Alexander Madessis, Malamates Papadimitriou and Golden Fotiadou made their efforts, but were excluded at Stage 1 in the simple one at the European Ping Ping Championship under Bratislava, staying in fourth places. All three internationals immediately found the very high racing level of the event.
Madessi and Fotiadou, in fact, participate in the institution for the first time and were normal to manage the adaptation. In their very difficult task they fought for something meaningful, but they failed to get a positive result.
From Thursday they will continue their struggles in the doubles.
The three children started from the group qualifiers at Stage 1 of the simple. In men, Madessi (number 34 in the tournament) took part in the second group. He approached the victory in the critical second match, but was bent in the five sets and lost the chances of taking over one of the first two places and qualification.
In his first match at the K21 European Championship he was defeated by the head of German (number 10 in the race), Wim Verdonschot, with a 3-0 set (9-11, 7-11, 6-11). At noon the same day gave an ambiguous showdown with Slovaki Damian Floro (No. 53). The match went to five sets and the Greek champion lost 2-3 sets (11-6, 8-11, 5-11, 11-4, 8-11).
In the evening he sought a victory against Croatian Ivan Henkl (No. 29). However, he lost 3-0 sets and finished fourth with 3 points (3-11, 8-11, 9-11).
In the simple women, Fotiadou (number 46 in the league) was in fourth place in the tenth group. In its debut in the institution she lost to Czech Veronica Polakova (No. 22) with a 3-0 set (3-11, 1-11, 10-12). Starting to find a pace in the third set, it was improved in the next match if it lost to Slovaka Dominika Vilcikova (No. 43) with a 3-0 set (4-11, 10-12, 8-11).
In the third match he faced Belgian Lilos Masar (led as No. 18 of the games), suffered a new defeat in the three sets, but he certainly holds the valuable experience (6-11, 9-11, 6-11).
The experienced in Papadimitriou (number 21 in the race) did not go well to the 11th group and was also limited to fourth place. In the first match he was beaten by Bulgaria Victoria Pesova (No. 47) with a 3-1 set (11-9, 6-11, 6-11, 9-11).
It was also competitive at noon against the Spanish chief, Elvira Rand (No. 19), but lost 3-0 with “full” all sets (8-11, 12-14, 9-11). An indication that the second set was led 9-5 and in the third with 8-5. In the finale, the left-handed Greek champion of the category was defeated by German Airen Kalaitzidou (No. 44) with a 3-0 set (7-11, 4-11, 7-11).
The doubles on Thursday. In the double men, Madessi and Belarusos Nikon Sutov, who is struggling as an independent, face at 12:00 for the “32” the Polish Matthew Zalevski/Marcel Blastzik.
In the women’s double, Papadimitriou/Fotiadou will compete in the first round with Anthoa Christobal/Airen Kalaitzidou (Spain/Germany). The race takes place at 13:20.
At double mixed, Madessi/Papadimitriou are fighting for the “64” round at 10:35 with Matthias Sandolt/Anzali Singh (Iceland/Ireland).
Finally, Fotiadou with Finnish Alexx Rasanen clashes at 10:00 with Ms Van Ust/Alessia Sofia Sferlea (Netherlands/Romania).
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