Top seeds KTS Enea Siarkopol Tarnobrzeg produced the most commanding performance of Saturday’s ETTU Champions League Women action, defeating UCAM Cartagena TM 13-2 in Spain. France’s Metz TT overcame domestic rivals Saint-Quentin TT 10-5, while Etival ASRTT completed a successful evening for the French clubs with an 11-4 victory over Czechia’s SKST Plus Hodonin.
Three encounters were played on Saturday, 14 November, with Tarnobrzeg’s Ying HAN and Metz’s Hana GODA particularly impressive, each contributing six games to their teams’ victories.
The Polish club, seeded No. 1 in the competition, dominated from the opening exchanges against fifth seeds UCAM Cartagena TM.
Germany’s Ying HAN set the tone with a straight-games victory over Spain’s Maria XIAO, before China’s Zhuojia HE defeated England’s Tin-Tin HO by the same margin.
Chile’s Daniela ORTEGA offered resistance against Monaco’s Xiaoxin YANG, taking the second game before losing 2-1. XIAO also briefly interrupted Tarnobrzeg’s momentum, winning the opening game against HE, but the Chinese player recovered to prevail 2-1.
HAN completed the encounter with another commanding performance, overcoming HO 3-0 and conceding just 14 points across three games.
HAN contributed six games to Tarnobrzeg’s total, HE added five and YANG two, leaving Cartagena with only two games from the five individual matches.
Second seeds Metz TT prevailed 10-5 in an all-French encounter against Saint-Quentin TT, with Egypt’s Hana GODA delivering two straight-games victories.
GODA opened by defeating Canada’s Mo ZHANG 3-0, although the first two games were closely contested at 12-10 and 13-11.
Saint-Quentin responded through France’s Camille LUTZ, who overcame Charlotte LUTZ 2-1, before Russia’s Polina MIKHAILOVA defeated Croatia’s Lea RAKOVAC in straight games.
However, Metz regained control in the fourth individual match. GODA dominated Camille LUTZ 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-5), putting her team ahead 7-5.
Charlotte LUTZ then sealed the victory with a 3-0 success against ZHANG, completing a strong finish for the home side.
Fourth seeds Etival ASRTT defeated SKST Plus Hodonin 11-4, with Sweden’s Christina KÄLLBERG and Australia’s LIU Yangzi both contributing five games.
LIU opened with a 2-1 victory over Czechia’s Karin GROFOVA, before KÄLLBERG defeated Marketa SEVCIKOVA in straight games.
China’s ZHANG Binyue kept Hodonin in contention with a 2-1 success against Portugal’s SHAO Jieni, but Etival responded emphatically.
LIU defeated SEVCIKOVA 3-0, winning all three games 11-0, before KÄLLBERG overcame GROFOVA 2-1 to complete the victory.
Etival’s success followed their earlier win over UCAM Cartagena TM, giving the French club two victories from two encounters in the group.
UCAM Cartagena TM (ESP) – KTS Enea Siarkopol Tarnobrzeg (POL) 2-13
- Maria XIAO (ESP) – Ying HAN (GER) 0-3 (3-11, 7-11, 6-11)
- Tin-Tin HO (ENG) – Zhuojia HE (CHN) 0-3 (9-11, 3-11, 3-11)
- Daniela ORTEGA (CHI) – Xiaoxin YANG (MON) 1-2 (10-12, 11-8, 5-11)
- Maria XIAO (ESP) – Zhuojia HE (CHN) 1-2 (11-9, 4-11, 7-11)
- Tin-Tin HO (ENG) – Ying HAN (GER) 0-3 (4-11, 4-11, 6-11)
Metz TT (FRA) – Saint-Quentin TT (FRA) 10-5
- Hana GODA (EGY) – Mo ZHANG (CAN) 3-0 (12-10, 13-11, 11-8)
- Charlotte LUTZ (FRA) – Camille LUTZ (FRA) 1-2 (12-14, 11-13, 11-7)
- Lea RAKOVAC (CRO) – Polina MIKHAILOVA (RUS) 0-3 (8-11, 12-14, 7-11)
- Hana GODA (EGY) – Camille LUTZ (FRA) 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-5)
- Charlotte LUTZ (FRA) – Mo ZHANG (CAN) 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-8)
Etival ASRTT (FRA) – SKST Plus Hodonin (CZE) 11-4
- LIU Yangzi (AUS) – Karin GROFOVA (CZE) 2-1 (11-7, 11-6, 8-11)
- Christina KÄLLBERG (SWE) – Marketa SEVCIKOVA (CZE) 3-0 (12-10, 11-0, 11-0)
- SHAO Jieni (POR) – ZHANG Binyue (CHN) 1-2 (8-11, 7-11, 11-7)
- LIU Yangzi (AUS) – Marketa SEVCIKOVA (CZE) 3-0 (11-0, 11-0, 11-0)
- Christina KÄLLBERG (SWE) – Karin GROFOVA (CZE) 2-1 (9-11, 13-11, 11-7)
