State: 15.2.2003, 5 pm
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AND THE WINNER IS: TURKEY
The Turkish team arrives at the top podium position, winning
vs. Greece 2-0. Semih Sayginer beated the world ranking no 9 Nick
Polychronopoulos with 3-1 sets. Because Tayfun Tasdemir already
won 2 sets in his final match vs. junior world champion Filipos
Kasidokostas, all dreams of the Greece youngster's team were gone.
Netherlands beats Germany in the game for place 3 and reached
lowest podium position.
In a thrilling game both matches gone equal up to 1-1 sets.
Afterwards the Dutch players demonstrated simultanous play in
a brilliant manner: 1st inning opened with a serie of 9 points,
following by 5, but ending the match with their third matchpoint.
Dick Jaspers declassed Christian Rudolph 15:3 in the final set,
Raimond Burgman won 15:9.
11.30 am
Bronce medal game is running:
Germany A with Christian Rudolph and Martin Horn, last year's
champions, are playing versus Dick Jaspers and Raimond Burgman,
the world champion team of the year 98 and 99.
In this moments each player won one set.
