Table Tennis at the European Games 2023

[Olympian1010 8,053]

24 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

 Monaco in the 1/2 and close to get a medal with their Chinese player.

She’s got an interesting story actually. I spoke with her and her coach(?) in Malta. The interview wasn’t great, so I didn’t publish anything. Of course, she doesn’t speak English, so some stuff was probably lost in translation (she speaks French and Chinese).

 

She originally moved to Nice and played for a club there. I think was 5+ years before the idea to play internationally started to gain ground. She loosely represented France (I believe), but there was some sort of problem with the federation. It was eventually proposed she play for Monaco by a club member (who was from Monaco?). They accepted her on to the team, and have been working on the nationality requirements for the last few years. 
 

I didn’t spend a lot of time around her, but she seemed very nice. 

[Roamingrover86 856]

25 minutes ago, EselTheDonkey said:

 get the Gold und Olympic quota in Mixed Doubles 

What was the score please? You need to win 3 or 4 games? I thought it best of 7 games.  

[hckošice 15,025]

4 minutes ago, Roamingrover86 said:

What was the score please? You need to win 3 or 4 games? I thought it best of 7 games.  

3:0

 

The whole tournament was played as best of 5

[EselTheDonkey 825]

6 minutes ago, Roamingrover86 said:

What was the score please? You need to win 3 or 4 games? I thought it best of 7 games.  

 

It's best of 7 in Singles but best of 5 in Mixed.  

[Josh 10,830]

8 minutes ago, Roamingrover86 said:

What was the score please? You need to win 3 or 4 games? I thought it best of 7 games.  

3-0. Best of 5 for MD, best of 7 for MS/WS

Edited June 26, 2023 by Josh

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Bernadette Szocs beats Natalia Bajor 4-0 in the second SF and will play the Chinese from in the final.

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Elizabeta Samara beats Natalia Bajor 4-3 in the bronze medal match. So that's two medals for in women's singles

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Yang  and Szocs  heading into a seventh game to decide the gold medal 

Edited June 27, 2023 by Olympian1010

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Szocs in line for a massive comeback. Down 1-3 in sets and leads 6-1 in the decider...

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Szocs totally crushed it - 11-3 in the decider!!!

 

The Chinese from Monaco is furious, almost threw the racquet and kicked the boards.