The growth of Spanish badminton is increasingly visible on the world scene, as seen again in the round of 16 of the DAIHATSU Indonesia Masters 2021, Super 750 category tournament of the circuit World Tour in which they participate Clara Azurmendi and Bea Corrales. This time no victory could be celebrated, but both players stood out to the point that they made several of the best national rackets sweat.
The first game with a Spanish accent was played Clara Azurmendi, who was left at the gates of giving the bell. He had in front of nothing less than the Olympic runner-up in Rio 2016 and bronze in Tokyo 2020 and world gold in Basel 2019 Pusarla Sindhu, but she came out determined to make things difficult for him and boy did she succeed. In fact, the first set was scored (21-17), which forced India to come back if she wanted to get into the quarterfinals. But Sindhu its alot Sindhu: put the direct in the second game and ended the dream of the Spanish (7-21 and 12-21).
In any case, the Donostiarra has once again demonstrated its great evolution in recent months, in which has come to defeat top level players such as the Danish Mia Blichfeldt.
???? Statistics of Azurmendi’s match against Pusarla Sindhu.
The doubles, against the Olympic champions
Shortly after, it was the turn of the doubles formed by Clara Azurmendi and Bea Corrales, which could not give the bell in Bali either. Of course, the Spanish duo stood up to no less than the current Olympic champions, the Indonesians Graysa Polii and Apriyani Rahayu.
Azurmendi and Corrales they fell by 17-21 and 9-21 in 36 minutes of the match, in which their resistance lasted until the final stretch of the first set. From there, the Asians asserted their status as favorites.
It should be remembered that the tandem that make up the Guipuzcoana and the Madrid is at the gates of a historical milestone, since it will end the year among the best 50 couples in the world ranking, something unprecedented in the entire history of Spanish badminton.
???? Statistics of the match of Azurmendi and Corrales against Polii and Rahayu.
This is the first of the two tournaments that will be played consecutively in Indonesian lands, since the Spanish will compete again next week in the Indonesia Open 2021, Super 100 category tournament.
➕ More information about the DAIHATSU Indonesia Master 2021.
➕ More information about the Indonesia Open 2021.
