Giannis Sgouropoulos is the European champion in the under-21 athletes!
At the Belgian Spa he won his second title in the institution (after 2019) and the fourth overall in the European Championships in the last 5 years, after those in the Junior Championships in 2017 and 2018.
In the shocking and highly spectacular final, he defeated the Russian Maxim Grebnev after an hour with 4-3 sets (11-6, 7-11, 12-10, 13-15, 11-9, 10-12 and 11-7).
With this success, Sgouropoulos becomes one of the most successful athletes in Europe over time, after winning 4 gold medals in the most important event in the last five European Championships.
His flawless course at the Spa started from stage 2 because he was the 3rd favorite of the game. There he achieved the absolute in three matches and qualified with the 1st place. He had even defeated Grebnev (No. 29 in the games) in the group, there with 4-2 sets. In the 16th, on Saturday, he defeated the Italian Carlo Rossi with 4-3 sets and on the same day the French Bastien Reber in the quarterfinals with 4-1. Early today at noon he faced the Russian Lev Katsman in the 8th division, he found himself losing with 0-3 sets and yet he proceeded fearlessly and with a great performance he turned the situation to 4-3 in his favor and advanced to the final.
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