Representing Sweden, Niklas Westerberg and Jonas Hansson emerged the class 7 winners in a most impressive manner.

Notably at the semi-final stage they recorded a 2-0 win against the top seeds, the combination of the Czech Republic’s Daniel Horhut and Zbynek Lambert who lined up alongside Belgium’s Ben Despineux, prior securing victory in the final by the same margin in opposition to the top seeded Hong Kong pairing of Lee Ling Yip and Chen Silu.

Likewise Great Britain’s Aaron McKibbin and Billy Shilton secured the class 8 title in the same vein. They registered a 2-0 win against the no.2 seeds, Slovakia’s Richard Csejtey and Belgium’s Marc Ledoux in the penultimate round, before repeating the success against Poland’s Macin Skrzynecki and Pior Grudzien to claim the top prize.

Success against the top seeds in the final, it was the same in class 9-10 for Mateo Boheas and Gilles Bourdonnaye of France. After recording a 2-0 semi-final success against Italy’s Mohamed Amine Kalem and Lorenzo Cordua, a 2-1 win in opposition to Spain’s Juan Bautista Perez and Jorge Cardona sealed the title.

Wins very much contrary to status and there was one more but less unexpected. The no.2 seeds, Serbia’s Goran Perlic and Poland’s Tomasz Jakimczuk secured the class 1-2 title. At the final hurdle they accounted for the top seeded combination of Frenchman Fabien Lamirault and Switzerland’s Sylvio Keller; a 2-1 margin of victory was the outcome.

Otherwise in the men’s team events, the top seeds prevailed. Germany’s Thomas Brüchle and Thomas Schmidberger claimed the class 3 title; Poland’s Rafal Lis and Krszysztof Zylka prevailed in class 4, Turkey’s Nesim Turan and Ali Ozturk emerged the class 5 champions.

Meanwhile, Spain’s Alvaro Valera and Alberto Seoane struck gold in class 6, the combination of Hungary’s Peter Palos and Venezuela’s Denisos Martinez emerged the class 11 winners.

Play concluded in Wladyslawowo, attention now turns Cancun in Mexico; the Para Copa Cristina Hoffmann 2019 tournament commences on Wednesday 5th June and concludes on Friday 7th June.

2019 Para Polish Open: Latest results and main draws