Malta’s participation in the 2012 European Championships, currently being played in Latvia, was ended last night when Alex Borg and Roberta Cutajar were eliminated in the knock-out stages of the tournament.

Borg failed to progress to the Last 16 when he was beaten by Antonis Poullos 5-4.

The Cypriot player was always in the lead with Borg drawing level on four occasions before losing the decider.

Cutajar’s run was halted by Belgium’s Wendy Jans 3-1.

After sharing the opening two frames, Jans stepped up a gear and won the next two to seal victory in the best of five-frame contest.

Jans will now face Russia’s Daria Sirotina for a place in the semi-finals.

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