Stoevas Stonewall Olympic Champs – Fuzhou China Open: Day 3
Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva’s recent dominance over Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi continued as they progressed to the quarterfinals of the Fuzhou China Open 2019 today.
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The siblings from Bulgaria made it three victories in a row over Matsutomo and Takahashi with their 21-11 21-17 result today, making their way to the last eight where they face Korea’s Lee So Hee/Shin Seung Chan.
The Bulgarians mirrored the Japanese style of long defensive clearances, interspersed with opportunistic attack. Matsutomo and Takahashi grew increasingly frustrated, and by the second game their morale was visibly low.
“We worked more to talk to each other and today we were together, we didn’t feel apart even when we did easy mistakes,” said Stefani.