Radović won the masters tournament in Linjan, Bakić bronze

The Montenegrin table tennis player won the gold with a victory over the Pole Igor Mishtal

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Montenegrin table tennis player Filip Radović won the Masters in Linjan, while Luka Bakić was stopped in the semi-finals and ended his performance with a bronze medal.

Today, in the final match of the S10 category, Radović beat Poland's Igor Mištal 3:1 (7:11,11, 9:12, 10:11, 7:3) and after five wins, with only two lost sets, he won the gold medal. Earlier today, in the semi-final match, he eliminated the Polish Pavel Vlodika 1:XNUMX.

The Paralympic bronze medalist finished the competition in the group with maximum performance, as first place, and won direct placement in the semi-finals.

At the start of the competition, Radović beat the Italian Lorenzo Cardua 3:0 (11:7,11, 5:11, 8:3), in the second round he was better than the Japanese Mahiro Funayama 0:11 (9,11:8, 11:7, 3: 0), while in the third he was convincing against Filip Hein from Luxembourg 11:2 (11:4, 11:3, XNUMX:XNUMX).

He celebrated for the third time in Linjan in the individual senior competition after being the best in 2016 and 2019.

He also won trophies in the team competition twice in Linjan.

In the semi-final match, Bakić was defeated by Igor Mistal 3:1 (6:11, 11:8, 11:8, 11:7). Earlier today, in the quarter-final match, he eliminated Italian Lorenzo Cardua 3:1 (9:11, 11:9, 11:8, 11:9).

The performance among the top eight was won as the second place in the group, with two triumphs and a defeat.

Bakić, after the initial loss against Pavel Vlodika from Poland 3:0 (11:9, 14:12, 11:1), won against Sian Jin Su from Chinese Taipei 3:0 (11:6, 11:4, 11:3 ) and the Italian Lorenzo Magarelli 3:0 (11:3, 11:4, 11:7) won second place and the quarterfinals.

With the tournament in Linjan, coefficient 20, Radović and Bakić officially started qualifying for the Paralympic Games in Paris. At the Masters, which brought together nearly 300 table tennis players from 30 countries around the world, Vladimir Marić made his debut on the bench of the Montenegrin national team.

The performance of the Montenegrin table tennis players in Linjan was financed by the program of the Paralympic Committee for this year, which was supported by the Ministry of Sports and Youth.

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