- the tournament has very good participants. Strong pairs, such as Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden and Georgia. For many players, the tournament in Prague is an amazing opportunity to get several points more, in the ranking, based on which the Olympic qualification will be given-says coach of junior national team Sławomir Robert.
For pair Kubala and Beneš it will be easier to gain points when surrounded by their local fans. – Till the end of the Olympic qualifications we have to get a good result. Our most dangerous rivals in the ranking started to play very well. We have to keep the same speed - says Kubala.
Michał Kądzioła and Jakub Szałankiewicz, as well as Piotr Kantor and Bartosz Łosiak, promoted to the final tournament of the Continental Cup, on Sunday in Sevres, France. The Continental Cup will take place on the 22nd -24th of June in Alanya. The winner of the tournament will win a place at the Olympic tournament for their team.
Results of qualifications of Patria Direct Prague Open tournament:
I round
Dawid Popek/Michał Makowski POL [33] - Frankart/Verschueren BEL [32] 2:1 (21:16, 19:21, 15:12)
Michał Kądzioła/Jakub Szałankiewicz POL [5] - Kollar/Kollar SVK [60] 2:0 (21:13, 21:12)
Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Łosiak POL [29] - De Luca/Colaberardino ITA [36] 2:0 (25:19, 25:15)
