Member Associations | 1 Mar 2017

KONECNY and CECHOVA lead the field in Frydlant nad Ostravicí Czech championships

National Championships

 

The JKP SPED Czech national Championships will be held in Frydlant nad Ostravicí during the weekend (3rd - 5th March).

 

The defending singles champion Tomas KONECNY and Dana CECHOVA lead the field so the Czech national championship offers interesting duels. In a women´s competition the bronze medaillist from ETTU European Championships U21 Zdena BLASKOVA and the medaillist from Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum in Qatar Hana MATELOVA or the seven times Czech champion Renata STRBIKOVA will take part. Just Iveta VACENOVSKA (the national champion of the 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014) will miss the competition.

 

"I am really happy that the field is strong so the championship´s title will be really valuable," the defending champion Dana CECHOVA said. "I would be satisfied with the semifinals. Afterwards it will be a tough situation. We know there will be number of opponents who would like to show their best and beat the ones on the top. I consider Hana MatelovA as the biggest favorite of the event. She plays in a good form at the moment."

 

The defending champion TomAS KONECNY will face the strong field of opponents as Dmitrij PROKOPCOV, Pavel SIRUCEK, Tomas TREGLER or talented junior player Tomas POLANSKY will take part as well.

 

The championships starts on Friday with the qualification matches, the main tournament is scheduled for the weekend. New Czech champions will be crowned on Sunday afternoon

 

Men

Singles: Tomas KONECNY

Doubles: Pavel SIRUCEK, Tomas TREGLER

Women

Singles: Dana CechovA

Doubles: Aneta KUCEROVA, Karin ADAMKOVA

Mixed doubles: Tomas POLANSKY, Zdena BLASKOVA

Juniors U21

Singles Men: Tomas POLANSKY

Singles Women: Zdena BLASKOVA