MOVILEANU and SINGEORZAN beat the favorites

July 14, 2019
6:15 pm
European Youth Championships

Cadet Mixed Doubles Event at the European Youth Champio0nships

In the semi final of the Cadet Mixed Doubles Event at the European Youth Champiuonships in Ostrava Darius MOVILEANU and Ioana SINGEORZAN of Romania will meet Mike HOLLO and Annett KAUFMANN of Germany whilst in other match Thibault PORET and Prithika PAVADE of France will play against Felix KOHLER and Naomi PRANJKOVIC of Germany.

Miguel Angel PANTOJA and Eugenia SASTRE of Spain created big upset by beating top seeded pairings Andrei TOMICA and Elena ZAHARIA of Romania in the third Round but they could not repeat the success in the quarterfinal against Mike HOLLO and Annett KAUFMANN (8-11 4-11 7-11) in the match for medal.

Darius MOVILEANU and Ioana SINGEORZAN overcame no. three seeds Vladislav MAKAROV and Vlada VORONINA of Russia (7-11 9-11 12-10 15-13 12-10).

“We were two games down against Russia’s pairings but we wer not afraid. We decided to fight harder changed the tactics and we won very close match ” said Ioana SINGEORZAN.

Thibault PORET and Prithika PAVADE of France overcame Erik HUZSVAR and Dorottya TOLGYES of Hungary (11-9 11-5 13-11) whilst Felix KOHLER and Naomi PRANJKOVIC overcame Stepan MUL and Uliana DRONOVA of Ukraine (9-11 11-4 11-8 11-4).

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