Champions League Women | 6 Nov 2021
Day for thrillers in Berlin and Metz
Reigning champions, ttc Berlin Eastside had a tough matches at the opening of the 2021/2022 TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League Women Stage 2. In Group A, hosts, were stretched to full distance against CP Lyssois Lille Métropole and against SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club.
Linda BERGSTROM overcame Europe Top 16 Cup winner, Nina MITTELHAM at the beginning of the match between ttc Berlin Eastside and CP Lyssois Lille Métropole. Swede also repeated the success against SHAN Xiaona, but both SHAN and Nina prevailed against Sibel ALTINKAYA. In all-Serbian duel in five games Sabina SURJANA overcame Andrea TODOROVIC.
In second match same trio from the Berlin’s club faced tough challenge from Hungarian side led by Georgina POTA. POTA beat Nina MITTELHAM in five games whilst she needed only three for SHAN.
Last year’s runners up in the Europe Cup, SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club also faced very strong opposition in the opening duel in the Group. GDCS Juncal forced Hungarian club to go full distance but both points came from just one player, Tatiana GARNOVA. Tatiana beat Maria FAZEKAS in the opening encounter of the match and then overcame Georgina POTA in five games. On the other side of the net, all three players from SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club scored. POTA and FAZEKAS beat Raquel ANDRADE and Helga DARI prevailed against Janet EFFIOM.
Clubs that had the big success in the Europe Cup previously, Girbau-Vic TT and TTC Novi Sad met today in the opening round of the Group B. Novi Sad created an upset and overcame Spanish side. All three players from Serbia, Tijana JOKIC, Aneta MAKSUTI and Radmila TOMINJAK scored, whilst in Spanish club it was only Sofia XUAN ZHANG who won one match. Girbau VIC lost to Metz day earlier.
Adina DIACONU added two wins today to her score board, to push Metz to five matches win against SKST PLUS Hodonin. In the decisive encounter Mariia TAILAKOVA overcame Tetyana BILENKO.
Group A
Gdcs Juncal - SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club 2:3
Tatiana GARNOVA - Maria FAZEKAS 3:1 (11:5, 8:11, 11:2, 11:9)
Raquel ANDRADE - Georgina POTA 0:3 (2:11, 3:11, 6:11)
Janet EFFIOM - Helga DARI 1:3 (5:11, 5:11, 11:7, 10:12)
Tatiana GARNOVA - Georgina POTA 3:2 (11:8, 10:12, 8:11, 12:10, 6:4)
Raquel ANDRADE - Maria FAZEKAS 0:3 (4:11, 5:11, 11:13)
CP Lyssois Lille Métropole - ttc Berlin Eastside 2:3
Linda BERGSTROM - Nina MITTELHAM 3:2 (11:7, 11:13, 11:6, 7:11, 6:3)
Sibel ALTINKAYA - Xiaona SHAN 1:3 (10:12, 11:7, 7:11, 4:11)
Andrea TODOROVIC - Sabina SURJAN 2:3 (11:9, 8:11, 11:3, 9:11, 4:6)
Linda BERGSTROM - Xiaona SHAN 3:2 (9:11, 8:11, 11:6, 12:10, 6:4)
Sibel ALTINKAYA - Nina MITTELHAM 0:3 (7:11, 9:11, 6:11)
TTC Berlin Eastside - SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club 3:2
Xiaona SHAN - Maria FAZEKAS 3:0 (11:6, 11:2, 11:9)
Nina MITTELHAM - Georgina POTA 2:3 (9:11, 11:7, 11:8, 8:11, 4:6)
Sabina SURJAN - Helga DARI 3:0 (11:6, 11:6, 11:9)
Xiaona SHAN - Georgina POTA 0:3 (9:11, 9:11, 9:11)
Nina MITTELHAM - Maria FAZEKAS 3:0 (11:9, 11:7, 11:4)
CP Lyssois Lille Métropole - GDCS Juncal 3:1
Andrea TODOROVIC - Tatiana GARNOVA 1:3 (10:12, 5:11, 11:8, 9:11)
Linda BERGSTROM - Janet EFFIOM 3:0 (11:5, 11:7, 11:7)
Sibel ALTINKAYA - Raquel ANDRADE 3:0 (11:4, 11:9, 11:5)
Linda BERGSTROM - Tatiana GARNOVA (11:5, 9:11, 11:5, 10:12, 6:5)
Group B
Day 2
Girbau-Vic TT - TTC Novi Sad 1:3
Tamolwan KHETKHUAN - Tijana JOKIC 1:3 (9:11, 11:8, 10:12, 9:11)
Sofia-Xuan ZHANG - Aneta MAKSUTI 3:2 (9:11, 12:10, 8:11, 11:7, 6:4)
Charlotte CAREY - Radmila TOMINJAK 1:3 (3:11, 9:11, 11:5, 10:12)
Tamolwan KHETKHUAN - Aneta MAKSUTI 0:3 (6:11, 12:14, 8:11)
Metz TT - SKST PLUS Hodonin 3:2
Adina DIACONU - Tetyana BILENKO 3:0 (15:13, 14:12, 11:7)
Dina MESHREF - Sakura MORI 2:3 (11:7, 11:9, 7:11, 3:11, 1:6)
Jiaduo WU - Natalia PARTYKA 1:3 (5:11, 11:7, 7:11, 6:11)
Adina DIACONU - Sakura MORI 3:0 (11:4, 15:13, 11:8)
Mariia TAILAKOVA - Tetyana BILENKO 3:2 (11:5, 9:11, 11:6, 7:11, 6:0)
Day 1
TTC Novi Sad - SKST PLUS Hodonin 1:3
Reka BEZEG - Sakura MORI 0:3 (1:11, 5:11, 4:11)
Tijana JOKIC - Natalia PARTYKA 3:1 (7:11, 11:9, 12:10, 11:7)
Aneta MAKSUTI - Tetyana BILENKO 0:3 (2:11, 8:11, 8:11)
Tijana JOKIC - Sakura MORI 0:3 (4:11, 4:11, 5:11)
Girbau-Vic Tt - Metz TT 0:3
Sofia-Xuan ZHANG - Dina MESHREF 1:3 (6:11, 11:8, 4:11, 4:11)
Tamolwan KHETKHUAN - Adina DIACONU 0:3 (1:11, 6:11, 8:11)
Charlotte CAREY - Mariia TAILAKOVA 0:3 (7:11, 7:11, 7:11)
