European Championships | 9 Apr 2023

Title for Hugo DESCHAMPS and Thibault PORET in Doubles

Hugo DESCHAMPS and Thibault PORET of France clinched gold medal in the Men's Doubles Event at the European Under 21 Championships in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the final they overcame Maciej KUBIK and Samuel KULCZYCKI of Poland (4, 8, 10). Two Romania's Doubles had to settle with the bronze: Iulian CHIRITA and Andrei Teodor ISTRATE as well as Eduard IONESCU and Darius MOVILEANU finished third.

Polish duo failed to avenge the recent defeat against Hugo DESCHAMPS and Thibault PORET at the WTT Feeder in Dusseldorf.

“In February we beat them and we remember how aggressive we had to be in order to win. Last night we watched the video from that match again and we were prepared well. We sticked to the tactics, and we did not allowed them to take the control,” said Thibault PORET.

It is first European Championships' title for the French pairings.

“It is amazing. It was really not easy. Not only in the final, but we also beat the last year's champions Ivor BAN and Csaba ANDRAS in the quarterfinal,” added Hugo DESCHAMPS.

In the semis ESCHAMPS and PORET overcame Iulian CHIRITA and Andrei Teodor ISTRATE of Romania after four very close games (-3, 16, 9, 10). Maciej KUBIK and Samuel KULCZYCKI overcame Eduard IONESCU and Darius MOVILEANU of Romania (8, -7, -9, 10, 6).

Photo: Hamza DURAKOVIC