Polcanova: Dream start at World Cup with double and mixed round of ultimate!

Polcanova: Dream start at World Cup with double and mixed round of ultimate!

At the table tennis world championships in Doha, Qatar, Sofia Polcanova impressively reached the round of 16 in doubles and in mixed. Polcanova, who plays with the Romanian Bernadette Szöcs, was able to defeat the Mexican players Arantxa Cossio and Clio Barcenas 3-0 in doubles. In the mixed discipline, she triumphed with Robert Gardos against the Swedish combination Linda Bergström and Mattias Falck with 3: 1.

The 28-year-old Polcanova returned to an earlier defeat in the European Championship final against her upcoming opponents in the round of 16, Hana Matelova and Barbora Balazova from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. After the impressive start, she has high expectations for the upcoming games.

further successes and challenges

Daniel Habesohn, another Austrian player, also caused a sensation. He reached the third round after defeating the Japanese Kenji Matsudaira 4-0. In the sixteenth finals, Habesohn now meets Lin Yun-Ju from Taiwan or the Croatian Tomislav Pucar. However, Gardos and Habissohn have to give up, because they lost 0: 3.

had previously completed Sofia Polcanova at the ITTF World Cup in April 2025 a prestigious competition in Macau, China, where she took 9th place. For them, this was the second clear defeat against the Chinese world champion Sun Yingsha within five weeks. Her best result at the World Cup was 5th place in Chengdu, China, in 2019.

The way to the World Cup

The ITTF World Cup is the last major endurance test before the World Tennis World Championship, which began on May 17, 2025 in Doha. Polcanova was able to celebrate her group victory in the Galaxy Arena with a clear 4: 0 against the Egyptian Hana Goda, which underlines her shape and at the same time awakens hopes for success in the World Cup.

The World Table Tennis Championship was first held in 1926 and has been a central competition in international table tennis since then. In view of Polcanova's achievements and her previous encounters in this championship, the next games are of great importance for the Austrian athlete.

The round of 16 for the women in mixed double continues to be pending, where Polcanova and Gardos will meet the top seed Chinese Kuai Man and Lin Shidong. Such challenges make the competition particularly exciting and bring the players to their limits.