Italy and Türkiye to Clash for Under 15 Boys Title in Ostrava Final

In the match for the title in the Under 15 Boys Event at the European Youth Championships in Ostrava tomorrow, Italy will face Türkiye. In the semifinals, Germany and Poland lost their encounters.

Top-seeded Italy defeated no. 5 seed Germany today in the semifinals. After a tense quarterfinal against Spain, the penultimate stage was a much smoother affair. Danilo FASO and Francesco TREVISAN overcame Jonas RINDERER, Tian Nghia PHONG, and Samuel KUHL in straight matches.

“In the first match, TREVISAN played against RINDERER, he won 3-1, so we started really well, 1-0 for us, which is always a good sign. In the next match, I beat PHONG 3-0 it wasn’t a difficult match for me,” explained FASO.

Danilo continued:

“In the doubles, we struggled a bit. We were leading 2-0, but then it became 2-2. They started playing better, and we changed our style, which wasn’t a good idea. In the fifth game, we reminded ourselves of what worked best against them, went back to our game plan, and won the decider quite easily. We’re excited to be going to the final! We knew we were seeded no. 1 and we want to prove it in the final.”

Unlike Italy, Türkiye was stretched to the full distance in their match against Poland. Jan MRUGALA won both of his singles matches against Kenan KAHRAMAN and Görkem ÖÇAL, but the Turkish duo kept their composure to reach the final.

“It was a hard match, going 3-2 against Poland. In the last deciding match, I went in with a lot of stress because I knew I had to win, but I made it, and I’m really happy. We have a really good team, we support each other, and that helped me a lot in my last match.”

ÖÇAL went into the details:

“In the decider, I played against WISNIEWSKI — he was receiving my serves really well because I was playing empty serves. So I had to change that. I started using more long serves, and he had problems with that.We’re going into the final focused. We know that Italy is a really strong team, but we will fight and play our best.”

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