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Table tennis: Bianca Mei-Rosu finishes third at Europe Youth Top 10

Romanian table tennis player Bianca Mei-Rosu finished third at the 2026 Europe Youth Top 10 competition, which brought together Europe's elite Under-19 players from Thursday to Sunday in Antibes, France.In the final women's standings, Bianc...
Table tennis: Bianca Mei-Rosu finishes third at Europe Youth Top 10

Romanian table tennis player Bianca Mei-Rosu finished third at the 2026 Europe Youth Top 10 competition, which brought together Europe's elite Under-19 players from Thursday to Sunday in Antibes, France.

In the final women's standings, Bianca Mei-Rosu scored 14 points, finishing behind French players Leana Hochart (16 points) and Alexia Nodin (14), according to the Romanian Table Tennis Federation's website.

On Sunday, Bianca Mei-Rosu recorded two wins, beating Portugal's Julia Leal 4-2 (9-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-5) and Poland's Natalia Bogdanowicz 4-1 (11-4, 10-12, 12-10, 11-7, 11-8). She lost 4-2 (9-11, 6-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-2, 9-11) to the winner, Leana Hochart.

Alesia Sferlea, who recorded just one win, 4-2 (12-10, 11-8, 11-9, 5-11, 14-16, 11-5) against Czech player Veronika Polakova, finished ninth, second from bottom, with nine points. In her other matches on Sunday, Sferlea lost 4-0 (8-11, 5-11, 12-14, 8-11) to Belgium's Lilou Massart and 4-0 (5-11, 9-11, 6-11, 4-11) to France's Leana Hochart.

In the men's U19 event, Robert Istrate withdrew from the competition on Saturday and all his results were canceled, leaving him in ninth place.

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It was published on October 5, 2026 and last updated on October 9, 2026. The time of the story is shown in your own time zone on the page.

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