In the Stage 3 opening leg of the Europe Cup Men LOTTO Polski Cukier Gwiazda Bydgoszcz overcame SKST Tesla Batteries Havirov in four matches and Belgium’s TTC Sokah Hoboken also needed four against Top Spin Messina EUCI
In LOTTO Polski Cukier Gwiazda Bydgoszcz jersey HANG Lam Siu recorded two wins to secure club’s victory. He beat Ondrej BAJGER (11:8 11:8 11:7) and Zokhid KENJAEV (11:7 9:11 11:5 11:5). Vladislav URSU also prevailed against KENJAJEV (12:10 11:8 5:11 11:7). The only point for Czech SKST Tesla Batteries Havirov was scored by Simon BELIK who beat Artur GRELA (14:12 11:6 16:14).
Quentin ROBINOT was the back bone of TTC Sokah Hoboken success. He overcame Matteo MUTTI after being two games to null in reverse (7:11 7:11 11:4 11:9 6:4). In the fourth match ROBINOT beat Leonardo MUTTI (11:6 12:10 11:4). Leonardo also lost the opening encounter against Benjamin BROSSIER (8:11 8:11 8:11). Marco RECH DALDOSSO was the only player to score for the host team he beat Mathieu DE SAINTILIAN (11:8 11:9 11:8).