After a complicated season in which Alicante Tenis Mesa missed important matches and spent a large part of it in relegation positions, they reached the last day with options to maintain the category.
Due to the whims of the calendar, this match was played at home against the direct rival for permanence, Enoli Borges Vall. The match couldn’t have started worse, with Diego Lillo losing to Víctor Brodd and Andras Csaba losing to Marc Durán. The 0-2 score left no room for error, since the tie gave permanence to the locals.
Aware of this, Alberto Lillo came onto the scene and beat Joan Masip, and later, Andras Csaba tied the score by beating Víctor Brodd. Diego Lillo advanced Alicante Tenis Mesa with a victory against Masip, and Alberto Lillo gave the Alicante team a 4-2 victory in an impeccable match against Marc Durán, thus achieving permanence.
This historic result is even better because it was obtained with two players trained in the Alicante Tenis Mesa youth team, the brothers Alberto and Diego Lillo, thus maintaining the values of this club, in which they have been combined for more than 40 years. elite table tennis and the training of youth players.
