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The fourth place in the World Team Cup Qualification held in Villamura, Portugal, was won by our national wheelchair tennis team.
The Greek racquets in the semi-finals, i.e. where qualification to the final phase was judged (Sardinia 27/9-3/10) were defeated 2-1 by Poland, while they took 4th place in GROUP I, after the 2-0 defeat by Sri Lanka.
Stefanos Diamantis and Giorgos Lazaridis, led by federal coach George Kondo, scored three victories in the quarter-finals in equal numbers against the Tanzanian team. In the first match Lazaridis defeated Hamisi 6/1 6/0, in the second Diamantis prevailed 6/2 6/1 of Tempe, while in the double Diamantis/Lazaridis defeated 6/0 6/0 Hamisi/Tempe.
In the foursome match, the Greek rackets were defeated 2-1 by Poland and were left out of the final and out of the final phase. In the first match against the Poles, Lazaridis was defeated 7/5 6/4 by Pyotr Jarosevski, to tie Diamantis after the 6/4 7/6 victory over Camille Fabianik. In the double, Diamantis/Lazaridis was defeated 6/4 6/3 by Jarozevski/Fabian.
The final ranking came after the 2-0 defeat by Sri Lanka. Giorgos Lazaridis in the first match was defeated 7/5, 6/1 by Ranaveera, while the defeat with 6/3 7/5 was also experienced by Stefanos Diamantis from Darmasena
