End of Season Ratings

At the end of the season, Maria has finished as the second Junior girl (2159 points), her best ever rating, and the 13th player for Senior Women (2632 points) in the UK.
http://etta.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Ranking-Lists-219.pdf

EYC: Photos

EYC: Results

During the ten days at Ostrava Maria and the England team started extremely well by finishing first in the group beating Armenia, Norway, Bosnia and Austria.

vs Armenia (3-0) Maria's results

VARDANYAN, Rubina - TSAPTSINOS, Maria

4 : 11

2 : 11

6 : 11

0 : 3

vs Norway(3-2) Maria's results

TSAPTSINOS, Maria - AASEBØ, Anna Grutle

6 : 11

12 : 10

4 : 11

7 : 11

1 : 3

TSAPTSINOS, Maria - BERNER, Sara

8 : 11

11 : 7

11 : 2

11 : 4

3 : 1

vs Bosnia (3-2) Maria's results

MILOJICA, Sanja - TSAPTSINOS, Maria

11 : 9

12 : 10

5 : 11

8 : 11

7 : 11

2 : 3

HADZIAHMETOVIC, Emina - TSAPTSINOS, Maria

11 : 8

5 : 11

11 : 6

4 : 11

11 : 7

3 : 2

 vs Austria (3-1) Maria's results

TSAPTSINOS, Maria - KELLERMANN, Sophia

11 : 5

11 : 6

11 : 6

3 : 0

Then the team had to face Italy for the playoff position to guarantee a 1 to 16 placement. Despite the team being the favorite on paper a surprised defeat for Tin Tin and Lois losing 3-2 from being 2 sets up - Maria played as the number three - meant that we lost 3-2.

LE THI HIONG, Loan - TSAPTSINOS, Maria

6 : 11

7 : 11

6 : 11

0 : 3

The defeat had an effect on the girls who lost to Lithuania 3-2

TSAPTSINOS, Maria -  VENCKUTE, Vitalija

8 : 11

6 : 11

5 : 11

0 : 3

TSAPTSINOS, Maria - PREIDZIUTE, Ingrida

7 : 11

6 : 11

2 : 11

0 : 3

 and to Greece 3-1

TSAPTSINOS, Maria - PARIDI, Konstantina

7 : 11

9 : 11

11 : 13

0 : 3

 and finally winning 3-1 against Switzerland to finish 23th.

TSAPTSINOS, Maria - REUST, Celine

11 : 9

5 : 11

11 : 7

3 : 11

7 : 11

2 : 3

For the singles Maria faced Ashley Givan from Ireland and won 4 : 2  (8 -6 5 -9 5 4), then faced chopper and no26 Linda Bergstrom (SWE) and despite a good performance she lost 4-1 (4 -10 6 4 11). For the doubles Maria and Lois had a difficult draw against seeded RAKOVAC, Lea (CRO) and MANTZ, Chantal (GER) losing 3 : 1  (5 -6 4 4).

The best performances of Maria came for the mixed doubles, with Sam Walker when they beat the Slovakian pair PETER, Ingemar and JURKOVA, Eva 3 : 1  (4 14 -8 8); the Swedish pair JOHANSSON, Henrik and SODERLUND, Emma 3 : 0  (7 9 17) but finally lost to the Serbian pair KATIC, Ivor and TRUZSINSZKI, Viktoria (SRB) 3 : 0  (9 8 9).

Looking forward, if selected, to the next EYC at Riva del Garda, Italy. 

Looking forward to the European Youths

The European Youth Championships are taking place at Ostrava of the Czech Republic, with the team event commencing on the 12th of July. The England Junior Girls team of Tin Tin, Maria, Lois and Emily have been drawn in Group G facing Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Norway and Armenia. Romania, Germany, France and Russia are the top seeds. The squad spent last week at EIS in Sheffield preparing for this prestigious tournament.

Good luck England!

Invitation International 2013 Isle of Man

South East Representatives

A successful  weekend at the isle of Man for Maria representing English Schools for the under 16s. Maria won two gold medals, for the team event with Yuki Wat winning 3-0 against Ireland and for the individual event where she faced her team mate Yuki. The final score was 3-2 with Maria winning the fifth set after trailing 9-5 with six consecutive points.

English Schools Team