2018 BELGOSSTRAKH European Under 21 Championships   Turkey’s Ibrahim GÜNDÜZ and Abdullah YIGENLER clinched the title in the Men’s Doubles Event at the 2018 BELGOSSTRAKH European Under 21 Championships. In the final they overcame Patryk ZATOWKA and Marek BADOWSKI of Poland (8:11 11:9 3:11 9:11).   “It was all about the control. The Polish pairings attacked but we maintained the control over the match and had the answer to their game ” said Ibrahim.   Abdullah YIGENLER added: “The whole tournament was hard for us with each match bringing new surprises and new experience. I think we have known from the very beginning of the Championships that we could make it to the top. We always play together and our strategy evolves with each game. We may admit right away that the final match with the Polish players was the hardest one. ZATOWKA and BADOWSKI produce tricky services that are not easy to return so we had to try our best to beat them. In the end we are the champions.”   Quarterfinalists from Sochi Patryk ZATOWKA and Marek BADOWSKI beat Tomas POLANSKY of Czech Republic and Dennis KLEIN of Germany (11:7 7:11 12:10 11:7) on their first exit to the table today.   “We ca not say we were nervous in the beginning of the match although our rivals are top seeded in Doubles and POLANSKY is No.1 seeded in Singles. We simply did not think about it we just played our game. When we started losing points at some moment the only thing to matter was to focus on the quality of our play. This was our tactics and we imposed it successfully ” said Patryk ZATOWKA. Turkey’s Ibrahim GÜNDÜZ and Abdullah YIGENLER beat Konstantin CHERNOV and Artur ABUSEV of Russia (5:11 11:7 11:8 11:6) in the semi final.    

2018 BELGOSSTRAKH European Under 21 Championships Partnering Eline LOYEN at the inaugural Championhips in Sochi Lisa LUNG clinched gold medal in Women’s Doubles. At the 2018 BELGOSSTRAKH European Under 21 Championships Lisa had to pass the title over to Solomiya BRATEYKO of Ukraine and Natalia BAJOR of Poland. In the final they were better then the Belgium’s combination of Lisa LUNG and Margo DEGRAEF (11:8 11:9 11:6)   “It is the first time that we played with each other. It was very scary for us to play in this final match but I’m so happy now. I have never before won the title at such competitions in fact it’s my first serious victory. The efforts that I’ve put into all these games were worth it ” said BRATEYKO.   The straight games victory speaks about the superiority of the winners.   “The hardest match for us was against Romania’s pairings in semis ” added NATALIA.   Last year’s finalists in Sochi Adina DIACONU and Andreea DRAGOMAN of Romania were halted today in the penultimate stage of the Event. Solomiya BRATEYKO and Natalia BAJOR prevailed in full distance clash (5:11 11:6 9:11 11:3 11:8) to secure the place in the final.   “It was long tough and scary match. We played against one of the strongest pairings of the whole tournament and I felt some sort of psychological pressure put on me because now we don’t have a right to make mistakes simply no right. But I believed that we could win we felt support coming from each other and now I’m extremely happy with how things have turned out. Maybe we’ll do even better next year without risking as much in the key games as we did today ” said Solomiya BRATEYKO.   Spain’s ZHANG Xuan and Ana GARCIA were close to halt the progress of Lisa LUNG and Margo DEGRAEF of Belgium after they recovered from the two games to null in reverse but they lost the decisive game by narrow margin (11:13 7:11 11:2 11:8 10:12).   We have done our utmost to get to the finals from this match. We had to literally fight for each point because the stakes are high and everyone plays at his finest. ZHANG Xuan and Ana GARCIA were stone strong we nearly missed the whole game – first we were leading safely 2:0 when voila!- it was 2:2 at 8:4 and then 10:10 it was a narrow margin ” said Lisa.   Margo added: “We supported each other all the way through we stayed positive and tried hard to keep calm. In final it will be the battle for life.”  

2018 BELGOSSTRAKH European Under 21 Championships Partnering Eline LOYEN at the inaugural Championhips in Sochi Lisa LUNG clinched gold medal in Women’s Doubles. At the 2018 BELGOSSTRAKH European Under 21 Championships Lisa had to pass the title over to Solomiya BRATEYKO of Ukraine and Natalia BAJOR of Poland. In the final they were better then the Belgium’s combination of Lisa LUNG and Margo DEGRAEF (11:8 11:9 11:6)   “It is the first time that we played with each other. It was very scary for us to play in this final match but I’m so happy now. I have never before won the title at such competitions in fact it’s my first serious victory. The efforts that I’ve put into all these games were worth it ” said BRATEYKO.   The straight games victory speaks about the superiority of the winners.   “The hardest match for us was against Romania’s pairings in semis ” added NATALIA.   Last year’s finalists in Sochi Adina DIACONU and Andreea DRAGOMAN of Romania were halted today in the penultimate stage of the Event. Solomiya BRATEYKO and Natalia BAJOR prevailed in full distance clash (5:11 11:6 9:11 11:3 11:8) to secure the place in the final.   “It was long tough and scary match. We played against one of the strongest pairings of the whole tournament and I felt some sort of psychological pressure put on me because now we don’t have a right to make mistakes simply no right. But I believed that we could win we felt support coming from each other and now I’m extremely happy with how things have turned out. Maybe we’ll do even better next year without risking as much in the key games as we did today ” said Solomiya BRATEYKO.   Spain’s ZHANG Xuan and Ana GARCIA were close to halt the progress of Lisa LUNG and Margo DEGRAEF of Belgium after they recovered from the two games to null in reverse but they lost the decisive game by narrow margin (11:13 7:11 11:2 11:8 10:12).   We have done our utmost to get to the finals from this match. We had to literally fight for each point because the stakes are high and everyone plays at his finest. ZHANG Xuan and Ana GARCIA were stone strong we nearly missed the whole game – first we were leading safely 2:0 when voila!- it was 2:2 at 8:4 and then 10:10 it was a narrow margin ” said Lisa.   Margo added: “We supported each other all the way through we stayed positive and tried hard to keep calm. In final it will be the battle for life.”  

2018 BELGOSSTRAKH European Under 21 Championships   Spain’s ZHANG Xuan and Ana GARCIA beat top seeded pairings Daria TRIGOLOS and Nadezhda BOGDANOVA of Belarus to clinch the medal at the 2018 BELGOSSTRAKH European Under 21 Championships. In the quarterfinal of the Women’s Doubles Event they prevailed in five thrilling games (10:12 11:7 11:5 7:11 11:9). For the place in the final they will play against Lisa LUNG and Margo DEGRAEF of Belgium. In other semi final Solomiya BRATEYKO of Ukraine and Natalia BAJOR of Poland will meet Adina DIACONU and Andreea DRAGOMAN of Romania.   Romania’s parings seeded at the position no. two overcame Karoline MISCHEK of Austria and Airi AVAMERI of Estonia (11:7 11:5 9:11 11:6) whilst Lisa LUNG and Margo DEGRAEF accounted for Sabina SURJAN and Tijana JOKIC of Serbia (7:11 8:11 6:11). Solomiya BRATEYKO and Natalia BAJOR beat Croatia’s Dorina SREBRNJAK and Andrea PAVLOVIC 14:12 11:4 11:9).   In the Round of 16 Daria TRIGOLOS and Nadezhda BOGDANOVA of Belarus beat Filippa BERGAND and Christina KALLBERG of Sweden in straight games (11:5 11:5 11:4). Sabina SURJAN and Tijana JOKIC of Serbia joined them shortly with another straight games victory over Mariia TAILAKOVA and Anastasia KOLISH of Russia (7:11 8:11 8:11). ZHANG Xuan and Ana GARCIA of Spain followed the path and beat Veronica MOSCONI and Jamila LAURENTI of Italy (8:11 9:11 11:13) whilst Lisa LUNG and Margo DEGRAEF of Belgium needed four games to overcame Ana TRBUSCIC of Croatia and Betul Nur KAHRAMAN of Turkey (6:11 8:11 11:5 7:11).   WAN Yuan and Jennie WOLF of Germany suffered the defeat in the match against against Karoline MISCHEK of Austria and Airi AVAMERI of Estonia (8:11 11:5 10:12 11:7 9:11) as well as Dragana VIGNJEVIC of Serbia and Marie MAESEN of Belgium against Adina DIACONU and Andreea DRAGOMAN of Romania (4:11 11:9 11:13 2:11). Dorina SREBRNJAK and Andrea PAVLOVIC of Croatia beat Maria YOVKOVA of Bulgaria and Fanni HARASZTOVICH of Hungary (11:7 11:8 6:11 11:8) and Solomiya BRATEYKO of Ukraine and Natalia BAJOR of Poland overcame Valeria SHCHERBATYKH of Russia and Elena ZAHARIA of Romania (13:11 11:8 11:4).   Men’s Doubles   Tomas POLANSKY of Czech Republic and Dennis KLEIN of Germany beat Vladimir of Russia and Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS of Greece to reach the semi final of the Men’s Doubles Event at the 2018 BELGOSSTRAKH European Under 21 Championships in Minsk (7:11 9:11 3:11).   Turkey’s Ibrahim GÜNDÜZ and Abdullah YIGENLER prevailed against Tomasz KOTOWSKI of Poland and Samuel KALUZNY of Slovakia by same margin (11:7 11:7 11:6) as well as Konstantin CHERNOV and Artur ABUSEV of Russia beat Darko JORGIC and Dani KOZUL (11:8 11:2 11:7). Bence MAJOROS of Hungary and Anders LIND of Denmark stretched Patryk ZATOWKA and Marek BADOWSKI to full distance but Poland’s pairings prevailed (11:13 11:3 6:11 11:7 11:7).   In The Round of 16 Tomas POLANSKY of Czech Republic and Dennis KLEIN of Germany easily prevailed against Carlo ROSSI and Matteo MUTTI of Italy (7:11 5:11 5:11). Bence MAJOROS of Hungary and Anders LIND of Denmark also succeeded against Simon SODERLUND and Malte MOREGARD of Sweden (6:11 3:11 11:9 7:11) but they needed one game more. Patryk ZATOWKA and Marek BADOWSKI of Poland overcame Nils HOHMEIER and Tobias HIPPLER of Geremany (11:8 11:4 11:4) but most of the action has been seen in the duel between Vladimir SIDORENKO and Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS and Rares SIPOS and Alexandru MANOLE of Romania (9:11 11:3 11:9 9:11 11:9) which eventually went to the combination of the players from Russia and Greece.   Andreas LEVENKO of Austria and Aliaksandr KHANIN of Belarus suffered by the hands of Russia’s combination of Konstantin CHERNOV and Artur ABUSEV (11:3 8:11 9:11 9:11). Tomasz KOTOWSKI of Poland and Samuel KALUZNY of Slovakia prevailed against Adam BRAT and Tibor SPANIK of Slovakia (11:9 9:11 6:11 11:7 11:9). The duel between Hungary’s Csaba ANDRAS and Istvan MOLNAR and Darko JORGIC and Deni KOZUL concluded with the victory of the Slovenian pairings (11:8 8:11 8:11 12:14). Turkey’s Ibrahim GÜNDÜZ and Abdullah YIGENLER beat Jiri MARTINKO and Stanislav KUCERA of Czech Republic (15:17 11:4 11:3 11:4).        

2018 BELGOSSTRAKH European Under 21 Championships   Spain’s ZHANG Xuan and Ana GARCIA beat top seeded pairings Daria TRIGOLOS and Nadezhda BOGDANOVA of Belarus to clinch the medal at the 2018 BELGOSSTRAKH European Under 21 Championships. In the quarterfinal of the Women’s Doubles Event they prevailed in five thrilling games (10:12 11:7 11:5 7:11 11:9). For the place in the final they will play against Lisa LUNG and Margo DEGRAEF of Belgium. In other semi final Solomiya BRATEYKO of Ukraine and Natalia BAJOR of Poland will meet Adina DIACONU and Andreea DRAGOMAN of Romania.   Romania’s parings seeded at the position no. two overcame Karoline MISCHEK of Austria and Airi AVAMERI of Estonia (11:7 11:5 9:11 11:6) whilst Lisa LUNG and Margo DEGRAEF accounted for Sabina SURJAN and Tijana JOKIC of Serbia (7:11 8:11 6:11). Solomiya BRATEYKO and Natalia BAJOR beat Croatia’s Dorina SREBRNJAK and Andrea PAVLOVIC 14:12 11:4 11:9).   In the Round of 16 Daria TRIGOLOS and Nadezhda BOGDANOVA of Belarus beat Filippa BERGAND and Christina KALLBERG of Sweden in straight games (11:5 11:5 11:4). Sabina SURJAN and Tijana JOKIC of Serbia joined them shortly with another straight games victory over Mariia TAILAKOVA and Anastasia KOLISH of Russia (7:11 8:11 8:11). ZHANG Xuan and Ana GARCIA of Spain followed the path and beat Veronica MOSCONI and Jamila LAURENTI of Italy (8:11 9:11 11:13) whilst Lisa LUNG and Margo DEGRAEF of Belgium needed four games to overcame Ana TRBUSCIC of Croatia and Betul Nur KAHRAMAN of Turkey (6:11 8:11 11:5 7:11).   WAN Yuan and Jennie WOLF of Germany suffered the defeat in the match against against Karoline MISCHEK of Austria and Airi AVAMERI of Estonia (8:11 11:5 10:12 11:7 9:11) as well as Dragana VIGNJEVIC of Serbia and Marie MAESEN of Belgium against Adina DIACONU and Andreea DRAGOMAN of Romania (4:11 11:9 11:13 2:11). Dorina SREBRNJAK and Andrea PAVLOVIC of Croatia beat Maria YOVKOVA of Bulgaria and Fanni HARASZTOVICH of Hungary (11:7 11:8 6:11 11:8) and Solomiya BRATEYKO of Ukraine and Natalia BAJOR of Poland overcame Valeria SHCHERBATYKH of Russia and Elena ZAHARIA of Romania (13:11 11:8 11:4).   Men’s Doubles   Tomas POLANSKY of Czech Republic and Dennis KLEIN of Germany beat Vladimir of Russia and Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS of Greece to reach the semi final of the Men’s Doubles Event at the 2018 BELGOSSTRAKH European Under 21 Championships in Minsk (7:11 9:11 3:11).   Turkey’s Ibrahim GÜNDÜZ and Abdullah YIGENLER prevailed against Tomasz KOTOWSKI of Poland and Samuel KALUZNY of Slovakia by same margin (11:7 11:7 11:6) as well as Konstantin CHERNOV and Artur ABUSEV of Russia beat Darko JORGIC and Dani KOZUL (11:8 11:2 11:7). Bence MAJOROS of Hungary and Anders LIND of Denmark stretched Patryk ZATOWKA and Marek BADOWSKI to full distance but Poland’s pairings prevailed (11:13 11:3 6:11 11:7 11:7).   In The Round of 16 Tomas POLANSKY of Czech Republic and Dennis KLEIN of Germany easily prevailed against Carlo ROSSI and Matteo MUTTI of Italy (7:11 5:11 5:11). Bence MAJOROS of Hungary and Anders LIND of Denmark also succeeded against Simon SODERLUND and Malte MOREGARD of Sweden (6:11 3:11 11:9 7:11) but they needed one game more. Patryk ZATOWKA and Marek BADOWSKI of Poland overcame Nils HOHMEIER and Tobias HIPPLER of Geremany (11:8 11:4 11:4) but most of the action has been seen in the duel between Vladimir SIDORENKO and Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS and Rares SIPOS and Alexandru MANOLE of Romania (9:11 11:3 11:9 9:11 11:9) which eventually went to the combination of the players from Russia and Greece.   Andreas LEVENKO of Austria and Aliaksandr KHANIN of Belarus suffered by the hands of Russia’s combination of Konstantin CHERNOV and Artur ABUSEV (11:3 8:11 9:11 9:11). Tomasz KOTOWSKI of Poland and Samuel KALUZNY of Slovakia prevailed against Adam BRAT and Tibor SPANIK of Slovakia (11:9 9:11 6:11 11:7 11:9). The duel between Hungary’s Csaba ANDRAS and Istvan MOLNAR and Darko JORGIC and Deni KOZUL concluded with the victory of the Slovenian pairings (11:8 8:11 8:11 12:14). Turkey’s Ibrahim GÜNDÜZ and Abdullah YIGENLER beat Jiri MARTINKO and Stanislav KUCERA of Czech Republic (15:17 11:4 11:3 11:4).        

2018 BELGOSSTRAKH European Under 21 Championships In the tomorrow’s semi final of the Men’s Singles Event at the 2018 BELGOSSTRAKH European Under 21 Championships will play Tomas POLANSKY of Czech Republic against Rares SIPOS of Romania and Darko JORGIC of Slovenia against Cristian PLETEA of Romania.     Tomas POLANSKY beat young Csaba ANDRAS of Hungary in straight games (11:6 11:3 11:5 11:8).   “I can say quite surely that I was stronger in this match. ANDRAS did not surprise me he did not bring up anything special. His shots were apparently weaker than mine so I’m not surprised with my victory. I was tired a bit at the first day of the competitions and I was a bit down after all that happened in the beginning of the tournament but I am back to rock now ” said POLANSKY.   Cristian PLETEA of Romania overcame Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS of Greece after thrilling seven games (8:11 11:7 8:11 6:11 11:4 11:9 12:10)   “It is a surprise for me that I have won this match. SGOUROPOULOS put so many balls to the table forced me to spin and move all around the table so I could not even catch the game. His returns drove me mad. But I mobilized myself and fought point by point step by step. My coach was a bit angry with me because of my inner state in this match but I know he believes in me and wants me to win ” explained PLETEA.   Rares SIPOS overcame Jiri MARTINKO of Slovakia to join his teammate (11:4 8:11 11:9 8:11 11:8 11:8).   “To say the truth it was the miracle that I beat Jiri. I saw MARTINKO crushing LEVENKO today and I was like “Oh my God am I supposed to beat him?”. He caused some big troubles for me in this game he produces great backhands proves safe with forehands and shoots intricate services. It’s just incredible that I’m the winner here after all ” SIPOS was true to his nature as always.   Darko JORGIC overcame Andrei PUTUNTICA of Moldova in six games (5:11 11:8 6:11 11:9 9:11 5:11).

2018 BELGOSSTRAKH European Under 21 Championships In the tomorrow’s semi final of the Men’s Singles Event at the 2018 BELGOSSTRAKH European Under 21 Championships will play Tomas POLANSKY of Czech Republic against Rares SIPOS of Romania and Darko JORGIC of Slovenia against Cristian PLETEA of Romania.     Tomas POLANSKY beat young Csaba ANDRAS of Hungary in straight games (11:6 11:3 11:5 11:8).   “I can say quite surely that I was stronger in this match. ANDRAS did not surprise me he did not bring up anything special. His shots were apparently weaker than mine so I’m not surprised with my victory. I was tired a bit at the first day of the competitions and I was a bit down after all that happened in the beginning of the tournament but I am back to rock now ” said POLANSKY.   Cristian PLETEA of Romania overcame Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS of Greece after thrilling seven games (8:11 11:7 8:11 6:11 11:4 11:9 12:10)   “It is a surprise for me that I have won this match. SGOUROPOULOS put so many balls to the table forced me to spin and move all around the table so I could not even catch the game. His returns drove me mad. But I mobilized myself and fought point by point step by step. My coach was a bit angry with me because of my inner state in this match but I know he believes in me and wants me to win ” explained PLETEA.   Rares SIPOS overcame Jiri MARTINKO of Slovakia to join his teammate (11:4 8:11 11:9 8:11 11:8 11:8).   “To say the truth it was the miracle that I beat Jiri. I saw MARTINKO crushing LEVENKO today and I was like “Oh my God am I supposed to beat him?”. He caused some big troubles for me in this game he produces great backhands proves safe with forehands and shoots intricate services. It’s just incredible that I’m the winner here after all ” SIPOS was true to his nature as always.   Darko JORGIC overcame Andrei PUTUNTICA of Moldova in six games (5:11 11:8 6:11 11:9 9:11 5:11).

2018 BELGOSSTRAKH European Under 21 Championships   The first set of medals at the 2018 BELGOSSTRAKH European Under 21 Championships is already decided. Tomorrow we will see how the positions at the medal rostrum will be determined. In the semi final of the Women’s Singles Event will play Mariia TAILAKOVA of Russia against her teammate Anastasia KOLISH and Valeria SHCHERBATYKH of Russia will meet Natalia BAJOR of Poland.   The duel between last year Sochi silver medalists Germany’s WAN Yuan and bronze medalist Mariia TAILAKOVA concluded in favor of Russia’s player. After a shaky start and 2:0 in reverse TAILAKOVA read the WAN’s service game and simply killed any suspense in the game (11:7 11:8 3:11 5:11 4:11 7:11).   “I played against WAN Yuan a couple of years ago it was hard to withstand her play style. The today’s encounter was tough too. In first sets I produced powerful shots but then slowed down the game took more precise shots which forced my opponent to make simple mistakes and opened the way to the next round for me ” said Mariia.   Valeria SHCHERBATYKH maintained her patience to overcame defensive play of Alina NIKITCHANKA (11:3 11:8 11:2 10:12 11:1) and in doing so inflicted the pain in host nation supporters.   “The match was quite easy for me. Although I realized that the whole Belarus was watching me playing I felt no pressure at all I was calm. The only problem was the one I’ve already mentioned: in the fourth set I lost focus for some time and let my opponent score 3:1. I’m working hard for such things not to happen in the upcoming matches ” explained Valeria SHCHERBATYKH.   Natalia BAJOR of Poland prevailed against Ozge YILMAZ of Turkey (6:11 7:11 7:11 16:14 14:12 7:11).   “It was a very nervous match. I lost in quarterfinals in the previous year so I was very eager to win and to improve my last year’s result. Ozge YILMAZ has a very good service it was hard for me to receive. Anyway I am very happy I could have made it this far ” said BAJOR.   Anna WEGRZYN of Poland suffered defeat by the hands of Anastasia KOLISH of Russia (9:11 5:11 10:12 11:4 11:8 11:6 8:11).   “Even when you lead 3:0 you are not entitled to relax that’s my motto for the today’s match. I made a mistake and could barely fix it then. The 7th set was a challenge for me – I was leading when something went wrong and the final rallies were more like duels. I played with this girl in the first day of the competitions and I can say she is very reserved she never shows her emotions. She has advanced since the first day too so it was difficult to play ” reflected KOLISH.  

2018 BELGOSSTRAKH European Under 21 Championships   The first set of medals at the 2018 BELGOSSTRAKH European Under 21 Championships is already decided. Tomorrow we will see how the positions at the medal rostrum will be determined. In the semi final of the Women’s Singles Event will play Mariia TAILAKOVA of Russia against her teammate Anastasia KOLISH and Valeria SHCHERBATYKH of Russia will meet Natalia BAJOR of Poland.   The duel between last year Sochi silver medalists Germany’s WAN Yuan and bronze medalist Mariia TAILAKOVA concluded in favor of Russia’s player. After a shaky start and 2:0 in reverse TAILAKOVA read the WAN’s service game and simply killed any suspense in the game (11:7 11:8 3:11 5:11 4:11 7:11).   “I played against WAN Yuan a couple of years ago it was hard to withstand her play style. The today’s encounter was tough too. In first sets I produced powerful shots but then slowed down the game took more precise shots which forced my opponent to make simple mistakes and opened the way to the next round for me ” said Mariia.   Valeria SHCHERBATYKH maintained her patience to overcame defensive play of Alina NIKITCHANKA (11:3 11:8 11:2 10:12 11:1) and in doing so inflicted the pain in host nation supporters.   “The match was quite easy for me. Although I realized that the whole Belarus was watching me playing I felt no pressure at all I was calm. The only problem was the one I’ve already mentioned: in the fourth set I lost focus for some time and let my opponent score 3:1. I’m working hard for such things not to happen in the upcoming matches ” explained Valeria SHCHERBATYKH.   Natalia BAJOR of Poland prevailed against Ozge YILMAZ of Turkey (6:11 7:11 7:11 16:14 14:12 7:11).   “It was a very nervous match. I lost in quarterfinals in the previous year so I was very eager to win and to improve my last year’s result. Ozge YILMAZ has a very good service it was hard for me to receive. Anyway I am very happy I could have made it this far ” said BAJOR.   Anna WEGRZYN of Poland suffered defeat by the hands of Anastasia KOLISH of Russia (9:11 5:11 10:12 11:4 11:8 11:6 8:11).   “Even when you lead 3:0 you are not entitled to relax that’s my motto for the today’s match. I made a mistake and could barely fix it then. The 7th set was a challenge for me – I was leading when something went wrong and the final rallies were more like duels. I played with this girl in the first day of the competitions and I can say she is very reserved she never shows her emotions. She has advanced since the first day too so it was difficult to play ” reflected KOLISH.