Reigning Champions Successfully Start Their Journey in the Champions League

In the opening match of Stage two in the Women’s Champions League the reigning champions KTS ENEA SIARKOPOL Tarnobrzeg defeated Joue Les Tours TT in straight matches. The Polish club showed no mercy and embarked on their quest for a third consecutive title with their strongest lineup.

Europe’s number one player HAN Ying of Germany opened the duel with a victory over HE Li. YANG Xiaoxin of Monaco ranked eighth in Europe pushed the team further forward with a hard-fought victory over Audrey ZARIF. YANG was two games down before she made a remarkable comeback to win.

Europe’s fifth-ranked player Elizabeta SAMARA of Romania sealed the match with a victory over Nolwenn FORT. Once again FORT forced SAMARA to go the distance before the match was resolved in favor of Romania’s star.

“We had a challenging start but we achieved a great result. YANG Xiaoxin’s match and my duel were very close but in the end it’s important that we won. Maybe we had a bit of luck but overall we are happy with our performance ” said SAMARA.

The next duel is scheduled for Saturday.

“We have a Polish league match tomorrow and then a day off. It will give us some more time to prepare for Novi Sad ” concluded Elizabeta.
TT Joué les Tours had to go through Stage one where Audrey ZARIF HE Li and Nolwenn FORT overcame SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club TT Moravsky Krumlov from Czechia Spanish Tecnigen Linares and HB Ostrov z.s. from Czechia.

KTS ENEA SIARKOPOL Tarnobrzeg – Joue Les Tours TT 3-0

HAN Ying – HE Li 3-1 (5-11 11-4 11-5 11-3)

YANG Xiaoxin – Audrey ZARIF 3-2 (7-11 9-11 11-2 11-5 6-5)

Elizabeta SAMARA – Nolwenn FORT 3-2 (14-12 4-11 11-6 12-14 6-3)

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