CoE player Milan Ludik did good at Egypt International 2019 which took place in Cairo last week.
A lot of players from Centre of Excellence participated in the tournament.
Milan Ludik from Czech Republic did well in the tournament and in the quarterfinals he faced another player from CoE, Jonathan Dolan from Ireland. Ludik won 21-16 21-15 against Dolan.
Ludik won all his matches to the final in straight games.
All the way to the final
Ludik went all the way to the final where he lost 17-21 12-21 to the first seeded Ade Resky Dwicahyo from Azerbaijan.
On his Instagram he wrote:
- Second place in Egypt International 2019. I am very proud and happy.
A satisfied coach
Kestutis Navickas, coach at Centre of Excellence, is also happy about the performance Ludik showed at Egypt International last week.
- We are happy that Milan showed the result that can help him in Olympic qualification. He beat some good players that he lost before so that’s very positive, Navickas said.
- We have been working on some new things in Milan’s game and that took time to implement small details into his game. Step by step all the things slowly coming together, and we hope that will help Milan in the near future, he added.