Vasiliki Kalogeropoulou was defeated by Japan’s Yuria Miyagawa 2-0 sets (6-1, 6-0) on Thursday and will now challenge for the bronze medal at the World Deaf Tennis Championships in Hersonissos.
Grigoris Samartzidis succeeded and advanced to the consolation final of the event after his semi-final victory over the Japanese Aoto Kaneko with 9-0. The game is decided in one set, ending in 9 games.
After the match, Samartzidis spoke to the federation’s website about his victory: “I played well. I kept a steady pace, I showed patience and, thus, I reached an easy victory”. As for what’s next: “I’d like to take 1st place at Consolation.”
The results in couples
In the Youth mixed pairs, the Greek-Polish pair of “our” Artemis Routsis with the Polish Alan Buri was defeated by the Japanese Ayumi Takahashi, Taiga Yamamoto with 9-3 in the semi-final and they will compete for the bronze medal.
In the Junior Doubles, the German-Japanese duo of Ayumi Takahashi and Mara Opitz prevailed 9-0 over the Greek duo of Anna Kasoumi and Artemis Routsi and advanced to the semi-finals.
The program of the Greeks on Friday
Vasiliki Kalogeropoulou is fighting for the bronze medal in the women’s individual with another opponent from Japan, Riko Suzuki.
In the men’s consolation final, Grigoris Samartzidis will claim first place against American Alfredo Luis Galvez.
In the mixed pairs, the pair of Artemis Routsi and Alan Buri are competing for the bronze medal against another Japanese duo, Tao Kasumi and Rion Yamamoto.
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