Three missed match points: Kaufmann/Franziska miss the European Championship final

Annett Kaufmann and Patrick Franziska missed the final of the European Table Tennis Championships.
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At the European Table Tennis Championships in Linz, Annett Kaufmann and Patrick Franziska narrowly missed the final of the mixed competition. The 18-year-old top talent from Bietigheim-Bissingen and the twelfth in the world rankings from 1. FC Saarbrücken lost in the semi-finals with 2:3 sets against Sofia Polcanova and Robert Gardos from Austria.

In the deciding set of this even game, the German duo missed three of their own match points and initially fended off three match points before the hosts won 16:14.

Kaufmann and Franziska had already secured the bronze medal before this bitter defeat. Because third places are not specifically contested at world and European table tennis championships.

In the doubles, Kaufmann was previously eliminated alongside European Championship runner-up Nina Mittelham against the Swedes Linda Bergström and Christina Källberg in the round of 16 (1:3). In addition, the German Olympic discovery will fight against the Romanian Bernadette Szoczs on Friday (6 p.m.) for a place in the round of 16 in the individual competition. You had already won gold twice at the European Team Championships with the German women. The left-hander has won all the individual titles up to the U21 level.