Polcanova and Szöcs win bronze at WTT Singapore Smash 2025!

Polcanova and Szöcs win bronze at WTT Singapore Smash 2025!

In the exciting tournament of the WTT Singapore Smash 2025, the Austrian-Romanian doubles Sofia Polcanova and Bernadette Szöcs won the bronze medal in doubles. On Friday, the top-class pairing failed 3-0 in the semi-finals against the Chinese combination of Wang Yidi and Sun Yingsha. This defeat was painful, but their strong performance in the previous rounds will not be forgotten. Polcanova and Szöcs, European vice-champions, were able to clearly beat their opponents Paulina Vega and Arantxa Cossio as well as Tatiana Kukulkova and Natalia Bajor before reaching the semi-finals laola1.at reported.

Strong competition and significant result

Despite being eliminated in the semi-finals, Polcanova and Szöcs were able to collect a valuable 700 points for the world rankings, which is of great importance for their future competitions. In the first round, the two athletes easily beat their physiologists 3-0 and later they also won against strong opponents from Slovakia and Poland. However, the interaction between Wang and Sun was clearly superior in the decisive match, which is reflected in the results (9-11, 7-11, 8-11). What was particularly painful was that Sofia Polcanova was eliminated in the singles competition against the reigning world champion Yingsha in the round of 16 on Thursday g4media.ro continues.

The tournament continues the great rivalry between the Chinese players, who will meet again in the final. Their strong performance in the last few matches shows that despite the defeats, there is potential for future success.