Junior Open: Piccolin siblings impress in Bratislava

In the women's race, Giorgia Piccolin led the Italian team to an excellent third place. After the “Azzurre” first lost in qualifying against Brazil with 2:3 (one point from Piccolin), they then brought Slovakia C to their knees with 3:1 and Serbia B with 3:2 (Giorgia Piccolin played in each game). two points). In the main field of the best eight, Italy defeated the Czechs 3-1 with another two wins from Giorgia Piccolin, the undisputed number one of the women's squad in Bratislava. In the semi-finals, however, the Italians had to admit defeat to Serbia 1:3 (Piccolin got the only point) and so they finished the team competition in third place. In the singles, the player from SV Tramin defeated the Serbian Fenyvesi in her circle and the Turkish Gungor 4-0 in the round of 2 finals. In the round of 4, however, she lost XNUMX-XNUMX to tournament winner Indiana Mukherjee. In the doubles, Piccolin and Francesca Trotti were eliminated in the round of XNUMX.

In the men's category, the Italians won qualification in their group by beating Slovakia B 3-1 and Serbia B 3-2. Jordy Piccolin celebrated a win against Serbia B. In the main draw, the “Azzurri” lost out in the quarter-finals against Croatia (1:3 defeat), with the South Tyrolean scoring the honorary point. In the individual, the Traminer club's young hopefuls did not survive the qualification. However, he took revenge in the consolation round, where he took the lead with five wins in a row. In doubles, Jordy Piccolin, together with the Napolitan Maurizio Massarelli, made it to the quarter-finals. The duo survived the first two rounds confidently and even won against the number one seeded doubles team. In the quarter-finals, however, they had to give way to the Germans. Jordy Piccolin celebrated a total of nine successes in Bratislava. In return he suffered five defeats.

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Junior Open: Piccolin siblings impress in Bratislava

The Junior Open 2013 for table tennis players took place in Senec, a suburb of Bratislava. Numerous European nations took part. The siblings Jordi and Giorgia Piccolin from SV Tramin were also there.

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