Panagiotis Gionis continues his great performances and now convinces the whole world of table tennis that he has made a very strong comeback on the international stage. He increases the series of excellent games and from the evening of Thursday 01/12 another great victory is recorded to his credit. In the match between Bogoria and Borussia Dusseldorf in Poland, for the 3rd matchday of the 4th group of the Champions League, he defeated the German Qiu Dang, the current European men’s singles champion, with 3-1 sets! His team lost 3-2 and will hardly reach the top and the qualification to the final stage, but the top defender captivated the hundreds of friends of his team and caused a sensation throughout Europe, because the 26-year-old, of Chinese origin, ace, is also today world runner-up in the team and is number 11 in the world ranking! Gionis strongly celebrated the excellent result, which comes to boost his self-confidence even more, something he absolutely needs after the significant suffering that the Achilles injury had reserved for him since the fall of 2021.
Gionis was yesterday faced with the team, in which he played in the two years 2014-2016 knowing very great moments, such as the double in Germany and the presence in the Champions League final. He met the Dutchman, his former coach there, Danny Heister, he met his former team-mate Timo Boll, the star athlete and record holder of European titles, but in front of the Polish audience, which filled the hall, he also had the extra motivation for very valuable news. appearance.
In his statements a few days ago, he admitted that the Champions League winner Borussia will be very difficult to beat and that Bogoria’s realistic goal is 2nd place and the continuation of the European journey in the Europe Cup, however his team did exceptionally well. With Gioni’s victory over Kiu, she took a 2-1 lead, showed that she could spring a surprise, and no one knows how things could have turned out if she had at her disposal the Korean Yang Seongil, who had competed in the victorious premiere in Czech Republic with Ostrov.
However, the best three did not line up and this led the technical team of Bogoria to make a tactical move and put Gionis in position 3. He supported the few hopes for victory on him and the young Rezimski, who indeed at the beginning of the race brought a historic result on his part when he beat the all-time leading European, Ball!
When Sweden’s Selberg completed two individual victories the game was essentially decided, but in between Gionis (number 83 this week in the world ranking) became the protagonist. He beat Qiu Dang 3-1 sets and given that he temporarily gave his team the lead … he shook the spectators from their seats and experienced apotheosis. He played the penholder ace (with an Asian racket grip) very correctly and with enviable duration. At 1-1, he saved set bowls at 9-10 with an impressive and unpredictable ball to directly take two more points, using his serve as well. In addition, at 9-9 in the 4th set, he confused the holder of three European titles (the other two in mixed doubles in 2020 and in the team in 2021) with the false-false and in the finale he produced a terrible pushed ball with the combina-rubber (“tooth “). Very quickly after the 3rd place in Feeder III in Dusseldorf, Gionis coincidentally brought another wonderful result, related to the city and Germany…
Details of the Bogoria-Borussia Dusseldorf 2-3 match:
Milos Regimski-Timo Bol 3-1 (11-7, 8-11, 14-12, 11-5)
Michal Gavlas-Anton Selberg 0-3 (6-11, 9-11, 5-11)
Panagiotis Gionis-Kiu Dang 3-1 (11-7, 3-11. 12-10, 11-9)
Rezimski-Chelberg 1-3 (8-11, 3-11, 11-9, 5-11)
Gavlas-Boll 0-3 (7-11, 6-11, 6-11)
In the 4th group the Polish team is 2nd after 2 matches with 3 points. Borussia has completed 3 matches, already has 2 wins against the bottom Ostrov, therefore leads with 6 points. Bogoria will face Ostroff at home on 16/12 and 2 days later against Borussia in Dusseldorf to exhaust the chances of first in the group and qualifying for the final 4 of the Champions League.
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