During the entire month of February there will be no competition in the Badminton Top-8 Division of Honor. This has been decided by the Spanish Federation due to the evolution of the pandemic.
Therefore, the first four days of the second round of the competition are postponed. Badminton Oviedo will therefore not play its duels against Arjonilla, Pontevedra, Rinconada and San Fernando on the scheduled dates.
The Carbayón team faces this break in an enviable situation. Those of César González are currently the solid leader of the maximum category after closing the first round with full triumphs. The last one, last weekend, at the Corredoria Arena against Arjonilla (5-2), in a crash postponed in its day due to the coronavirus.
In this meeting, Alberto Zapico and Lorena Uslé added the first point for the blues after beating Juan Blas Villalta and Manuela Díaz, in two sets, by 21-14 and 21-13. In the women’s doubles, Lorena Uslé and Kristina Dzhanhobekova added a new point to the CBO scoreboard after beating Fatima Albin and Carla Moyano by 21-12 and 21-11.
The men’s doubles was more disputed and had to be settled in the third set. Alberto Zapico and Javier Suárez faced Juan Blas Villalta and Laa Talar. A confrontation in which there were moments of tension in both teams. Finally the victory was for the Andalusian team (20-22, 21-19 and 18-21) that added their first point of the day.
In the women’s individual, the international Kristina Dzhanhobekova beat Manuela Díaz by 21-17 and 21-9, and in the men’s, the Mexican Uriel Canjura beat Joan Monroy by 21-9 and 21-16. Arjonilla added their second point to the scoreboard in the individual where Álvaro Leal gave up to Laa Talar, 12-21 and 11-21.
To close the match, Candela Arcos played the longest and tightest match of the day, beating Carla Moyano in three sets by 21-15 19-21 and 25-23. After the victory, the CBO player was very happy with the performance she had offered. «I have played the individual, which is also not my modality, and I have managed to get it out quite well. It was very tight, but very happy, “he explained.
The young woman also celebrated the good progress of the team: “We managed to come out undefeated in the first round of the Division of Honor league.”
For his part, César González, coach of the Asturian team, was “satisfied to finish the first round as undefeated leaders.” “That gives us a lot of confidence to face the second round with all the objectives intact,” he added. And it is that with this triumph against the current third-placed, Badminton Oviedo has presented, one more year, its candidacy to be able to fight for its second league title.
The coach from Oviedo was also “very happy” with the level of the players “because they are showing the great quality they have.”
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