Benedek OLAH and Annika LUNDSTRÖM champions in Finland

March 5, 2018
4:10 pm
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Finnish National Championships

Benedek OLAH clinched his seventh Men`s Singles title in Finland but he received tight competition in the final from 16-year-old Alex NAUMI winning in six games 4:2 (14:12 12:14 11:7 14:12 10:12 11:6). Samuli SOINE and Roope KANTOLA are bronze medalists.

Annika LUNDSTRÖM won Women`s title by beating defending champion Anna KIRICHENKO in the final 4:1 (11:8 11:6 11:6 9:11 11-:7). Luo YUMO and Sofia ERKHEIKKI have occupied other podium places.

OLAH got second gold with LUNDSTRÖM in Mixed Doubles and silver in Men`s Doubles with Lauri LAANE. Men`s Doubles were won by Miikka O’CONNOR and Otto TENNILÄ guys known from Pongfinity trick videos in YouTube. Women`s Doubles was conquered by Sofie ERIKSSON and Sofia ERKHEIKKI.

Results

Men`s Singles

Benedek OLAH SeSi
Alex NAUMI KoKa
Samuli SOINE TIP-70
Roope KANTOLA TuKa

Women`s Singles

Annika LUNDSTRÖM HIK
Anna KIRICHENKO PT Espoo
Luo YUMO TIP-70
Sofia ERKHEIKKI PT Espoo

Men`s Doubles

Miikka O’CONNOR / Otto TENNILÄ PT 75 3-0 (12-10 11-9 11-9)
Lauri LAANE / Benedek OLAH TIP-70 / SeSi
Jani JORMANAINEN / Toni SOINE PT Espoo
Aki KONTALA / Pasi VALASTI Wega / PT 75

Women`s Doubles

Sofie ERIKSSON / Sofia ERKHEIKKI ParPi / PT Espoo
Annika LUNDSTRÖM / Pihla ERIKSSON HIK / MBF
Elli RISSANEN / Anna KIRICHENKO Por-83 / PT Espoo
Henrika PUNNONEN / Aleksandra TITIEVSKAJA KuPTS / PT Espoo

Mixed Doubles

Benedek OLAH / Annika LUNDSTRÖM SeSi / HIK 3-0 (11-5 13-11 13-11)
Jani JORMANAINEN / Anna KIRICHENKO PT Espoo
Miikka O’CONNOR / Pihla ERIKSSON PT 75 / MBF
Samuli SOINE / Jannika OKSANEN TIP-70

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