Last week s attention-grabbing event was the Europa Top-16
table tennis tournament hosted by the city of Montreux in Switzerland. Each year
the event brings together Europe s top-flight table tennis players. In 2022,
representing Romania in the women s version of the tournament were Bernadette
Szőcs and Elizabeta Samara. Szőcs had the best run, coming in 3rd according
to the final rankings. Reason enough for Radio Romania International to
designate Bernadette Szőcs the Athlete of the week.
In Montreux, in the round of 16, Bernadette Szőcs outclassed Portugal s Jieni
Shao, 4-2. In the quarterfinals, Bernie
won the match against Dutch opponent Britt Eerland, also 4-2. However, in the semi-finals,
Bernadette Szőcs lost the game against German challenger Ying Han, nil-4. In
the quarterfinals, Han also defeated Elizabeta Samara, 4-3. Germany s Ying Han
eventually won the tournament, grabbing a 4-nil win against Russian challenger Polina
Mikhaylova, 4-nil.
Berna
, Nov 27 (IANS) Excitement ran high at the World Table Tennis Championships held here on Friday as Chinese paddlers continued to show prowess with almost all of them sealing a place in the quarter-finals.Top seeds and world No. 1s Fan Zhendong .
HOUSTON, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) Four of China five elite athletes, including world No. 1 Fan Zhendong, will share a star-studded top half of the men singles after
by Simon Daish Picking up a brace, Zhmudenko toppled Aleksandr Khanin (11-7, 11-4, 11-9) and Pavel Platonov (11-4, 5-11, 11-9, 13-15, 11-8) to help his team hold off a robust all-round effort from Belarus. Yevhen Pryshchepa was the other player from Ukraine to register a win, defeating Khanin across five games (8-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-4, […]
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