Stefani Stoeva and Gabriela Stoeva suffered their first loss in the badminton tournament at the Olympic Games in Paris , BTA reported. In their second match of group "B" The three-time European women's doubles champions fell to world No. 3 Liu Shengshu and Tang Ning (China) 21:19, 10:21, 16:21 in 77 minutes.
The match was extremely even. The Chinese took a lead of 4 points at the beginning of the match 11:7, after which it was played point for point. The sisters were able to make a turnaround 18:15 before their rivals equalized. With two more successful plays, the Bulgarian women took the lead with 20:18 and after 21:19 they managed to win the first game.
In the second half, Liu Sheng Shu and Tang Ning made a run of 8 points from 7:7 to 15:7 and easily won 21:10 to level the score. In the decisive third game, the game was tied until 13:13, after which the Chinese took the lead with 19:14 and closed the match with 21:16.
In their first match of group "B" yesterday, Stephanie and Gabriela Stoeva beat Nga Tin Eun and Pui Lam Eun (Hong Kong) 21:11, 21:23, 21:15 in 75 minutes. In their third match, the graduates of coach Petya Nedelcheva-Hranova will meet Annie Sue and Kerry Sue (USA) on July 30, when it will be clear whether she will continue in the elimination phase. The first two duets from each group qualify for the quarterfinals.