Elizabeta Samara is the European Women's singles champion of 2015

Elizabeta Samara of Romania beat Li Jie of Netherlands to clinch the Women's title at the European Championships. In a match that was contested closely up to the fifth game, Elizabeta prevailed 11-6,9-11,3-11,11-7,12-14,11-4,11-4.

Earlier in the semi finals, both Elizabeta and Li Jie had beaten their opponents Polina Mikhailova and Yu Fu respectively by the same score 4-1.

Photo by courtesy of the ITTF.