In the decisive second quarter-final in France against Italy’s Top Spin Messina, Enebon overcame a 3-2 first-set lead, prevailed 3-0 sets and with two wins advanced to the men’s table tennis Europe Cup, the second round. the class of European organization.
Giannis Sgouropoulos scored another victory after the one in Italy, he even got a personal revenge from Matteo Muti, from whom he had beaten last Sunday. In addition, he was improved competitively and will clearly start with a better mentality in his attempt for better results in the second round of the French League.
At Enebon’s modern sports center, the two teams lined up with exactly the same trios that lined up in Messina three days ago. In fact, the pairs of opponents were the same.
The former French champion, who hails from the Champions League, was the quarter-final favorite from the start. And if in the first match she had a lot of difficulty and had to “turn around” the situation from 0-2, on Wednesday she was dominant. It is characteristic that before Sgouropoulos, Christian Carlson had won against an athlete he had defeated in Italy. The Swedish men’s doubles world champion defeated Leonardo Mutti.
Soon after, from Enebon’s No. 2 position, Sgouropoulos (No. 205 in the current world rankings) overcame his brother, Matteo Muti (No. 489), 3-1 sets. He took a 2-0 set lead and accepted the score reduction. In the fourth set he created a difference with 5-1, but saw his opponent win seven points in a row and go to 8-5. The Eleusinian ace responded with calmness and correct choices, closing out the match in four sets and essentially securing qualification, as Dane Anders Lind was a strong favorite in the next game and confirmed it.
In detail, the progress of the match Enebon-Top Spin Messina 3-0:
Christian Carlson-Leonardo Muti 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-7)
Giannis Sgouropoulos-Mateo Muti 3–1 (11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9)
Anders Lind-Marco Rec Daldoso 3-0 (11-4, 13-11, 11-7)
Unexpectedly, Enebon will face Dzialdovo in the semi-finals of the European Cup. The team from Poland has defeated the Austrian Wiener Neustadt 3-0 in the first quarter-final and on Thursday they play the second match at home.
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