Bernadette Szocs and Elizabeta Samara win women's doubles bronze at European Table Tennis Championships
Romanian pair Bernadette Szocs and Elizabeta Samara won the bronze medal in the women's doubles event at the 2026 European Individual Table Tennis Championships in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Friday, after losing 3-0 (13-11, 11-6, 11-7) to the pair made up of Tatiana Kukulkova (Slovakia) and Natalia Bajor (Poland).
In the round of 32, Szocs and Samara defeated Slovak pair Dominika Wiltschkova and Ema Labosova 3-1 (11-4, 11-4, 12-14, 11-7), in the round of 16, they defeated Croatian pair Lea Rakovac and Hana Arapovic 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-6), before beating German pair Ying Han and Sabine Winter 3-1 (11-9, 12-10, 7-11, 11-4) in the quarter-finals.
This is Romania's second bronze medal at the European Championships in Ljubljana, following the one won by Bernadette Szocs and Eduard Ionescu in the mixed doubles.
On Friday, Elena Zaharia, Andreea Dragoman and Bernadette Szocs will compete in the women's singles round of 16. AGERPRES (RO - writing by: Mihai Tenea; EN - writing by: Rodica State)
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