After one hour of four fascinating sets where you could cut the intensity with a knife, the two finalists justified their up to now reputation and appearance by offering a highly technical ping-pong tournament with some spectacular points!

The scene was the Second Ping Pong Championship Games Thalassokosmos held at the ΔΟΝΑΓ (Municipal Youth Athletics Gouves) auditorium.

Leonard Habert (right) winning the first two sets with 21-15 and 21-17 scores led Andy Banks to step up his output enough to win the third set with 21-19.

The fourth and decisive set held a truly exciting finale, as the players alternated taking the lead, and, at the last possible moment, Habert squeezed ahead with a 21-19 victory and the championship title, which his opponent, Mr. Banks, held since last year.

Four ping pong associations, with four members each, took part in the tournament. Included were 11 players from Greece, three from France, and one each from Great Britain and Italy.