Two changes at the top of the Greek table tennis April rankings

There were two changes at the top, as well as rating jumps for male and female athletes, who are also in high positions after the rating tables issued by the Hellenic Table Tennis Federation for April.

Yiannis Sgouropoulos reappears in first place in the men’s table after the Panhellenic singles title he won a few days ago in Florina. Konstantinos Angelakis dropped this month to number 2.

Among the boys, Yannis Koutras came first again, reaching the round of 16 of the Panhellenic Men’s Championship, while he also had good results in the A2 championship.

The new ranking list included several changes in the top five, which were combined in some cases with a large collection of points, especially by the teenager Alexandros Alexopoulos, who got 400 points from great victories in the A1 category.

For the tables of April, the results of March from the interclub championships, the final four of the Local Cup, the Regional Championship for boys and girls and the Panhellenic Championship for men and women were calculated.

In the men’s table, Gerasimos Hatzilygeroudis entered the top five for the first time. After the bronze medal in men’s singles in Florina, he shows 89 points more than last month (he has 2,472).

Tasos Riniotis, who reached the final of the Panhellenic Championship, climbed to number 4 with a gain of 180 points (2,541 in total). Sgouropoulos, who returned to the penthouse, has 75 points more after the first place in the Panhellenic (2,664).

Ioanna Gerasimatou also entered the top five in the women’s category. After the first place in the singles of the Panhellenic Championship, she received 250 points and, with a total of 2,087, moved to number 5. The finalist of the final in Florina, Aliki Kioufi, remained at number 7, but got 159 points (total of 2,080).

The athletes of Ifitos Patras, Andreas Karabelias and Alexandros Alexopoulos, had a significant improvement in teenagers and young men. Both scored great victories in A1, such as the first against Dimitris Papadimitriou and the second against Teodor Alexandrov and Yiannis Boskovich.

Karabelias reached 2,000 points and has 86 more than last month. Alexopoulos had 1,566 points in March and now has 1,965.

In the boys, Koutra not only returned to the top, but also had a huge points advantage, as he has 257 points more (1,659 total).

Dimitris Papadimitriou of AO Tataula and Konstantinos Konstantinopoulos of Panathinaikos left the top 5 in the men’s category this month, who fell back to number 7 (out of 5) and 6 (out of 4) respectively, and Elisavet Terpou (Panathinaikos) among women, which fell to 6 (out of 5).

Also, among the young men, Sokratis Giannoutsos (Olympiakos) went to number 8 (out of 3) and among the mini boys, Theofanis Markoulakis (OA Chania) to 6 (out of 5).

Several notable changes in the first 15 places of the tables. In the Young men and teenagers, Yannis Koutras and Savvas Vatsaklis had a noticeable rise. The athlete from Loutraki went to number 11 (out of 25) and number 7 (out of 17) respectively and the athlete from Athens Maggoufana to 15 (out of 28) and 9 (out of 19) respectively.

A similar improvement was noted by Fotini Dimitriadis. In the Young women, the athlete of ASEA Kavalas went to number 10 (out of 15) and in the young women, also, to 10 (out of 13).

In the boys, Dimitris Georgalidis (SPA Lykovrisis Pefkis) is at number 15 (out of 18), while in the girls Nestoria Chrysostomidou (Sarises Florinas) went to 9 (out of 12) and Despina Dimitriou (GAS Elefsis) to 15 (out of 17) ).

In the pankorasides, Alexandra Mavridis (AO Profiti Ilias Piraeus) moved to number 10 (from 18). In the mini pankorasides, Konstantina Filopoulou (AO Xylokastro) rose to number 12 (from 17), Sofia Katsantoni (HAN Thessaloniki) to 14 (from 32) and Maria Kontopoulou (Orion APO Chios) to 15 (from 21).

The top five in the new ranking tables with the positions held by the athletes in March 2023 are as follows:

MEN:

1. (2.) Yannis Sgouropoulos (Olympic S.F.P.)

2. (1.) Konstantinos Angelakis (Panathinaikos A.O.)

3. («) Panagiotis Gionis (Panathinaikos A.O.)

4. (7.) Tassos Riniotis (Olympic S.F.P.)

5. (6.) Gerasimos Hatzilygeroudis (AO Tataula)

WOMEN:

1. («) Katerina Toliou (Panathinaikos A.O.)

2. («) Konstantina Paridis (Panathinaikos A.O.)

3. («) Malamatenia Papadimitriou (Olympic S.F.P.)

4. («) Georgia Zavitsanou (Finikes Glyfada Patras)

5. (9.) Ioanna Gerasimatou (AEK)

YOUNG MEN (U21):

1. («) Gerasimos Hatzilygeroudis (AO Tataula)

2. («) Alexandros Madesis (AEK)

3. (4.) Andreas Karampelias (AS Ifitos Patras)

4. (6.) Gerasimos Petris (Gas Elefsis)

5. («) Iakovos Aivatidis (AEK)

NEW WOMEN:

1. («) Malamatenia Papadimitriou (Olympiacos SFP)

2. («) Chrysi Fotiadou (AEK)

3. («) Lemonia Gaidatzis (AEK)

4. («) Stella Tzaridou (HAN Thessaloniki)

5. («) Katerina Alexoudi (Nationalist of Alexandroupolis)

TEENAGERS (K19):

1. («) Alexandros Madesis (AEK)

2. (3.) Andreas Karampelias (AS Ifitos Patras)

3. (5.) Alexandros Alexopoulos (AS Ifitos Patras)

4. (2.) Sokratis Giannoutsos (Olympic S.F.P.)

5. (4.) Efstathios Manolopoulos (A.E. Athena Maggoufanas)

CHILDREN:

1. («) Malamatenia Papadimitriou (Olympic S.F.P.)

2. («) Chrysi Fotiadou (AEK)

3. («) Lemonia Gaidatzis (AEK)

4. («) Stella Tzaridou (HAN Thessaloniki)

5. («) Katerina Alexoudi (MSG National Alexandroupolis)

CHILDREN (K15):

1. (2.) Yannis Koutras (AO Poseidon Loutraki)

2. (1.) Giorgos Kosmas (DAO Tavros)

3. («) Kostas Fakaros (AO Poseidon Loutraki)

4. («) Yannis Kioseloglou (AO Poseidon Loutraki)

5. («) Petros Liotsis (DAO Tavrou)

GIRLS:

1. («) Mavra Kontopoulou (AS PKD Tavrou)

2. («) Alkistis Kasimi (AS PKD Tavrou)

3. («) Stella Mavromataki (OA of Chania)

4. (5.) Qi Xinyu (AO Tataula)

5. (4.) Vasiliki Boula (Oria FROM Chios)

PAMPADES (K13):

1. («) Yannis Kioseloglou (AO Poseidon Loutraki)

2. («) Konstantinos Alexoudis (GS Filia Orestiada)

3. («) Anastasios Fousekis (AO Pagona Patras)

4. (5.) Dimitris Georgallidis (SPA Lykovrisis Pefkis)

5. (4.) Konstantinos Isaakidis (ASEA Sarises Florina)

PANGORASIDES:

1. («) Christina Tzenidis (HAN Thessaloniki)

2. («) Anna-Fanouria Mitka (HAN Thessaloniki)

3. («) Despina Dimitriou (GAS Elefsis)

4. («) Athanasia Goga (Olympic FC)

5. («) Paraskevi Spanou (Sarises Florina)

MINI PAPAIDES (K11):

1. («) Dimitris-Marios Alexandridis (Telamon of Salamina)

2. («) Marios Seridis (ASEA Sarises Florina)

3. («) Evangelos Chrysostomidis (ASEA Sarises Florina)

4. («) Giorgos Kouvelas (SPA Lykovrisis Pefkis)

5. (7.) Giorgos Petrakis (OA Chania)

MINI PANGORASIDES:

1. («) Elpida Tassiou (AO Thermis Thermaios)

2. («) Michaela Langouvardou (AS Pera Thessaloniki)

3. («) Markella-Ioanna Sgouta (Orian APO Chios)

4. (5.) Anastasia Michalaru (AS Proodos Voutza Rafina)

5. (4.) Fotini-Ekaterini Papalexi (CHAN of Thessaloniki)