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Russian female player Abramian defeated German star Kaufman to win the European Championship women's singles championship. (Taken from ETTU official website)

[Reporter Xu Mingli/Comprehensive Report] The Russian female player Abramian, ranked 39th in the world, defeated the 20-year-old German star Kaufmann 4:3 in the women's singles final of the 2026 European Individual Table Tennis Championships today after a dramatic 7-game battle. She became the first Russian player in history to win the women's singles championship at the European Championships, and the first female player in history to advance from the qualifying round to the final and finally reach the top.

The 23-year-old Abramian became famous this year after winning the WTT Tunisia Challenge women's singles championship. She first passed the qualifying test in this European Championship, and after entering the top 64, she defeated Italy's Piccolin, Tofant, France's first sister Yuan Jianan, and Wales' rising star Hersey. In the semi-finals, she overcame a 2:3 deficit in the game, reversed French rookie Pavard 4:3, and reached the finals with an upset.

Kaufmann, ranked 43rd in the world, defeated Yang Xiaoxin, Luxembourg's Ni Xialian, Germany's Han Ying and other Chinese "overseas corps". In the semi-finals, she reversed the German star Mittelland 4:3 and advanced to the championship for the first time.

Abramian and Kaufman have played unbeaten three times in the past, but the last time they fought was in 2021. Today, Abramian made another move. After the first game, Abramian led 15:13, 11:5, 5:11, and also took a 9:3 lead in the fourth game. However, Kaufman showed resilience and recovered 3 points to force Abramian's timeout. After returning to the game, he scored 5 points in a row and regained the victory at 11:9.

The fifth game was also very dramatic. Abramian overcame a 0:4 deficit at the beginning to catch up to 8:9, and scored 4 points in a row under the adversity at 8:10, including the last lucky shot of the ball, which made Kaufman fall to the ground to save the ball in vain, and once again took the lead in the game. Kaufman, who was forced into a desperate situation, did not give up. He fell behind 5:6 in the 6th game. He took advantage of his opponent's consecutive mistakes and scored 6 points in a row, leveling the game again at 11:6. The decisive game also had ups and downs. Abramian led 5:1 at the beginning, but was chased to 7:6 after changing sides. At the critical moment, she showed the power of her forehand and scored 4 consecutive points with consecutive attacks, sealing the victory at 11:6.

Abramian said, "I think this is the most exciting game I have ever played. There were a lot of incredible back-and-forths, and both sides showed amazing levels of psychology and tactics."

Although the duel on the field was very fierce, this final was also a gathering of two Chen Tuk players who had a personal relationship. Abramian revealed that Kaufman had predicted a few days ago that they would meet in the final. "Two or three days ago, after I won one of the tournaments, Annette texted me and said, Congratulations! You played great. See you in the finals!"

Abramian said, "At the time, none of us thought that things would actually develop exactly like this, but we did have this little agreement, and I felt that I had to fulfill it!"