In the Under 19 Girls Doubles Event Zuzanna WIELGOS and Anna BRZYSKA of Poland clinched the gold medal at the ORLEN European Youth Championships. In the final they overcame Mia GRIESEL of Germany and Bianca MEI ROSU of Romania.
On the third step of the medal rostrum stand Hana ARAPOVIC of Croatia and Elena ZAHARIA of Romania along with Nicole ARLIA of Italy and Ioana SINGEORZAN of Romania.
In the final WIELGOS and BRZYSKA prevailed in four games (-4 10 7 4).
“The gold medal at the European Youth Championships tastes fantastic! The final was a very hard match. After the first game when we lost very easily we changed tactics. Ania plays more with pimples but I played more short on the receive ” said Zuzanna WIELGOS.
Anna BRZYSKA couldn’t hide her joy: “I’m really happy with this result because it’s a great feeling! I love table tennis and the medals give me big motivation. A big thanks to my teammate Zuzia our team and our coach. It’s a big success for us!”
In the penultimate stage Mia GRIESEL and Bianca MEI ROSU halted the progress of Hana ARAPOVIC of Croatia and Elena ZAHARIA of Romania (5 2 7).
“Mia and I already clinched the title in the Under 21 European Championships so we know each other well and know how to play together. It seemed that it was the key to success in this match – our good communication. Of course part of the success was to stay close to the table. The result does not show how difficult it was. Elena and Hana were the high seeded pairings. We were under enormous pressure. It took the best of us ” said Bianca MEI ROSU.
In the other semifinal Zuzanna WIELGOS and Anna BRZYSKA overcame Nicole ARLIA of Italy and Ioana SINGEORZAN of Romania (-6 4 5 6).
“I made a lot of mistakes in the opening game because they played to my forehand. In the second I started to play long to their backhands and Anna made a slice serve. It gave an effect because earlier they played a flip which caused more problems for us ” explained Zuzanna WIELGOS.
Anna BRZYSKA said: “I think that the change of tactics with service and receive was the key to winning this game. It was a hard match but not the hardest. In my opinion the toughest match we had was with the Spanish players. They were very fighting and played really good table tennis.”
