Shocking Gionis, but Bogoria out of the final in the “golden match”

In the decisive second match of Bogoria of Panagiotis Gionis with Apuania Carrara for the semifinals of the European Men π ping pong semifinals, the Greek defender was shocking, keeping his team strong with personal victories in claiming the qualification, but after 3 hours and 15 minutes The Italian club passed to the final in the process of the “golden match”, ie the new qualification system.

In the first semifinal, Bogoria had lost 3-0 sets. On Wednesday night he could stay in the hunt for qualification with a 3-1 set victory. This happened initially with a big protagonist, the Greek ace, who prevailed in both of his individual matches, playing in the 1st place of his team.

With his second victory, he formed the 3-1 set and sent the match to the “golden match”, which provides for three more matches, which are judged in one set. Gionis won his own in the beginning, his teammates lost the next ones and with the individual 2-1 set in the new and soul-destroying process, Apounia celebrated the entrance to the final.

Bogoria undertook a very difficult task, but in addition to the change in the qualification system, the encouraging elements were the reappearance of Gionis, who had lost the first semifinal due to a coronavirus, and the support of hundreds of her friends.

Playing with tapes on the right foot, where he has been suffering for a long time and showing a lot of strength, our experienced champion was excellent. In the first match, he defeated the left-handed Italian Leonardo Muti with 3-1 sets and in the second with 3-0 sets the Croatian Andrei Gasina, knowing the apotheosis.

He had already given the psychological impetus to the team and added faith to it immediately after the necessary break of the match when he entered the “golden match” first and with calm and clear mind he defeated Mouti again with 1-0. Bogoria wanted a set now for the big upset, but it did not come. In a mini-match full of stress for all the athletes, Gasina and Bobotsika prevailed and Apuania advanced to the final.

For Gionis, of course, the strong reappearance was a successful rehearsal for the Europe Top 16 Cup, which will take place in Montreux 26-27 of the month.

On Thursday, the top Greek athlete will be in Athens and on Friday he will leave for the Swiss city with the federal coach, Costas Vatsaklis.

In detail, the evolution of the match Bogoria-Apuania 3-1 (gm 1-2):

Panagiotis Gionis-Leonardo Mouti 3-1 (12-10, 11-5, 1-11, 11-6)

Marek Badowski-Andrei Gassina 0-3 (6-11, 9-11, 4-11)

Pavel Sirucek-Mihai Bobotsika 3-2 (8-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-5, 6-4)

Gionis-Gasina 3-0 (11-4, 11-9, 12-10)

Golden Match

Gionis-Mouti 1-0 (11-8)

Sirucek-Gasina 0-1 (7-11)

Badowski-Bobotsika 0-1 (5-11)

The rematch in the other semifinal of the Europe Cup clubs takes place on Saturday 25 of the month in Spain. Borges will host Wiener Neustadt, with the Austrian team having prevailed 3-2 sets in the first match.

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