Bulgaria's Stoeva sisters win vice champion title in Basel badminton tournament

published on 3/7/21 3:16 PM

Stefani Stoeva and Gabriela Stoeva

Photo: Barcelona Spain Masters

The European women's doubles champions, sisters Stephanie Stoeva and Gabriela Stoeva, won silver medals at the World Super Series 300 badminton tournament in Basel, Switzerland, with a prize pool of $ 140,000.

The Bulgarians lost in the final to Pearly Tan and Muralitharan Thinaah from Malaysia with 19:21, 12:21 in 43 minutes.

The Stoeva sisters were runners-up in Basel from 2017 and 2018, and in 2019 they were eliminated in the semifinals.

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