Polcanova in the final of the table tennis World Cup-DiePresse.com

The Upper Austrian Sofia Polcanova sensationally reached the double final of the table tennis World Cup in Doha with the Romanian Bernadette Szöcs. The European champions from 2022 defeated 3: 2 (5, -8.8, 9) on Saturday in the semi-finals Shin Yubin/Ryu Hanna from South Korea. In the final on Sunday they meet the Chinese Wang many/kuai man, the Miwa Harimoto/Miyuu Kihara from Japan 3-0.

The semi-finals from Polcanova/Szöcs on Friday have already given Austria the first World Cup medal since 2003. At that time, Werner Schlager had triumphed. The last women’s World Cup medal to date for red-white-red was 70 years ago.

Now Polcanova even plays for gold with her Romanian partner. « This is really very emotional. It is our first World Cup medal, and now even in the final is an incredible feeling. I am really very proud, » said Polcanova. In the final against the chinese women who have so far played so far in Doha, they want to surprise again. « We will prepare well. Of course they are very strong, but we will do our best like today. » (APA)