Table Tennis – ProB: PPCV wins leader and playoffs

After Roanne Lille’s Friday night success (3-1), the equation was very simple for Admir Duranspahic’s players. A small point was enough in front of the leaders Amiens on Saturday night to invite themselves to the play-offs and above all to ensure the survival of the proB.

A goal that the Villeneuves quickly achieved with the success of Olajide Omotayo in their sports center boiler in front of the Brazilian Eric Jout in four sets in the first showdown of the evening. After several weeks on fire and completely transformed, the Nigerian made a very good copy, sending a few potato backhands Jouti passed quickly and could not turn the steam. Fully free to complete their task, Marc David’s men then looked to give themselves a creditable victory in front of the current proB boss, having suffered just one minor setback this season.

If Amin Ahmadian came close to winning against the talented Hungarian Tamas Lakato, throwing in the towel for the beautiful (5-11), Jules Cavaill showed his teeth against the Danish Tobias Rasmussen. Last Thursday inside Tours, the young Frenchman showed technical and mental qualities against the Scandinavian table tennis player, quickly took him by the throat and proved to be quite fast in 3 sets. PPCV, who led 2-1 at that time, was not far from a small achievement. But it wasn’t until tonight’s final match that Admir Duranspahic’s partners could burst with joy after Ahmadian’s convincing win against Brazil’s Jout.

– We went through some tough times during this first stage, but tonight (Editor’s note: Saturday) I’m proud of the guys who got there! Honestly, when you play like that, you can beat anyone, Villeneuvois’ coach said with great emotion.