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Gabriela Stoeva unexpectedly won her first round match with her sister Stefani Stoeva (Photo: BadmintonPhoto)
Great first round for Stoeva sisters
Date: 3/14/2018 9:21 AM
Published by : Mireille van Daal

Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva (Bulgaria) had a great start at the 2018 Yonex All England Open Championships. They managed to beat sixth seeded pair Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu from Indonesia, who just won the Super 500 India Open tournament.

-We still cannot believe we won our first match here! They are the number 5 of the world!, the sisters told Badminton Europe after their match.

Stoeva & Stoeva had a confident first game, which they won 21-11. In the second game they faced more struggles, but kept their head cool and won 21-19.

-In the second game we lost focus, but we told each other we could do it after a pretty easy first game, the sisters continued.

Read: Marin looking to replicate her 2015 win

Focus on next match

Next round they are facing the winners of the match between Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara (Japan) and Anastasia Chervyakova/Olga Morozova.

- We are also going to give a 100 percent and do our best for the next round!’

Find all the matches of the first day here.

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