With the second win over French JOUE LES TOURS TT Serbia’s Novi Sad secured their place in the quarterfinals of the Champions League Women. In the last round the Serbian team needed only four matches to book their place in the knockout stage.
Hong Kong’s LAM Yee Look was the backbone of the club’s success tonight. She overcame Nolwenn FORT and HE Li while Tiajan JOKIC was stretched to the full distance in the match against Audrey ZARIF but she won in the decisive game by a sudden death point.
HE Li was the only player to score for the French side; she beat Aneta MAKSUTI.
“We won the first match against Tours but with a 3:2 score in France it was like 0-0 – no advantage for us before this duel. The French team took a risk with ZARIF at position no. 3 but I stuck with my lineup and it paid off ” said coach Slobodan STOJANOV. “LAM did a fantastic job but the winner of the match was an unbelievable turnaround in JOKIC’s game. She was down 1:5 and she played an unreal 5 points to secure the victory in the match. That was the most needed point with LAM playing so strongly.”
In Group A the reigning champions KTS ENEA SIARKOPOL Tarnobrzeg also secured their place in the next stage with all four wins.
Novi Sad – JOUE LES TOURS TT 3-1
LAM Yee Look – Nolwenn FORT 3-0 (11-7 11-4 11-3)
Aneta MAKSUTI – HE Li 1-3 (9-11 13-11 2-11 9-11)
Tiajan JOKIC – Audrey ZARIF 3-2 (11-9 7-11 11-6 7-11 6-5)
LAM Yee Look – HE Li 3-1 (11-7 13-15 11-3 11-9)
