​Bernadette Shox played a good match in the 1/8 finals of the Table Tennis Champions Tournament (WTT Finals Women 2023), but our athlete left the competition after losing to China’s Sington Chen with a score of 3-2.

Bernadette Shox lost in the deciding set in the round of 16 of the 2023 Tournament of Champions

The Shox got off to a good start in Nagoya, Japan, winning the first set 12-10. Chen led after two close sets (11-9, 11-8), but Burney leveled after another set won 12-10.

The athlete from China (6th place in the world ranking) played better in the decisive set and without emotion defeated the Romanian Shoks (12th place) with a score of 11-3.

In the quarterfinals, Xingtung Chen will beat compatriot Manya Wang, who beat Xiaoxin Yang (athlete of Monaco) 3-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-7).

Tournament of Champions in table tennis, optimal results

Yi Wang (China) – Yubin Shin (Japan) 3-1 (11-6, 11-6, 11-13, 11-5)

Ing Han (Germany) – Jeonghui Joo (South Korea) 3-2 (6-11, 13-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-8)

Manyu Wang (China) – Xiaoxing Yang (Monaco) 3-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-7)

Rui Zhang (China) – Tianyi Qian (China) 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 12-10)

Xingtong Chen (China) – Bernadette Sox (Romania) 3-2 (10-12, 11-9, 11-8, 10-12, 11-3)

They also take place on Friday:

Meng Chen (China) – Hina Hayata (Japan)

Insha Sun (China) – Miwa Harimoto (Japan)

Adriana Diaz (Puerto Rico) – Mima Ito (Japan).

At the age of 28, Bernie Shox is registered with CSA Steaua and had an excellent result in 2023:

• gold in women’s singles at the European Games

• gold with the Romanian women’s team at the European Games

• bronze in mixed doubles (with Ovidiu Ionescu) at the European Games

• silver with the Romanian women’s team at the European Championship.