Olympiacos won the men’s and women’s derby with Panathinaikos

Olympiacos was the winner in both derbies with Panathinaikos, on Saturday 12/11, in the federal hall of the Stadium of Peace and Friendship and kept the role of favorite to retain the titles in the A1 national table tennis category. In time, the women’s victory came first with 4-2 for the 4th^the competition, followed by that in the men also with 4-2 for the 8th^the matchday and the Piraeus team is leading undefeated in both leagues. The double dominance of Olympiakos, which chose to rely exclusively on foreign athletes in these matches, was the main news because the next one concerns the very positive presence of the Greek trio of Panathinaikos. The Athenian team suffered its first defeat among the men, has already lost a lot of ground in the women’s standings, but can mainly hold on to the great performances of Konstantinos Angelakis and Katerina Tolios, who achieved individual victories-medals in their careers. At the top of the A1 women’s division is ASEA Sarises Florina, which with two very difficult victories also advances with the absolute in 5 matches. Men’s A1 also had matches in Kavala. In the men’s A2, which is shared between Thessaloniki and Loutraki, Aris Nikias and OEA Thessaloniki are still leading undefeated and on Sunday 13/11 they clash for the 6^the competition.

In men’s A1, Olympiacos got 2 wins from the Croatian Andrej Gatsina and one from the Englishman Liam Pitchford and the Croatian Tomislav Pukar. For Panathinaikos, Angelakis, who has come back strongly after the new knee injury adventure, took down Pitchford and Pukar, who are in positions 23 and 45 in the world rankings this week!

In Kavala, Pera Athens advanced victoriously and with two games more than Panathinaikos is in 2^the ranking position. Also at 6^The GEL of the city, AEK, with two foreigners in its composition, won 4-3 in an exciting match against Tataula. In the low places of the standings, Kavala remains without a win, while Elefsina and Ifitos Patrons brought Chania into an even more difficult situation.

Details of the AEK-Tataula 4-3 match:

Anton Hort-Dimitris Papadimitriou 2-3 (11-9, 11-8, 10-12, 8-11, 3-11)

Alexandros Madesis-Yiannis Boskovich 2-3 (6-11, 12-10, 6-11, 11-9, 7-11)

Theodor Alexandrov-Gerasimos Hatzilygeroudis 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-8)

Hort-Boskovic 3-1 (10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 11-7)

Alexandrov-Papadimitriou 3-2 (8-11, 11-3, 10-12, 11-4, 11-7)

Madesis-Hatzilygeroudis 1-3 (10-12, 11-8, 5-11, 8-11)

Alexandrov/Hort-Papadimitriou/Hatzilygeroudis 3-2 (9-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-8, 11-2)

In the women’s A1 they became 4th today^the and the 5^the competition week and on Sunday there are no matches on the schedule. In the derby between the traditional rivals, the individual victories of Olympiakos were achieved by the Hungarian Georgina Pota (2), the Ukrainian Margarita Pesochka and the Swedish Filippa Bergand. Toliou for Panathinaikos scored a big win in the beginning against the 2-time European runner-up in women’s singles, Pesotska (No. 34 in the world), and then she also defeated Bergand. Panathinaikos, of course, remained an outsider since it did not have either the Hungarian Sandra Pergel or the Slovenian Ana Tofad in the lineup. Constantina Paridis and the injured Elisavet Terpou were unable to do anything substantial and naturally the “red and white” prevailed 4-2 to effectively put one of their main rivals out of the title track, at this moment.

The development of the match Olympiacos-Panathinaikos 4-2 in detail:

Margarita Pesotska-Katerina Toliou 1-3 (13-11, 7-11, 9-11, 6-11)

Georgina Pota-Konstantina Paridis 3-0 (11-4, 14-12, 11-5)

Philippa Bergand-Elisabet Terpou 3-0 (11-0, 11-7, 11-6)

Pesotska-Paridis 3-0 (13-11, 11-1, 12-10)

Bergand-Tolio 0-3 (7-11, 5-11, 10-12)

Pota-Terpu 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-7)

Sarisses Florina lined up in the SEF without France Lew Judith and had lively difficulties in both of their games. In the end, they beat AEK and Pera Athens 4-3, winning the doubles with Bernadette Balit/Aneta Masouti from Hungary and Serbia respectively. As 3^the international youth player Despina Aba gained new valuable experiences from the top division. Notable in the first match was the victory of the 17-year-old Cypriot newly acquired AEK Fotini Meletie against Balid. In the new year, on January 7 in particular, the Sarises play the very crucial first match against the champion Olympiakos. Aris 2006 achieved two invaluable victories, while Ethnikis Alexandroupolis continues without a victory in the category.

In the men’s A2 and at the facilities of the HANTH, firstly, OEA Thessaloniki and Aris Nikias had no difficulty in increasing their victories to 5. In the indoor gym of Agioi Theodoros, there was a match day and the ambivalent match between Poseidon Loutraki and AO Pefkis stood out. In the end, the Athens team prevailed in the decisive double with 3-2 sets. He competed with the Serbian Dejan Okokolic and Alexandros Diakoumakos, while the Poseidon double was formed by Yiannis Koutras and Marios Elezoglou.

Pefki had 2 individual wins from Okokolics (with 3-0 sets over Christos Tsarsitalides and Marios Elezoglou) and 1 from Diakoumakos (3-0 Elezoglou), while Poseidonas got 2 positive results from Koutras (3 -2 sets to Thanasis Rakintzis and 3-0 to Diakoumakos) and one by Christos Tsarsitalidis (3-1 to Rakintzis).

Other highlights from the action in the top national divisions include:

Gatsina was pitted against Panathinaikos for the first time, with whom he collaborated last year competing in the playoffs.

With Aris 2006, the left-handed former international Angelina Papadaki makes her reappearance in the sport and in the A1 category after years.

Chryssi Fotiadou, who gained the right to participate in A1 after the end of her brief collaboration with the Austrian Linz Frosberg, made her debut with AEK. He even faced the team, in which he developed, Sarises Florinas.

Hort, who strengthened AEK for the first time, also faced Pera’s foreign athletes. He lost to Thailand’s Tanwiryanwetsakul and defeated France’s Rousseau.

With the jersey of Aris Nikias, the great Czech Michal Obeslo, who in the recent past has celebrated two championships with AEK, made his first appearance in A2.

There came a time at SEF, where all the Kordoutis brothers were playing at three tables in a row at the same time. Dimitris for Rethymno, Jason for Chaia and Thalia for Aris 2006.

Summary of the results of the day in the A1 and A2 category:

In the men’s A1 at SEF:

GAS Elefsis-OA Chania 4-3

Ifitos Patrons-Olympiakos 0-4

Panathinaikos-OEA Rethymno 4-1

Ifitos Patras-OA Chania 4-0

Panathinaikos-Olympiakos 2-4

OEA Rethymnon-GAS Elefsis 4-1

In the men’s A1 in Kavala:

ASEA Kavala-AO Tataula 0-4

AS Pera Athens-AEK 4-2

ASEA Kavala-AS Pera Athens 0-4

AEK-AO Tataula 4-3

In women’s A1:

Olympiacos-Panathinaikos 4-2

AEK-Sarises Florina 3-4

AS Pera-Ethnikos Alexandroupolis 4-1

AO Aris 2006-HAN Thessaloniki 4-1

National Alexandroupolis-AO Aris 2006 1-4

Sarises Florina-AS Pera 4-3

HAN Thessaloniki-Olympiakos 1-4

AEK-Panathinaikos 1-4

In the men’s A2 in Thessaloniki:

Aris Nikias-Filia Orestiadas 4-1

OEA Thessaloniki-Faros Alexandroupolis 4-0

Friendly Orestiada-OEA Thessaloniki 0-4

Faros Alexandroupolis-Aris Nikias 0-4

In men’s A2 in Loutraki:

Athena Magoufanas-Finikas Piraeus 0-4

Poseidon Loutraki-AO Pefkis 3-4

THE STANDING IN THE A1 MEN’S CATEGORY (in 8 matches)

GROUP GRADES

1. Olympiakos 16
2. AS Pera Athens 14
3. OEA Rethymno 13
4. Panathinaikos (in 6 matches) 11

-. AEK (in 7 matches) 11

-. AO Tataula (in 7 matches) 11

-. Ifitos Patron 11

8. GAS Elefsis 10
9. ASEA Kavala 8

-. OA Chania 8 *

Chania has a nihilism

THE STANDING IN THE A1 WOMEN’S CATEGORY (in 5 matches)

GROUP GRADES

1. Olympiacos SFP 10

-. ASEA Sarises Florina 10

3. Panathinaikos AO 8

-. AS Pera Athens 8

5. AO Aris 2006 7
6. AEK 6

-. HAN of Thessaloniki 6

8. Ethnikis Alexandroupolis 5

THE STANDING IN THE A2 MEN’S CATEGORY (in 5 matches)

GROUP GRADES

1. OEA Thessaloniki 10

-. Aris Nikias 10

3. Phoenix Agia Sophia (in 4 matches) 7
4. AO Pefkis (in 4 matches) 6

-. Alexandroupoli Lighthouse 6

6. Poseidon Loutrakiou (in 4 matches)5

-. Athena Magoufanas (in 4 matches) 5

-. Friendship of Orestiada 5