European Youth Championships
Russia secured two medals in the Junior Mixed Doubles Event. One is bronze for sure and the other could be gold but we will not know it before tomorrow night. Firstly in the semi final tomorrow morning Samuel KULCZYCKI and Katarzyna WEGRZYN of Poland will meet Truls MOREGARD and Rebecca MUSKANTOR of Sweden and in all Russia’s second semifinal Artem TIKHONOV and Kristina KAZANTSEVA will play against Lev KATSMAN and Elizabet ABRAAMIAN for the place in the ultimate stage.
In the quarterfinals Samuel KULCZYCKI and Katarzyna WEGRZYN lost only one game against Bilal Selim TOK and Ozge YILMAZ of Turkey (12-10 7-11 11-2 11-4). Truls MOREGARD and Rebecca MUSKANTOR succeeded against Jan ZANDECKI and Aleksandra MICHALAK of Poland by same margin (6-11 11-7 11-9 11-5).
“We had chance only in Ostrava to play together but we are confident playing with each other. We did not feel under great pressure against Polish pairings although they produced very good performance ” said MOREGARD.
Kay STUMPER and Anastasia BONDAREVA of Germany suffered by the hands of Artem TIKHONOV and Kristina KAZANTSEVA of Russia (11-3 11-13 3-11 4-11). Lev KATSMAN and Elizabet ABRAAMIAN overcame Lilian BARDET and Isa COK of France (13-11 11-8 11-7).
