Romania's teams on Sunday advanced to the quarterfinals of the European Youth Table Tennis Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, according to the Romanian Table Tennis Federation.
Romania's junior boys' team, the defending champions, defeated Austria 3-1 in the round of 16, and in the quarterfinals, they will play France or Italy, agerpres reports.
Scoring for the team were Iulian Chirita, after 3-2 (11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 10-12, 11-7) against Julian Rzihauschek and 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-8) against Petr Hodina, and Robert Istrate, 3-0 (11-6, 12-10, 11-9) against Tobias Hold.
In another match, Dragos Bujor lost to Petr Hodina, 1-3 (5-11, 9-11, 11-7 6-11).
In the junior girls' category, Romania defeated Belgium 3-0 in the round of 16, with the next opponent of the Romanian team being Spain.
Bianca Mei-Rosu beat Lotte Nuyttens 3-0 (11-3, 11-2, 11-5), Alesia Sferlea beat Lilou Massart 3-1 (11-2, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4), and Andreea Jifcu beat Lessia Lewyckyj 3-1 (9-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-5).
In the cadet category, the Romanian men's team defeated Slovenia 3-0 in the round of 16, and in the quarterfinals, they will face Germany.
David Toro defeated Aleksandar Miscevic 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 14-12), Alexandru Pop defeated Aleks Koren 3-1 (11-9, 11-6, 8-11, 11-6), and Toro/Pop won the doubles match against Koren/Miscevic 3-1 (11-4, 14-12, 13-15, 11-6).
In the girls' competition, Romania defeated Belgium 3-0 and, in the quarterfinals, they will play Croatia or Italy.
Patricia Stoica clearly defeated Juliette Dedecker 3-0 (11-4, 11-1, 11-4), Maya Madar defeated Temperance Tang 3-2 (11-7, 10-12, 5-11, 11-7, 11-9), and in doubles Stoica and Madar - Temperance Tang/Juliette Dedecker 3-0 (11-3, 11-7, 11-5).
At the 2024 European Youth Table Tennis Championships, Romania won 11 medals (4-3-4).
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