Squash|Soini, who played sharp from the opening point, won the match 3–1.
Finland Emilia Soini was in great shape on Saturday when he won bronze at the individual squash European Championships in Cuenca, Spain.
In the bronze match, Soini defeated France’s Marie Stephan 3–1 (12–10, 11–5, 8–11, 11–9).
Soini, who played sharp from the first point, quickly advanced to a 2–0 set lead. The Finnish player, who led the third set 7–3, was already on his way to a clean 3–0 victory, but the Frenchman managed to extend the match to a fourth set.
However, Soini was not discouraged by this, as the determined Finn claimed the bronze medal by winning the fourth set with a score of 11–9.
Soini is ranked 51st on the women’s world list, while Stephan’s ranking is 47th. The two were supposed to meet in the European Championship bronze match last year as well, but in the end the match was not played at all. That’s when the European Squash Federation decided to award bronze medals to the losers of both semi-finals.
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