Portugal overcame Italy in their first match in the opening Stage of the European Championships Teams in Group A 2 in Women’s Event. In Funchal they needed four matches to win.
The backbone of host team’s success was YU Fu with two wins. She overcame Debora VIVARELLI (13:11 7:11 9:11 11:5 11:6) and Giorgia PICCOLIN (11:7 12:10 11:6). SHAO Jieni added one point to Portugal’s victory after win over PICCOLIN (11:5 7:11 11:6 11:8).
Gaia MONFARDINI beat Ines MATOS to score the only point for Italian side (11:5 6:11 9:11 11:4 11:7).
In previous round Czech Republic beat Italy.