On the evening of January 14, in the women's singles quarterfinals of the 2022 Düsseldorf Regional Championships, Shan Xiaona, the main german women's table tennis player and Olympic women's team silver medalist, met Slovakian player Kukurkova.
In the match, Shan Xiaona did not encounter much resistance, and she played four consecutive sets in two sets of 11:9, 11:5, 11:7, and won the opponent with a total score of 4:0 to advance to the women's singles semifinals.