third game, Ni Xialian confirmed the quality of the hand block. There were changes in the cycle and rhythm of priorities, leading to Chantals ’inaccuracy in a stalemate, leading to constant errors. Ni Xialian key points continue to rely on to serve to seize the initiative. , and finally took the lead again 11-8. In the fourth game, Chantal’s high-quality sequel pulled the ball and repeatedly penetrated Ni Xialian’s consecutive push line. The key issue in this game was that Ni Xialians ’passive situation at the end of the game showed that the straight block was dead and the way out was hard to find.

In the fifth game, Ni Xialian began to turn sideways and added his hand in the attack. Although the opponent gave him a back hand, Ni Xialian still demanded a handle to pull the ball and Chantal’s dead end. Chantal still needs an adjustment process to this change. In the end, Ni Xialian won the game 11-7. In the sixth game, the result between Chantal and Ni Xialian intertwined to 9-9. Chantal took advantage of Ni Xialia’s offensive attack at a critical moment and won 11-9. In the seventh game, Ni Xialian won the match ball 10-9, but the main Chantal fought and scored, and later won the game 13-11.

Best placed Shan Xiaona played in the semifinals against teammate Sabine Winter. The second match was Chantal and Balazova. The host of the German women’s singles occupied 3 seats, and the Slovak doubles Balazova is surrounded by Slovakia. Won the women’s doubles championship and second.