Tomorrow starting at 8 the PalaPirastu and the PalaConi will open their doors to table tennis players arriving from all over Italy. The Italian table tennis championships begin in Cagliari, absolute, second and third category. There will be eight days of competitions, from tomorrow to next Saturday, with fifteen titles to be awarded. An event prepared in every detail, which for the first time arrives in Sardinia, and which promises entertainment. There are more than three hundred members, an important number that guarantees both the show and the atmosphere of celebration and participation. All the big Italians are expected, with a large squad of Sardinian athletes who play in the various clubs on the island.

Tomorrow the opening is for the third category doubles, the first three titles are awarded, the mixed doubles (competitions starting in the morning), and the men's and women's doubles which enter the scene in the afternoon.

In the men's doubles there will be reigning champions De Alessandris and De Vito. The outgoing women's doubles champions, Criscione and Tirrito, will not be able to defend their title. Nicoletta Criscione, who plays in Muravera this season, has risen in category, like the holders of mixed doubles, Federico Baciocchi and Manuela Daniele, now in the second category. In the last edition, Pasquale Vellucci and Maria Lucia Di Meo, with the colors of Norbello conquered the bronze in the mixed. There is a lot of attention towards the very young Rossana Ferciug (Quattro Mori), Francesca Seu (Muravera) and Laura Alba Pinna (TT Sassari) who will be joined respectively by Mardari, Cicuttini and Porzio in the women's doubles, and Lo Verso, Trevisan and Baroni in the mixed.

The president of the regional Fitet, Simone Carrucciu will do the honors. “Sardinia is well known to the big names in table tennis, both for militancy in clubs or as opponents. This edition of the championships is a further step forward. Thanks to the local authorities, such as the Municipality of Cagliari and the Region of Sardinia, figures of high professionalism and competence are at work to ensure the best welcome and the success of the event. I am sure that thanks to these initiatives, the table tennis movement in Sardinia will have a further stimulus towards the growth and involvement of everyone, from the institutions, to the Federation, to Coni Sardegna, practitioners and enthusiasts at all levels".

The competitions of the third category will continue on Sunday and Monday with the individual men's and women's competitions.

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