Elisabetta Terpou was eliminated on Monday night in Ljubljana in the first qualifying round of the women’s singles WTT Star Contender table tennis tournament in Slovenia. The 23-year-old athlete of the National Women’s Team faced at “64” the French Charlotte Lutz, who is several places higher than her in the world ranking. He lost the set 3-1, but made demands as he tied the sets at 1-1 and lost the fourth, which he led 6-4, in overtime.
It was preceded by the European Games in Poland and the WTT Contender in Croatia, events that ended last weekend and now, with the wild card of the Slovenian organizers, Terpu lived for the first time the important experience of participating in a Star Contender.
Terpu are ranked 401 in the world, so they were not likely to have a good draw in Ljubljana either. Her opponent in Qualifying Round 1 was 19-year-old Charlotte Lutz, who is No. 119 and last year was named European runner-up in junior singles.
After the initial 0-1, Terpou raised its performance and managed to equalize. The French woman imposed her game in the third set and in the fourth our champion missed an opportunity to equalize again and psychologically pressure the favorite.
He led 6-4, the set went to overtime and there came the defeat with a 3-1 set and the elimination (6-11, 11-7, 4-11, 11-13).
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