With sound of drums and huge roar of relief Czech Republic saluted new champions yesterday. Hostโs Cadet Boys Teams clinched the title in Ostrava at the 56th European Championships. Who would of thought that mighty France will fall and who will bet ,
With sound of drums and huge roar of relief Czech Republic saluted new champions yesterday. Hostโs Cadet Boys Teams clinched the title in Ostrava at the 56th European Championships. Who would of thought that mighty France will fall and who will bet on Czech Republic vs. Slovenia final. But it happenedโฆ
Tomas POLANSKY gave hosts the lead and proved once again his superior form in Ostrava.ย โHe was ready for this Championship. Tomas performance here is incredible. He has lost only one singles match,โ praised POLANSKYโs performance coach Lubos PENKAVA.
On the other side Patrik KLOS needs little more experience.ย โHe was under great pressure here and that affected his performance. I tried to make him be more focused on his game. We did not pay attention on his adversaries style, his task was to play โhis gameโ and it paid off eventuallyโ, explained coach.
The result of the semi final was not such big surprise. Only recently in Hodonin at Czech Open two teams with exactly the same line up have meet each other. ย โWe beat France 3:2, so we already went through this. At that time, I was thinking , it is perfect moment. Beating big France, it is something than makes you proud. And I thought it will not repeat any time soonโฆAnd then here we are again and I have deja vu. But it was even better, because we overcame them at the such big event as European Championships. Same fantastic enthusiastic crowed cheated us, gave us strength, same team on both sides, and at the end same outcomeโฆperfect.โ
In Round of 16, Czech Republic faced hard challenge. They went full distance against Moldova. POLANSKY lost his duel against Andrei PUTINIC.ย โThen in decisive match Patrik lost first set against MUTCOGLO, but after that all the stress went away. He rose his game and like in the match against Slovenia, he started to play very good.โ
Coach is confident in his players. He believes they can achieve good result in singles as well.ย โI do not have to worry about Tomas, but Patrik is different story. A lot depends on his adversary. We have to work on his technique little more, we have to improve his style of play.โ
Coach PENKAVA admitted.ย โI waited 17 years for this medal and everything here comes to the right place. The team was perfect, supporters, support from our federation and organisation of the Championshipsโฆ. I am so happy.โ
