Olympiakos women step up to the title, 4-3 over Sarises Florina in the top derby

In the exciting top match against Sarises Florina at the Peace and Friendship Stadium, Olympiakos women’s table tennis prevailed 4-3 after three and a half and extended their winning streak. After 10 matches, they are separated by 2 points from both Sarises and Panathinaikos, therefore, with four games to go, they are now the unwavering favorite for the first place.

The match with the Sarises included only foreign athletes and both with the quality of the competition and with the variation it honored and advertised the championship.

In A1 men, the action continued in SEF and in Crete with the 13th and 14th matches. The pioneer Olympiacos extended the streak, while Panathinaikos is now alone in second place, after overcoming the obstacle of AO Tataula with a very difficult score of 4-3.

In detail, the progress of the match Olympiacos-Sarises Florina 4-3:

Margarita Pesotska-Bernadette Balid 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-5)

Georgina Pota-Anneta Masuti 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-6)

Philippa Bergand-Lew Judith 1-3 (7-11, 11-7, 8-11, 6-11)

Pesotska-Masuti 1-3 (10-12, 11-4, 7-11, 9-11)

Bergand-Balid 2-3 (11-9, 8-11, 11-4, 12-14, 9-11)

Pota-Liu 3-1 (11-8, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9)

Pesotska/Pota-Masuti/Liu 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-4)

Panathinaikos advanced with two easy wins and is now in second place together with Sarises. A little further down, AEK scored a valuable 4-2 victory against Pera Athens in the afternoon and took a step towards direct survival (two wins by Chrysi Fotiadou and one each by Maria Yovkova and Ioanna Gerasimatou).

In men’s A1, matches were held in SEF and Rethymno. At the Faleri stadium, the matches of Panathinaikos attracted attention, especially the one against AO Tataula, which is giving everything to avoid going to the playoffs. The “greens” did not put Konstantinos Konstantinopoulos in the starting trio, Tataula had Gerasimos Hatzilygeroudis again on an excellent day and the game reached a double.

Panathinaikos eventually prevailed 4-3 (using Konstantinopoulos there) and took second place, taking advantage of Rethymno’s losses at the city’s University Gymnasium.

Earlier, he had also “bent” AEK 4-2 with the Bulgarian Teodor Alexandrov achieving two winning results against leading Greek athletes: With 3-2 sets over Konstantinos Konstantinopoulos and with 3-0 sets over Konstantinos Angelakis.

In detail, the evolution of the match Tataula-Panathinaikos 3-4:

Yannis Boskovich-Konstantinos Angelakis 2-3 (6-11, 5-11, 13-11, 11-5, 3-11)

Gerasimos Hatzilygeroudis-Petio Krastef 3-2 (5-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-5)

Dimitris Papadimitriou Nikos Antoniadis 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-7)

Boskovic-Krastef 0-3 (4-11, 5-11, 4-11)

Papadimitriou-Angelakis 1-3 (7-11, 9-11, 11-9, 9-11)

Hatzilygeroudis-Antoniadis 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-3)

Papadimitriou/Hatzilygeroudis-Konstantinos Konstantinopoulos/Krastef 1-3 (9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 9-11)

For the first time in its short history, Rethymno organized EFOEPA matches and this in itself was an important event. He competed, however, only with Greek athletes, it was not as strong and after the normal 4-1 set defeat by the pioneer Olympiakos, he was defeated by Elefsina with 4-2. The team of Attica was the winner of the day in the low places of the standings, because it also beat Chania and increased the hopes of avoiding relegation.

Olympiacos easily extended their unbeaten streak and remain favorites to retain the title.

Finally, in Athens, Pera, with two more victories, was back in fourth place in the ranking. In the inconclusive match against AEK, he got two wins from Pandasak Tanviriyavetsakul and 1 each from Stratos Damiani and Louis Reusso.

The latter in the most crucial game beat Alexandros Madesis with 3-2 sets. It is noteworthy that earlier, in the 4-1 over Ifitos Patras, he was defeated 3-0 in a set by Andreas Karabelias.

Summary of all the results of the day:

In the men’s A1 at SEF:

AO Tataula-ASEA Kavala 4-0

Panathinaikos-AEK 4-2

Ifitos Patrons-AS Pera 1-4

AEK-AS Pera 2-4

AO Tataula-Panathinaikos 3-4

ASEA Kavala-Ifitos Patras 2-4

In the men’s A1 in Rethymnon:

OEA Rethymno-Olympiakos 1-4

OA Chanion-GAS Elefsis 1-4

GAS Elefsis-OEA Rethymno 4-2

OA Chanion-Olympiakos 0-4

In women’s A1:

Panathinaikos-AEK 4-0

National Alex/polis-HAN Thessaloniki 3-4

Olympiacos-Sarises Florina 4-3

AO Aris 2006-AS Pera Athens 0-4

Pera-AEK 2-4

Olympiacos-HAN Thessaloniki 4-0

Sarises-Ethnikos Alexandroupolis 4-1

Panathinaikos-AO Aris 2006 4-0

Finikas Ag. Sofia-Telamon Salamina 4-2

THE STANDING IN THE MEN’S A1 (in 14 matches):

1. Olympiakos SFP 28

2. Panathinaikos AO 25 (in 13 matches)

3. OEA Rethymno 23

4. AS Pera 22 (in 12 games)

5. AEK 21

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6. AO Tataula 20

7. GAS Elefsis 19

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8. AS Ifitos Patras 18

9. ASEA Kavala 14

10. OA Chania 13 * (in 13 matches)

OA Chania has a nihilism

THE STANDING IN THE A1 WOMEN’S CATEGORY (in 10 matches):

1. Olympiacos SFP 20

2. ASEA Sarises Florinas 18

-. Panathinaikos AO 18

4. AS Pera Athens 15

5. AEK 14

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6. AO Aris 2006 13

7. CHAN Thessaloniki 12

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8. National Alexandroupolis 10