Montenegrin stone tennis player Filip Radović was eliminated in the round of 2018 of the A group of European qualifiers for the XNUMX Youth Olympic Games, which will be held in Buenos Aires.
Today in Split, he was defeated by the fourth seed, Swede Truls Moregard 4:1 (12:10, 11:4, 8:11, 11:6, 11:7).
Tomorrow, Radović will continue the competition in the Round of XNUMX of Group C.
The knockout phase follows, and the two most successful, that is, the finalists, will qualify for the Games in Buenos Aires.
Performance in the qualifications, in the semi-finals of group B, was completed by Ivona Petrić.
She was free in the round of 4, while in the quarter-final match, full of twists and turns, she defeated Dutch Joka Gansing 3:16 (14:11, 4:6, 11:4, 11:8, 11:11, 8:11, 9 :XNUMX).
Placement in group C and the continuation of the fight for an Olympic visa was separated by a defeat in the semi-finals against Ukrainian Veronika Perebinos 4:0 (11:6, 11:8, 11:2,12, 10:XNUMX).
Yesterday in Split, with two triumphs and a defeat, Radović won the second round, i.e. placement in the A group, as the runner-up.
Petrić was third in the eighth qualifying group and that result was only enough for the B group.
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