As a national sport, table tennis has a high popularity and influence in China. On the international stage, table tennis is also one of the most concerned sports. As one of the important events of table tennis, the German Open Table Tennis 2020 officially started in Germany recently, attracting top players from all over the world to compete for the championship.
Introduction to the competition
The 2020 German Table Tennis Open is a stop of the Table Tennis World Tour and an A-level event certified by the ITTF. There are five events in this competition: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles, attracting more than 300 athletes from more than 40 countries and regions.
Game flow
The competition is divided into three stages: preliminary, positive and elimination. The preliminaries are divided into five events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. There are multiple groups in each event, and the top two in each group enter the competition. The elimination system is adopted in the main competition, and the champions of each competition are decided.
match
The rules of table tennis competition are relatively simple, and each event adopts the best of five games system. The first player to score 1 1 points in each game wins. If the score reaches 10, the game will continue until one side leads by two points. In the competition, athletes need skills such as quick response, accurate play and flexible movements to win.
Competition highlights
One of the highlights of this competition is the strong participation of China players. China table tennis team has incomparable advantages in the world table tennis arena. In this competition, a number of national team players including Ma Long, Ding Ning and Xu Xin participated. Besides China, players from German, Japanese, Korean and Swedish countries are also important participants in this competition.