Sports Weekend
Florin Orban, 06.09.2019, 12:27
The Romanian women’s table tennis
team on Thursday advanced to the quarterfinals of the European Table Tennis
Championships in Nantes, France, after defeating Spain 3-nil in the last Group
1 fixture. The defending champions prevailed through the individual wins of
Bernadette Szocs, Elizabeta Samara and Daniela Dodean Monteiro. After defeating
Slovakia on Wednesday 3-nil, Romania is now top of the Group tables with 4
points, followed by Spain with 3 points and Slovakia with 2 points. The
Romanian men’s table tennis team failed to move past the group phase, after
losing to Sweden nil-3 on Thursday in the last Group 2 fixture. Sweden ranked
first with 4 points, followed by Romania with 3 points and Hungary with 2
points.
(Translated
by V. Palcu)
