In connection with the complex epidemiological situation on the championship of the Republic of Belarus on table tennis, which took place in Minsk, the audience was not allowed. In the personal competitions received 24 young men and 24 girls of 2006 born and younger.
In a single discharge at the first stage, all participants were distributed to 4 groups of 6 people. Games were held on a circular system. At the second stage, the athletes who took the first-second places in the groups came to the first final, where the first eighth places played on the system 8 (-1). Tennis players who took groups of 3-4 places in the second finals on the same system fought for 9-16 places. In the third finals there were athletes from the bottom of the table, playing 17-24 places. Also within the framework of the championship, medals in pair and mixed discharge were played.
Veronica Vorobyeva from Grodno became the absolute champion of the tournament, winning gold in solitary, paral and mixed discharge.
In a double discharge, Verrobyev's girls won a couple with Ulyana Meshchansky. Grodno tennis players have passed quite confidently, the entire tournament passed, giving the rivals of only one set. In the final, they met with Minsk citizens Elizabeth Timoshkova and Catherine Tarakan. An uncompromising struggle was expected, because it was the confrontation of favorites, but the girls from Grodno turned out to be stronger - 3: 0 (3; 10; 7).
The guys initially with the favorites were considered Nikon Shutov (Gomel) with Daniel Vitomsky (Brest) and Alexander Gusarevich (Mogilev) with Daniel Savostyan (Grodno). It is these guys that make up the four leaders in the ranking of the 2006 athletes of birth and younger. And if the first pair reached the final, the second almost stumbled in the semifinals, where she was opposed by representatives of Mogilevs Ivan Ekimov and Yevgeny Naumchik. It was an equal struggle, but Gusarevich and Savostyan were confidently held the ending of the meeting. Ekimov and a thoughth eventually became third. In the final, the cohesives with Vitors could not have decent resistance and gave way to Gusarevich with a savostyan with a score of 1: 3
In personal competitions among girls had a surprise. Very tense semi-finals turned out between Elizabeth Timoshkova and Ulyana Meshchanskaya. Both were worthy to go on. The first two sets took Ulyana, but Elizabeth was able to return to the game and won the next two parties. In the end, Timoshkov could not hold the pace and lost 2: 3.
The second semifinals between Verrovika Sparrow and Diana Likhatrovich (Minsk) turned out not so tense. Although Minskanka won one set, but in general could not pick up the keys to the reliable defense of the rival from Grodno.
Third place in the stubborn struggle occupied Elizabeth Timoshkov. It is worth noting the uncertain game at the first issue of the national rating of the Girls of 2006 for birth and younger. As the coach of Elizabeth Olga Pateeva explained, the athlete was very responsible for the athlete. She wanted to justify the recently obtained title of master of sports, from here an excessive excitement, which affected the game.
Thus, two athletes from Grodno met in the final. It was a very interesting game, whose peripetias were best told by Grodno coaches.
- The final turned out to be tense. Despite the fact that the meeting was completed with the score of 3: 1 in favor of Veronica, each set was on the balance sheet. Both girls gave a high-quality game, "Bogdan Zagidulin stated.
"In my opinion, Veronica played more confident than Ulyana," such a point of view of Maxim Saatov. - First of all, the third set was affected when Ulyana led in the account, but missed the advantage, lost confidence. In the fourth set, it seems to be led again, but accepted a lot of rapid decisions, and Veronica acted on the contrary calmly, tried that it was not characteristic of her, a little risks. We can say that not tactics and technique won, but psychology.
We assumed that the composition of finalists would be exactly the same?
"My Bogdan Nikolayevich dreamed about it when the girls were 12 years old," Saatov said. "They were then the strongest, but managed to give way to Svetlana Grida from Gomel. This athlete has recently slowed down, and our girls go ahead, progress. Ulyana, for many months, could not beat Elizabeth Timoshkov, but today she earned this victory and rightfully hit the final. We put a lot in these girls, and are very glad that they were near the pedestal.
"I am Maxim Nikolayevich, we set yourself the highest goals," added Zagidulin. - Therefore, I can not name the Grodno finals of a big surprise.
- I note that two years ago Grodno on the championship among young men born in the year 2004 and younger was the first-third place - our entire pedestal was our. Here really done the great job of the whole school. We have a good team of coaches, which makes one thing and sets themselves serious tasks - these are the words of Maxim Nikolayevich.
- It turns out that the appearance in the final of the young people of another pupil of the Grodno school Daniel Savostyan cannot be considered a surprise.
"Nevertheless, it is a surprise," said Saatov. - A colossal job was held with Danic to get into the final. Although, we must admit that he played a very good form of Gusarevich to his hand. We were able to use this competently, and in principle satisfied with the result.
In the finals of the competition, Junior Daniel, opposed Nikon Szitov, who in the semifinals in the three sets beat Daniel Vitorsky. It is worth noting that Savostyan showed a very good game, losing 2: 3, according to the Office of Sports and Tourism of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee.
