In the final on Sunday (2:30 p.m.), the 27-year-old will face the winner of the game between Nina Mittelham and Shan Xiaona, also from the host country, which was then scheduled for the well-attended Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle.
After just 13 minutes, Polcanova was 2-0 ahead. Winter got the third round, took the momentum with him, but lost a 3-1 lead. Polcanova pulled away to 7:4, the set remained contested, but ultimately fell prey to the ÖTTV player. In the fifth set, Polcanova almost caught up, but not quite. But she gave up a lead in set six, Winter had equalized from 1: 3 to 3: 3. In the deciding set, Polcanova missed two match points after 10:8, but used her third in a battle of nerves.
Polcanova had previously won the doubles title with Romanian Bernadette Szocs in the continental title fights and won bronze in mixed with her compatriot Robert Gardos. The ÖTTV team wrote in Munich with four medals, in the men’s area the doubles Robert Gardos/Daniel Habesohn had won silver.
For Polcanova, these are already their most successful European Championships. In 2018 in Alicante, Europe’s current number four had won three European Championship medals, bronze in singles and silver in doubles and mixed. Incidentally, she was also successful against Winter in 2018 (close 3-2 win).
Source: Nachrichten
