The Prague squashists are the best in the country. SC Strahov has the 21st championship title | Other sports Sport | Pražská Drbna
Squashists from the SC Strahov club confirmed their unrivaled position among other republican clubs, when they won the 21st championship title in the team extraleague on Sunday. The final was played in Brno, where the Prague squash players defeated Victoria Brno Sportprofit without losing the set. Former squash world champion Grégory Gaultier and Englishman Robert Downer helped Strahov win the title.
“Defending the title was easier than we thought”
“We had three of our last worlds in Egypt at the championships and we didn’t know who would play until then. In the end, it turned out that even the opponents did not come in full force and the defense of the title was easier than we thought. “ stated in the documents for journalists David Zeman from Strahov. The third Bulldogs from Hradec Králové finished behind the second Brno. The women’s extra league was dominated by the Moravian Slavia Dream team from Brno.
Strahov’s players dealt with SC Fajne from Ostrava in the semifinals of the extra league on Saturday. Frenchman Gaultier in the service of Strahov defeated the reigning domestic champion Jakub Solnický 3-0 in sets, Viktor Byrtus won for Ostrava when he won the Downer in a five hundred battle, but Frenchman Joan Lezaud for Strahov didn’t give Alex Kelar of Slovakia and David Zeman a chance to win two sets .
Strahov became a well-known European squash academy
On Sunday, it was the final of the program, in which Gaultier defeated Daniel Mekbib 3-0 and Downer and Lezaud added more points. “Strahov has become a well-known European squash academy and more and more international players are coming here to train. This increases the quality of all players, and in addition, these players can play for us in league matches, for example. “ Zeman said.
The players in the Moravian Slavia Dream team won the women’s extra league, which lost the Squash Modrý svět E team. Olga Kolářová and Eliška Jičínská won two key prizes for the Brno team. The Girl power team, which had Natália Babjuková and Eva Feřteková, finished third.