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European Games Krakow: Felix and Bernadette Claim Titles

(By Steve Hopkins)

The European Games Singles Champions were crowned on Tuesday at the European Games in Krakow, Poland.  Marcos Freitas had an amazing run to the Final, and 16 year old French penholder Felix Lebrun surprised the field to reach the Final as well.  The momentum of the match changed several times with Freitas winning the first game (1-0), then Felix winning the next two (1-2), and then Freitas winning the next two for yet another lead (3-2).   But the last momentum swing went to Felix Lebrun who won Game 6 11-2 and then closed out the epic final game 13-11 for the title.

Despite the loss, Freitas had a great tournament that included upset wins over Kristian Karlsson and Darko Jorgic.  For Felix Lebrun, though, he’s just 16 years old and he has already had major upsets over Top 20 players (Dang Qiu and Lin Yun-Ju)…  and now a European Games Championship.

Bernadette Szocs emerged as champion in Women’s Singles.  She defeated Poland’s Natalia Bajor in the Semifinals and then topped Xioxin Yang of Monoco 4-3 to claim the title.

There is some real intrigue this year with the Team event that will start tomorrow.  Germany should have the advantage in depth, and Sweden has a number of strong players – but in singles, France just finished with players in the No. 1 and No. 3 positions.  Action in the team event begins tomorrow and the Finals are scheduled for Saturday.

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