The reason for the Greek champion of ordinary teenagers table tennis in the last two years, Alexandros Madesi, who recently came to an agreement with the French Gresivondan for the period 2021-2022 and on Saturday made his debut in a very positive way .
The club participates in the championship of National 3, the fifth ranked inter-club category in the country. It is no coincidence, of course, that the 16-year-old Madesis also chose France for this important step.
It should be added that on Saturday, Anestis Kariofyllidis of Saint Pierre and 23 Greek athletes made their first appearance in the Mediterranean country, taking part in the specific championships of France.
In Greece, Madesis moved last summer to AEK and the A1 National Division. His agreement with Gresivondan does not affect and he will be able to fight in both countries at the same time.
It is the number 1 of the Greek adolescent evaluation table, in 2020 it became the champion of Greece in the simple for children and young people, while three years earlier it had received the same title in the girls.
At the international level, he had the third place in the team of the Balkan Youth Championship this year and, together with Kostas’ father, a former international athlete and current coach of AEK, they considered that it was a good time to get the experience of inter-club matches abroad. .
It premiered in National 3 on Saturday, as part of the third game in the 15th group. Gresivondan had a difficult home game against Toulouse ASPTT and, with the valuable help of Madesi, prevailed 8-5 sets.
Under the guidance of his father, the young international scored three victories in an equal number of individual matches. The team is in fifth place in the standings.
Kariofyllidis made his first appearance with Saint-Pierre 2, also in National 3. For the third game in the fourth group of the category, his team easily prevailed away from home in Lognes with 8-0.
The club is at the top of the standings without defeat and seeks promotion.
The experienced Thessaloniki athlete of the Greek A1 scored two victories, hardly the first with a reversal from 1-2 back in the sets.
We remind you that in Saint Pierre 2, Giannis Vlotinos and Zisis Doukeris are also competing, who also competed on Saturday and had two victories.
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