Alvaro Robles, the men’s singles winner (Photo: Ireneusz Kanabrodzki)
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Honours were shared in the table tennis events at the Mediterranean Games staged in Oran, Algeria from Sunday 26th to Thursday 30th June.
Slovenia won the men’s team event, Egypt the counterpart women’s competition; Spain in the guise of Alvaro Robles claimed men’s singles gold, the women’s singles title was secured by Monaco’s Yang Xiaoxin.
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Men’s Team
SF: Slovenia (Darko Jorgic, Deni Kozul) 3-0 Spain (Carlos Caballero, Alvaro Robles)
SF: Portugal (Diogo Chen, João Geraldo, João Selgas) 3-0 Greece (Konstantinos Konstantinopoulos, Ioannis Sgouropoulos)
3rd: Greece (Konstantinos Konstantinopoulos, Ioannis Sgouropoulos) 3-1 Spain (Carlos Caballero, Alvaro Robles)
F: Slovenia (Darko Jorgic, Deni Kozul) 3-1 Portugal (Diogo Chen, João Geraldo, João Selgas)
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Women’s Team
SF: Egypt (Hana Goda, Dina Meshref) 3-1 Serbia (Tijana Jokic, Izabela Lupulesku, Sabina Surjan)
SF: Italy (Giorgia Piccolin, Nikoleta Stefanova) 3-2 Portugal (Ines Matos, Shao Jieni)
3rd: Portugal (Matilde Pinto, Shao Jieni) 3-1 Serbia (Izabela Lupulesku, Sabina Surjan)
F: Egypt (Hana Goda, Dina Meshref) 3-2 Italy
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Men’s Singles
SF: Alvaro Robles (ESP) v João Geraldo (POR) -6,8,-7,12,10,9
SF: Omar Assar (EGY) v Niagol Soyanov (ITA) 9,8,-9,8,-6,7,10
3rd: João Geraldo (POR) v Niagol Soyanov (ITA) 9,3,5,7
F: Alvaro Robles (ESP) v Omar Assar (EGY) -6,8,5,-5,10,4
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Women’s Singles
SF: Yang Xiaoxin (MON) v Maria Xiao (ESP) 5,7,6,7
SF: Shao Jieni (POR) v Camille Lutz (FRA) -8,8,-7,7,6,8
3rd: Maria Xiao (ESP) v Camille Lutz (FRA) 8,-4,11,-3,-11,6,8
F: Yang Xiaoxin (MON) v Shao Jieni (POR) v 4,8,7,8