
Top seeds end brave effort, new combination makes presence felt
A brave effort but for the partnership comprising the Slovak Republic’s Barbora Balazova and the Czech Republic’s Hana Matelova, the semi-final stage of proceedings witnessed the end of adventures in the Women’s Doubles event at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Qatar Open in Doha. Not seeded, they experienced a four games defeat at the hands of top seeds, Korea’s Jeon Jihee and Yang Haeun (9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-4). Nevertheless, the European partnership can be more than sati