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
