Redzimski, who will celebrate his 18th birthday in September, is considered one of the most talented players young generation. He is a two-time European champion under 21 and the son of the coach of the Polish national team, Tomasz Redzimski. He is currently 6th in the ITTF ranking under 19. He is much lower in the world ranking – there he is only 74th.
The Pole advanced to the next round. Will he surprise again?
Redzimski only won promotion to the Olympics in May. During tournament In the qualifying round in Sarajevo, he managed to defeat all his opponents. His first rival at the Olympic tournament was Mohamed El-Beiali. The 36-year-old Egyptian is ranked 47th in the world.
His wealth of experience was of little use to him. Redzimski was better from the start. He won the first set 11:8, the second 11:7. It was only in the third set that his rival managed to stand up and lead to games advantage, but the Pole managed to deal with him anyway and won 16:14. In the next set, he sealed the victory with an 11:8 victory.
Now Redzimski has to wait a bit to find out his next opponent. On Monday at 1:00 p.m. there will be a match between Anders Lind and Marcos Freitas. One of them will be the Pole's opponent in the next round. The favorite is the Portuguese, the 17th player in the ITTF ranking, but Lind is also higher in this classification than the Polish representative.
Poland In tennis Two more tennis players are representing the table tennis team at the Olympic Games in Paris – Natalia Bajor and Katarzyna Węgrzyn. Both will play their matches on Monday.