The final was unattainable this time as well, but the new medal remains to recount the great career of Filip Radović.
The Montenegrin table tennis player was defeated in the semi-finals of the Paralympic Games in Paris by the Chinese competitor Lian Hao - 11:8, 5:11, 11:6, 11:9.
The giant from Cetinje secured the bronze medal a day earlier by placing among the top four and thus once again, after the same award from Tokyo, showed that he belongs to the world's top, and in Montenegrin sports history...
Our master did not enter the match as he expected, the first set went to Lian Hao's side (11:8), but in the second he showed his class and quickly equalized (11:5)...
The third set was his weakest, and he had to say goodbye to the finals after a big fight in the fourth - Hao had an 8:4 lead, Radović managed to turn it around to 9:8, but he didn't have the strength for the final shot.
As the second-ranked player in the world ranking, Filip was free in the round of 3, while yesterday in the quarter-final match he defeated the Chilean Manuel Ećaveguren 0:XNUMX.
On the other hand, before Radović, Hao defeated the Nigerian Alabi Alufemi 3:0 and the Polish Igor Mištal 3:1.
The bronze from the City of Light is Filip's seventh medal from major competitions in total - in addition to two medals from the Paralympic Games, he also won four individual (two silver and two bronze) and one team European medal (bronze).
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