European Youth Pong Pinging Champion

The national ping pong teenagers managed to secure the eighth group with two difficult victories and thus to get more firmly in claiming the rise to the first division of the European Ping Ping Championship, and then the national youth had to be held by the National Youth. A total of four wins of the girls and children were preceded.

Teenagers prevailed on Friday on Friday 3-1 sets of Estonia and on the night of the same day it took a long upheaval against the leader of Ukraine to reach 4 points and to make the top of the group a match before the end. They lost 2-0 and turned the situation in 3-2 sets in their favor, losing only one.

The youngsters came in very loud in the morning, facing the Netherlands and did not leave much room for reaction to the final 3-0 set. From the fourth row of seeding they firmly against England’s leader and took a 2-1 lead. The match went 2-2 and the details, unfortunately, came the first defeat to Ostrava for Greek colors.

The girls have two games on Saturday, as they are in groups of five teams and will even seek second place to keep hope for the rise. In the group, England and Luxembourg are led by two wins in an equal number of matches.

The National Teens had its most difficult matches on Friday. First with Estonia, who showed from the outset that it would not be lucrative, and then with the first favorite of the eighth group, Ukraine.

The children were called upon to manage emotionally various points in the races and at the same time to make their quality and succeeded. At the premiere with Estonia they were back in the scoring and in the next game Kutra prevailed in five sets. After the equalizer, the Greek team imposed its game.

In detail, the evolution of Greece – Estonia 3-1:

George Kosmas-Markos Pouk 2-3 (5-11, 11-9, 12-10, 9-11, 9-11)

Giannis Koutra-Perte Marten Lechtlaan 3-2 (11-9, 10-12, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7)

Alexandros Alexopoulos-Andrei Maltizov 3-1 (7-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-1)

Kosmas-Lechtlaan 3-1 (4-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6)

Friday night was created even more difficult. The Ukrainians took a 2-0 lead with their first player, the defensive style Solodki dominated by Alexopoulos, who was used this time in place 2 by Konstantinos Costopoulos.

Kosmas entered the place 3 and from his own game and then the image changed completely. It reduced to three sets and the more the race progressed, the better the Greek athletes felt and attributed. The positive result in the given ability of all children to defense came from Koutra and in the end Alexopoulos was unbeatable to write 3-2. The fourth player of our national team was Yiannis Malamoudis.

In detail, the evolution of the Ukraine-Greece 2-3:

Nazari Solodki-Alexandros Alexopoulos 3-2 (11-6, 4-11, 10-12, 11-6, 11-8)

Vadim Saltis-Giannis Koutra 3-0 (14-12, 11-7, 11-6)

GEHOR BORSITSEVSKI-George Kosmas 0-3 (6-11, 10-12, 6-11)

Solodki-Koutra 1-3 (9-11, 11-9, 3-11, 8-11)

Saltis-Alexopoulos 0-3 (9-11, 5-11, 3-11)

In the other groups of the group, Ukraine and Estonia beat Scotland 3-0 and 3-1 respectively. Greece has 4 points, Ukraine and Estonia 3 are fighting on Saturday for second place.

The National Youth was determined to continue the good performances from the recent Balkan Championship and really showed from the beginning well prepared in every area. The Netherlands was higher in the seeding of the team draws, but the Greeks were superior. They had the solutions at every difficult time and reached an emphatic 3-0 set.

In detail, the evolution of the Dutch – Greece 0-3:

Sizin Jen-Lemonia Gaidatzis 0-3 (10-12, 6-11, 5-11)

Gate de Clerk-Evangelia Merambelliotaki 1-3 (10-12, 6-11, 12-10, 2-11)

Amy Skoen-Stella Tzaridou 0-3 (8-11, 15-17, 4-11)

On Friday night, the clash with England was a real challenge, especially since the opponent has a athlete of Chinese origin. Our internationals knew that they would make a “bow” for the coveted first in the group and gave it all. They had normal defeats by WW, but with their overall good performance they overcame high obstacles and went 2-2.

There, Gaidatzis fought her “battle”, until she bent 3-1 and came the first defeat in Ostrava for Greek colors. Coach George Christoforakis had Katerina Alexoudi on the bench.

In detail, the evolution of the match of England-Greece 3-2:

Tianner Wu-Lemonia Gaidatzis 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-5)

Come on Pasley-Stella Tzaridou 1-3 (11-6, 7-11, 12-14, 5-11)

Siena Jeta-Evangelia Merambelliotaki 0-3 (9-11, 10-12, 7-11)

WW-Tzaridou 3-1 (11-3, 11-8, 10-12, 11-7)

Pasley-Gaidatzis 3-1 (11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9)

At the other meetings of the group, Luxembourg defeated Scotland 3-0 and 3-1 in the Netherlands. England was imposed 3-0 by Scotland.

The program at Saturday’s National Groups in groups (in Greece, one hour ahead):

Saturday 12/07

To adolescents:

Greece – Scotland at 12:10 table 23

In the youngsters:

Luxembourg – Greece at 14:20 table 22

Greece – Scotland at 18:40 table 10

To the children:

Serbia – Greece at 14:20 table 15

In the girls:

Serbia – Greece at 14:20 table 4