by Simon Daish Sweden’s downfall came at the hands of a brilliant young Russian team. In an exciting clash of youth, Lev Katsman, 20, stunned Truls Moregard, 19, in a dramatic full distance opener (12-10, 7-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-7) to put Russia 1-0 up. 19-year-old Maksim Grebnev produced another remarkable showing for the team as […]
by Simon Daish Picking up a brace, Zhmudenko toppled Aleksandr Khanin (11-7, 11-4, 11-9) and Pavel Platonov (11-4, 5-11, 11-9, 13-15, 11-8) to help his team hold off a robust all-round effort from Belarus. Yevhen Pryshchepa was the other player from Ukraine to register a win, defeating Khanin across five games (8-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-4, […]