Metz won the last seven games of the night to beat TTC Berlin eastside, the six-time champions, 9-6 on games in Berlin on Wednesday in the last match of the first round of the ETTU Champions League Women's Stage 2.
Berlin led 6-2 midway through the third match. Shan Xiaona had beaten Hana Goda 11-6, 11-9, 11-7, and Sabina Surjan won her first two games against Izabela Lupulesku, but Lupulesku took the third 12-10 and Metz did not lose another game. Goda beat Josephina Neumann 11-7, 11-6, 11-3 and Charlotte Lutz beat Shan 11-6, 11-7, 15-13. Lutz had also won the opening match against Neumann 2-1, after losing a 16-14 second game.
"I played well, and so did my teammate. We were trailing 6-2, but as a team, we knew we could come back and win the match," Lutz said.
Metz host Saint-Quentin on Saturday in round two, and Berlin play at Linz AG Froschberg on Sunday. Etival beat the holders Tarnobrzeg 8-7 on Tuesday.
