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.

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Semi final line up at the European Table Tennis Championships 2015

The semi final lineup at the European Table Tennis Championships has been decided.

In the Women's singles, Polina Mikhailova takes on Elizabeta Samara in the first semi final, followed by Li Jie who faces Fu Yu of Portugal.

In the Men's singles, top seed Dimitrij Ovtcharov meets Tiago Apolonia while Par Gerell will face Marcos Freitas.

Photo by courtesy of the ITTF.