In the women's singles quarterfinals of the Düsseldorf regional tournament in WTT's 2022 opening battle, the top seed of Germany's Chinese straight board star Shan Xiaona defeated Slovakia's Kukurkova in four straight sets to take the lead in locking up a semi-final spot. No. 2 seed Luxembourg's Ni Xialian was eliminated by Germany's non-main player Chantal in seven sets, another German player Wente Sabin defeated Serbia's Ruprescu 4-0, and the only non-host to advance to the final four was Slovakia's Barazova, who defeated Poland's Bayol in seven sets.
Shan Xiaona 4-0 Slovakia's Kukurkova
Shan Xiaona is one of the three main players of German women's table tennis, she is a representative of the straight board fast attack, participated in the 2016 Rio and last year's Tokyo Olympic Games, in the women's team competition, together with teammates Solja, Han Ying to achieve a team runner-up and a team third place. Shan Xiaona also won the women's singles runner-up at the 2021 European Championships, the top seed in the 8-4 match of this competition did not lose a set, defeated Slovakia's number two main force Kukurkova, Kukurkova is Slovakia's second main force, the strength is second only to Barazova, the two in doubles field better than singles.
Winter 4-0 Ruprescu of Serbia
Germany's Winter Sabine has been tepid in the past two years, rarely in the international arena to reach the top 8 of the women's singles, the strength ranked around the No. 5 singles of the German women's team, the opponent of this game Winter is Serbia's Ruplescu, is also the current Serbian women's table tennis world ranking of the best number one main force, in the confrontation between European players, Winter with more rich international experience laughed to the end.
Barazova 4-3 Bayor of Poland
Slovakia's famous Barazova is a famous doubles star in Europe, she won the runner-up with teammate Pistier in the mixed doubles competition of the 2021 European Championships, lost to Germany's Solja/Francesca in the final, and participated in the mixed doubles competition as the No. 5 seed at the Tokyo Olympics, resulting in the unexpected upset of slovakia's strong gear to Romania's Jonescu/Szokos missed the quarterfinals. In the quarter-finals, Barazova and Bayor fought hard for seven sets, and finally Barazova won the final four places.
Chantal 4-3 Ni Xia Lian
Although Shantar and The No. 2 seed Ni Xialian's contest is an explosive move, although Ni Xialian has just won the women's doubles third place at the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, and is the 1983 World Championships women's team and mixed doubles champion, but this time Ni Xialian's weakness in the backhand was completely seized by Chantal, and after 7 rounds of fighting, Chantal eliminated Ni Xialian 4-3 to advance to the semifinals.
The semi-final matchup was Shan Xiaona vs Winter, Barazova vs Chantal. In recent years, the gap between European women's singles and Asian women's singles has gradually increased, and the final is very likely to unfold between Shan Xiaona and Barazova, and the two are also at the second-rate level in the world table tennis world, and in the case that many masters cannot participate, it is worth seizing the opportunity to get a championship and points.