At Alicante, Spain the ITTF European Table Tennis Championships took place with Maria representing England. Maria was drawn in group 14 as a third seed with JEGER Mateja (CRO), MARCHETTI Nathalie (Bel) and IMANOVA Maryam (AZE).
For the first game Maria won versus the Belgian player with a 4-0 score (10, 7, 5, 7), a great win considering that Nathalie was 150 ranking places above. For the second game lost to the Croatian player 2-4 (-8, -5, 8, -12, 3, -6), with the fourth set being a critical one when at 10-8 it was a great opportunity to equalise the score. A 4-1 win over the Azerbaijan player it was enough for the next round qualification (-12, 5, 7, 6, 3) where Maria met BERGSTROM Linda and she lost 4-0 (-8, -3, -8, -9).
For the first game Maria won versus the Belgian player with a 4-0 score (10, 7, 5, 7), a great win considering that Nathalie was 150 ranking places above. For the second game lost to the Croatian player 2-4 (-8, -5, 8, -12, 3, -6), with the fourth set being a critical one when at 10-8 it was a great opportunity to equalise the score. A 4-1 win over the Azerbaijan player it was enough for the next round qualification (-12, 5, 7, 6, 3) where Maria met BERGSTROM Linda and she lost 4-0 (-8, -3, -8, -9).
