European Table Tennis Championships
Polcanova/Szöcs miss out on gold medal
Local heroine Sofia Polcanova and Romanian Bernadette Szöcs have missed out on successfully defending their title in the women's doubles at the European Championships. The duo lost 2:3 (-7,7,-9,7,-6) to Czech Hana Matelova and Slovak Barbora Balazova in the final in Linz on Sunday.
"Beatable", Polcanova had said about Matelova/Balazova in an APA interview before the final. However, they presented themselves excellently and largely played their game.
Szöcs/Polcanova made too many easy mistakes, especially Szöcs. They did not succeed in taking the momentum away from their opponents, who had been playing together for 13 years, with speed. After taking a quick lead in the deciding set, Matelova/Balazova pulled through, an intermediate run by Szöcs/Polcanova from 2:8 to 6:8 was not enough. "Our first European Championship medal, gold straight away - unbelievable," said Balazova.
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