World TT Championships Finals: Gionis lost in the details and was placed in places 33-64

Panagiotis Gionis was very difficult to rule out in the second round of the simple at the Doha World Ping Championships and was placed at 33-64. He gave it all against Mrs Cheng Jui of Chinese Taipei, the number 24 of the world rankings and a very good athlete opposite the defense, preceded 2-0 sets, but was bent in the details 4-2.

Where details are that the leading Greek athlete could not, due to an injury, be able to give 100% after 2-1 when the young Asian was psychologically stimulated, reducing the score … Detail also that Gionis was 9-5 in the sixth set and lost six consecutive points …

Undoubtedly, however, in another big showdown that lasted more than an hour, Gionis showed that he was worth the entry into the ’32 ‘and confirmed that in advanced sports age he remains competitive at the top level.

He was annoyed in the middle before the match began because he was disturbed by the powerful air condition at Qatar University Sports Complex, as the federal coach, Costas Vatsaklis, pointed out. He got into the table normally, but he was in his move towards the end of the third set to request the medical timeout.

He took care of the race doctor and the physiotherapist, did exercises, took painkillers and put an ointment, but, as time went on, the hassle became stronger. “He tightened his teeth” and continued with a high morale, but he couldn’t give his best. However, he approached the equalizer, but Kao was unmistakable in the last part of the very critical set.

WITH NIKI-SUPPORT THE Egyptians were found on the Angelakis/Vang Road

Konstantinos Angelakis remained the only representative of the Greek table tennis in Qatar. With Vang Yang’s Slovakian partner they are in the first 16th of the double men and their next opponent came up Monday afternoon with surprise.

Egyptian Mohammed Elbiali/Youssef Abdelaziz excluded the seventh favorite, the Koreans if Jaeaea/Lim Jonghun and, in fact, with the incredible 3-0 set (12-10, 12-10, 11-8). Whether this unexpected evolution favors the two great defenders will appear in practice, however, there is certainly the possibility of entering the quarter -finals.

Angelakis and Vang have gone with two wins and are ready to chase even greater performance. Their marginal victory over Clarence and Josh from Singapore, in fact, was also highlighted in the ITTF report since Monday’s first section.