For the first time Polish national team managed to win the silver medal at the World Tour tournament. The last time, in Marseille in 2010 polish team reached the podium with the bronze medal.
The final match had a balanced beginning. Both Polish and Brazilian team were playing point for point, but later Marcio Araujo/Ricardo gained advantage 16:9. Fijałek and Prudel did not give up and fought till reached the result 20:15, however, finally Brazilians won the first set.
For pair Marcio Araujo/Ricardo Santos it was the first gold medal won together. – After all those years spent on sand the fact that I won the gold medal together with Ricardo is something unique. In Stavanger we played against many strong pairs, but until now this tournament has been lucky for us only when we played with other partners. Now we can share our satisfaction from the gold medal-said Marcio after the match. .
Experienced Brazilians did not hide their admiration towards polish players. – Poles are a very strong pair and have a great future ahead. I am sure we will have many opportunities to play against them. There is no doubt that experience helped us to win the final match. However, our mail goal remains promotion to the Olympi Games in 2012-added Marcio.
At the bronze medal match the German pair Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann defeated Norwegian pair ranked 9th, Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr 2:1 (17:21, 21:13, 15:11). As a result they reach the 3rd place of the podium.
Next week both men’s and women’s pairs will participate in the Grand Slam tournament played in Gstaad, in Switzerland.