The Sainsbury's School games took place at Ponds Forge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire over three days (13-15 Sep) and Maria represented England South West for the team event and for the individual singles.
For the singles on Saturday afternoon she played two games at the group stage
Maria Tsaptsinos v Lucy Elliott w/o to Maria Tsaptsinos
Maria Tsaptsinos v Amy Humphreys 11-5,11-6,11-9
followed early Sunday morning with the final game
Maria Tsaptsinos v Amy Hutchings 11-8,11-9,11-6
to finish first in her group and qualify for the round of 16s.
Then she was to meet Letitia McMullen. Letitia won the first set 8-11 but soon Maria found her range and won the three next sets 11-8 11-7 11-8.
For the Quarter Finals Maria was to face another tough opponent, Emma Torkington but Maria continued and improved her form and won 3-0 (11-4 11-9 11-2). Next for the semi final she played against her England colleague Lois Peake with Maria taking the first set 11-9 but Lois came back to win 7-11 to make it one set all. Then despite that Lois was performing very well Maria seemed to have all the answers and she won the two next sets 11-8 and 11-6. At the same time the other semi final provided a surprise since Yuki Wat beat number one seed Tin Tin Ho 3-0.
Maria on the final started extremely well and as the ETTA website describes it " the girl from the South West took upon her task with her usual exuberant gusto to storm the first game of the final 11-5". Then Maria took a 2-0 lead (11-8) and whereas the final seemed to go her way Yuki came back to win the third set 3-11. The fourth set continued with Yuki to have the upper hand and the opportunity to make it 2 all since she found herself 7-10 up. That was the moment that Maria's never die spirit plus the tremendous support from the South West supporters helped raise her game to make it 10-10. Then Maria had two set points and Yuki had one at 13-13 but Maria took the next two points to be crowned the gold medalist of the girls individual event.
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| picture courtesy of Trevor Parsons |
For the singles on Saturday afternoon she played two games at the group stage
Maria Tsaptsinos v Lucy Elliott w/o to Maria Tsaptsinos
Maria Tsaptsinos v Amy Humphreys 11-5,11-6,11-9
followed early Sunday morning with the final game
Maria Tsaptsinos v Amy Hutchings 11-8,11-9,11-6
to finish first in her group and qualify for the round of 16s.
Then she was to meet Letitia McMullen. Letitia won the first set 8-11 but soon Maria found her range and won the three next sets 11-8 11-7 11-8.
For the Quarter Finals Maria was to face another tough opponent, Emma Torkington but Maria continued and improved her form and won 3-0 (11-4 11-9 11-2). Next for the semi final she played against her England colleague Lois Peake with Maria taking the first set 11-9 but Lois came back to win 7-11 to make it one set all. Then despite that Lois was performing very well Maria seemed to have all the answers and she won the two next sets 11-8 and 11-6. At the same time the other semi final provided a surprise since Yuki Wat beat number one seed Tin Tin Ho 3-0.
Maria on the final started extremely well and as the ETTA website describes it " the girl from the South West took upon her task with her usual exuberant gusto to storm the first game of the final 11-5". Then Maria took a 2-0 lead (11-8) and whereas the final seemed to go her way Yuki came back to win the third set 3-11. The fourth set continued with Yuki to have the upper hand and the opportunity to make it 2 all since she found herself 7-10 up. That was the moment that Maria's never die spirit plus the tremendous support from the South West supporters helped raise her game to make it 10-10. Then Maria had two set points and Yuki had one at 13-13 but Maria took the next two points to be crowned the gold medalist of the girls individual event.
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