Romania’s Bernadette Soc scored an impressive table tennis victory, knocking out Olympic champion Chen Meng at the WTT Champions Frankfurt 2023 tournament.

Bernadette Shox reached the quarterfinals of the WTA Champions tournament in Frankfurt-2023

The Romanian athlete once again confirmed her value on the world stage and, together with coach Viorel Filimon, reached the quarterfinals with one of the bright victories at the competition in Germany.

With strong hitting and determination on serve, Bernadette took the score to 10-8 in the decider, lost both match points, but eventually won 3-2 (4-11, 11-8, 13 -11, 5-11 ). , 12-10).

At the end of the dream match, Bernadette Shox gave her first reaction and noted the cheers she received in the Frankfurt hall.

“Thank you very much to those who encouraged me, I am happy about this fact! This is amazing! I thought I could beat her. I played against her many times, I was close and I thought I could win against her again. I see that I have fans here, I’m happy to play in Germany, people are always by my side,” said the tricolor, News.ro reports.

Having made it to the first eight of the competition, Bernadette Shox is preparing for a duel with Hina Hayata (Japan).