Titleholders in the Under 15 Girls teams event Germany secured their place in the semifinal of the European Youth Championships. In the penultimate stage they will meet Portugal a team seeded only at position no. 9. The no. 2 and no. 3 seeds Poland and Czechia are also in the semifinals.
Germany’s Koharu ITAGAKI Lisa-Sophie WANG and Josephina NEUMANN in doubles left no chance to Austria’s Nina SKERBINZ and Mariia LYTVYN. All three matches concluded in straight games.
Portugal also resolved their quarterfinal duel in straight matches. Beatriz PINTO and Julia LEAL proved too strong for Spain who won bronze last year in Poland. This year Irina Gimeno FONT and Irina SHYPSHA failed to equal that result.
Poland ranked at position no. 2 in the seedings halted the progress of last year’s finalists France. Alexia NODIN Eva LAM and Lisa ZHAO lost after five full matches against Maja LAKOMA and Katarzyna RAJKOWSKA.
Czechia no. 3 seed and last year’s bronze medalists beat Croatia in straight matches. Czechia was represented by Simona HOLUBOVA and Hanka KODETOVA while Franka MISKIC Leeloo Han VUKELJA and Franka MISKIC played for Croatia.
