In the women’s doubles category, the journey has ended for the European pairs.
Following the elimination of Margot Lambert and Anne Tran (2nd seeds), their main competitors in the Olympic qualification race, Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva, have also fallen. The Stoeva sisters lost to the Indonesian duo Meilysa Trias Puspitasari and Rachel Allessya Rose (6th seeds) after another marathon match lasting nearly 1 hour and 20 minutes. They will not be claiming their fourth title at the Palais des Sports.
The world’s 33rd-ranked pair triumphed with scores of 13-21, 21-19, 21-19 and will face the Japanese duo Hirokami/Kato (4th seeds) in the final.
