Sunday, April 12, 2009
12:09 PM
ETTU Cup - Himoinsa won Women's ETTU Cup, an absolute premiere for Spain
The Ucam Himoinsa Cartagena has made a history by being the first Spanish team to win the title in ETTU Cup. Spaniards halted Polish Forbet Tarnobrzeg in their second attempt to win the final in the Pabellón Municipal de Tenis de Mesa in the Barriada Cuatro Santos.

Himoinsa had to reverse first match 2:3 defeat and to overcome risky tactics of coach Zbigniew Necek's. "Trainer Neckek set the dangerous tactics, but this time it did not work for Forbet. He placed Kinga Stefanska to play in first match against Sun Bei Bei so we easily gained the lead", said Himoinsa's trainer Enrique Perez Miras.

Polish star Li Qian faced Li Jie in the rerun of European TOP 12 from Dusseldorf. "Luck was not on our side when Li lost first game 12:14. She lost next one, and in the third with the rule of acceleration from 3:7, she managed to reverse to 13:11. Finally Li Qian won the decisive game."

Shen Yanfei easily overcame Zhou Xiao moving forward Ucam Himoinsa to 2:1 at the scoreboard. "The most spectacular encounter was the duel Sun Bei Bei vs. Li Qian. Polish girl had impressive start with 2:0 leaving Sun on six, and seven points in first two games. Nevertheless Sun Bei Bei came back and even managed to leave Li on one point in fourth game, but Qian demonstrated why she is the best European player and with a few spectacular points, that get spectators on their feet, finished the duel".

It was up to Li Jie to brought Himoinsa to the victory. "LI Jie's play in defense and changes of rhythm in attack was to much for Stefanska," added Perez Miras.




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