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A silver medalist is a DEAC tennis player at the Deaf Olympics
Caxias do Sul – Gábor Máthé marched to the final, but there his young Czech opponent proved to be better in the big battle.
An XXIV. Twenty Hungarian athletes will represent Hungary at the Deaf Summer Olympics, including DEAC tennis player Gábor Máthé, who won the competition in Sofia nine years ago.
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The most prestigious sporting event for the hearing impaired, like the Olympics, takes place every four years. The most recent was originally scheduled for December 2021 in the Brazilian city of Caxias do Sul, but was postponed due to the coronavirus epidemic and ended May 1-15. transferred between.
Gábor Máthé was also very serious about his fifth deaf Olympics with his coach, the Grand Slam winner Andrea Timisoara.
It is interesting that due to the equal opportunities, the competitors have to start on the track without a hearing aid, which is also more difficult because, for example, the bounce of the ball or the sound of the blow is not heard.
The fifth-ranked 36-year-old tennis player performed well in the tournament. He started in the first round with a smooth 6: 0, 6: 0 against Brazilian Carlos Alexandre and then defeated Frenchman Vincent Novelli 6: 2, 6: 2. In the quarterfinals, second-placed Ecuadorian Adres Sebastian Vazquez won 6: 3, 6: 4, and in the semi-finals he triumphed over India’s Prithvi Sekhart (4th) 7: 5, 6: 2.
In the final, the defending champion, Jaroslav Smedek, only 19 years old, was waiting for him. The two players know each other well, as they have already clashed at the European Championships and an international tournament in Prague. Twice the Czech boy won the finals and also he proved to be better in a 6: 3, 7: 6 (5) ratio.
Thus, Gábor Máthé can rise to the second stage of the podium.