The longest match in tonight’s Champions League women’s program took place in France. In Group A after three and a half hours Novi Sad from Serbia emerged victorious against JOUE LES TOURS TT with a 3-2 score. In Group B in Czechia SKST Plus Hodonín defeated UCAM CARTAGENA 3-1 while in Group C GRAND-QUEVILLY ALCL in France lost to LINZ AG Froschberg 1-3.
In Tours Novi Sad from Serbia fielded a strengthened lineup with Hong Kong’s LAM Yee Look making her season debut and securing two points for Novi Sad with victories over China’s HE Li and Audrey ZARIF. Tijana JOKIC added the third point in the duel against Nolwenn FORT.
“This is a huge win for us one of the most important since we started playing in the Champions League. Beating such a strong team on home soil is a great achievement for us ” said coach Slobodan Stojanov. Novi Sad had lost the opening encounter in the group against reigning champions KTS ENEA SIARKOPOL Tarnobrzeg 1-3; the Polish team also beat JOUE LES TOURS TT 3-0.
In Group B SKST Plus Hodonín proved too strong for UCAM CARTAGENA once again. In the previous encounter the Czech club won 3-2 and this time they needed one match less. SAINT QUENTIN TT also defeated the Spanish club.
“We are happy that we won today. The whole team played really well and teamwork paid off. I am happy that I was able to win two points today but the most important thing is that I played really well and enjoyed the match ” said Natalia PARTYKA. She overcame LIN Ye and Maria XIAO.
“In the match against Maria after it was 2:1 for me and I was down 8:4 somehow I leveled to 9:9 and eventually won 3:1. I wanted to avoid the 5th set ” added PARTYKA.
After two defeats in Group C against ETIVAL ASRTT and GRAND-QUEVILLY ALCL top seed LINZ AG Froschberg managed to record their first win. The Austrian club avenged their defeat against GRAND-QUEVILLY ALCL. Suthasini SAWETTABUT recorded two wins against Anais SALPIN and WU Jiaduo while Sofia POLCANOVA beat SALPIN in the opening match to give her team a good start.
JOUE LES TOURS TT – Novi Sad 2-3
HE Li – LAM Yee Look 2-3 (18-20 11-9 7-11 11-9 5-6)
Audrey ZARIF – Aneta MAKSUTI 3-1 (12-10 8-11 11-9 11-7)
Nolwenn FORT – Tijana JOKIC 1-3 (8-11 11-8 8-11 9-11)
HE Li – Aneta MAKSUTI 3-1 (5-11 12-10 11-6 11-9)
Audrey ZARIF – LAM Yee Look 1-3 (11-8 8-11 6-11 9-11)
SKST Plus Hodonín – UCAM CARTAGENA 3-1
Natalia PARTYKA – LIN Ye 3-1 (11-8 4-11 11-8 11-5)
Solomiya BRATEYKO – Maria XIAO 2-3 (7-11 11-7 11-5 5-11 3-6)
JEE Minhyung – Sofia-Xuan ZHANG 3-0 (11-7 11-7 11-9)
Natalia PARTYKA – Maria XIAO 3-1 (4-11 11-8 11-9 11-9)
GRAND-QUEVILLY ALCL – LINZ AG Froschberg 1-3
Anais SALPIN – Sofia POLCANOVA 0-3 (7-11 8-11 3-11)
WU Jiaduo – Suthasini SAWETTABUT 2-3 (11-3 9-11 11-5 3-11 5-6)
Isa COK – Yana NOSKOVA 3-2 (6-11 11-7 11-7 8-11 6-2)
Anais SALPIN – Suthasini SAWETTABUT 0-3 (6-11 5-11 7-11)
