The players of Badminton Binéfar are starring in a spectacular tournament in the Senior World Championship, that is disputed these days in Huelva. Both came ready to enjoy the experience, and knowing that the level is very high, but they have exceeded any expectations and both will play this Wednesday the Round of 16.
The tournament started this Sunday. Edu Marco he won in the first round of his individual draw, Senior 40, the Ukrainian Postol by 21-7 and 21-11. And in the mixed doubles, Foj and Marco lost against the French Seignez and Guenet by 21-13 and 21-18.
This Monday Marco played the second individual round and won again, in this case against Latvian Kazemacs by 21-15 and 21-16.
And this Tuesday he followed the triumphant path of the player from Bilbao to beat Polish Dawid Krawiec, seed of the tournament, in the round of 32, by a double 21-14. A more than meritorious journey that today will have its next step with the round of 16 tie in which Edu will face the Frenchman Mathieu Seignez, his executioner in mixed doubles, starting at 12:30. It should be noted that Marco is the only surviving Spaniard in this table of the eight who started the competition in a table of 128 players in which Marco was also one of the few players who had to play the first round, since the table had not been completed. .
And in the male doubles Together with Francisco Javier Marta from Teruel, they won the first round against an English couple and this Tuesday they lost in the round of 32 against the Indians Vidyadhar and Umrani 21-10 and 21-11.
And his partner Bethlehem Times, After losing on Sunday in the mixed teams and resting on Monday, she started this Tuesday the individual table of her category, also the Senior 40. And she did so with a victory against the French Sophie Roland in a tight match that went to three sleeves ( 21-17, 18-21 and 21-17). That has made it also go to the round of 16, in which this Wednesday he will face the Indian Pooja Mehta, one of the top eight seeds of the tournament, starting at 1 pm.
Arcas y Puertas, good experience
In addition to the two binefarenses, in Huelva they have played two representatives of Badminton Huesca La Magia, Pablo Puertas and Reyes Arcas. This Sunday they played the first round of the mixed doubles and lost to Estonians Hoopy and Pettifer by 21-5 and 21-12. And this Tuesday Reyes played the first round of her individual draw, Senior 40, just like Foj, but lost to the number one, German Vogelgsang.
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