Six months ago, in Swechat for the 2013 European Championships, the team composed of Gionis Panagiotis, legend Kalinikos Keanga and Konstantinos Papageorgiou, reached the final by surprising all the spectators.
Yesterday, the Greece players met the WTTTC's hosted country, and the third seed here in Tokyo, Japan, in the first day of the 2014 ZEN-NOH World Team Championships.
Jun Mizutani gave Japan the first point by overcoming Kalinikos Kreanga (8-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9, 11-5).
Then, backhand-defender, Gionis Panagiontis levelled to score by beating Seiya Kishikiwa, remake of a 2012 Olympics Games match, he defeated him in five games. (5-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-8, 11-7).