AARHUS - The European ranking of players at the Under-25 Championships in Aarhus is led by Greek Dimitrios Seleventas after the day of qualifications with two wins and 2,000 average. He leads the field entering the knockouts with 16 ahead of Seymen Ozbas, Sergio Martinez, Nathan Duriez, Amir Ibraimov and Maxime Panaia, all with 4 match points.
The European Under-25 Championship is played in Aarhus, Denmark, these days where the women will also compete for the Nations and Individual titles from Tuesday.
Dimitrios Seleventas played the best game in the preliminaries against Frenchman Tangui Duriez: 30-22 in 15. His second game also finished in only 15 innings against Mustafa Kasemi with 30-6 in 15. Seymen Ozbas won in 18 innings from Christos Falangas with 30-11, Nathan Duriez was the strongest in 18 innings against Daniel Sainz-Pardo with 30-24 and Ozbas also beat Philipoom in 18 innings with 30-10.
The 16 seeded players:
Dimitri Seleventas 4-2,000-6
Seymen Ozbas 4-1,666-9
Sergio Martinez 4-1,304-8
Nathan Duriez 4-1,276-9
Amir Ibraimov 4-1,052-5
Maxime Panaia 4-0,909-6
Marcos Morales 2-1,195-6
Denizcan Akkoca 2-0,906-4
Tangui Duriez 2-1,181-7
Joris van ‘t Zelfden 2-1,056-8
Aygun Cin 2-0,915-5
Emanuele Criscino 2-0.896-4
Alessio D'Agata 2-0.833-5
Georgios Tsokantas 2-0.828-4
Luca Philipoom 2-0.81-4
Mio Svensson 2-0.652-4
Matches in the knockouts with 16 today, Saturday:
11.00:
Dimitrios Seleventas-Mio Svensson
Denizcan Akkoca-Tangui Duriez
Amir Ibraimov-Emanuele Criscino
Nathan Duriez-Alessio D'Agata
13.30:
Sergio Martinez-Georgios Tsokantas
Maxime Panaia-Aygün Cin
Marco Morales-Joris van ‘t Zelfden
Seymen Ozbas-Luca Philipoom