Bernadette Szocs, Andreea Dragoman and Adina Diaconu, promising results at the World Table Tennis Championships
Article by David Istrate – published Tuesday, May 20, 2025 22:45 / Updated Tuesday, May 20, 2025 22:46
Bernadette Szocs, Andreea Dragoman and Adina Diaconu have achieved good results in the first days of the World Table Tennis Championships, while Elizabeth Samara had to withdraw.
Between May 17-25, Doha, the capital of Qatar, hosts the World Tennis Championships, and Romania traveled to the Persian Gulf with a large delegation. So far, the best results have been obtained by the members of the female lot.
Bernadette Szocs, in “Optimi” and Simple, and Female Double
More accurate, Bernadette Szocs qualified in the finals after 3 categorical victories. The 30-year-old sportsman passed 4-2 (8-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-7, 4-11, 11-4) by Polish Katarzyna Wegrzyn, with 4-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-3) by Zhiying Zeng from Chile and with 4-1 (11-9, 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7) of Taiwanese) Yu-jhun li.
Also in the same phase Szocs arrived in the double competition, Where he plays again with Sofia Polcanova (30 years old). The two defeated them by 3-0 (11-1, 11-6, 11-3) on Mubanga Kunda and Latifa Nalavwe from Zambia and also with 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-7) on Mexicans Clio Barcenas and A also Arantxa Cossio Aceves.
Polcanova, the European champion, was surprisingly defeated in the second round, and responsible for this result is Andreea Dragoman. The 24-year-old athlete won 4-2 (5-11, 11-7, 11-9, 13-11, 8-11, 11-8) The duel with the double European champion.
Previously, Dragoman had passed 4-1 (11-5, 8-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-7) by Thai Jinnipa Sawtttabut. In the “sixteenth”, the Romanian will take place with the Frenchman Prithika Pavade (20 years).
Adina Diaconu, in “quarters” in women's doubles. Elizabeth Samara has abandoned
Another important result for Romania was obtained by Adina Diaconu (25 years), which reached the quarters of the female double competition. Along with the Iberian Maria Xiao, the two won 3-0 (14-12, 11-4, 11-8) against the Brazilia Giulia Takahashi and Laura Watanabe, with 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-9) in front of Lucia Cordero and Hidalynn Zapata from Guatemala and also with 3-0 (13-11, 11-4, 12-10). Hong Kong, Wing Lam Ng and Chengzhu Zhu.
In the quarterfinals, Diaconu and Xiao will take with Manyu Wang/Man Kuai from China. The 25 -year -old Romanian was defeated in the first tour of the simple competition, while Veteran Elizabeta Samara had to withdraw from both simple and mixed doubles.
Iulian Chiriță, Eduard Ionescu and Ovidiu Ionescu also left the competition, so that Szocs, Dragoman and Diaconu remained the only ones that represent Romania in the competition in Doha.
