The Huesca Raúl Bergua and Gonzalo Isábal will participate with the Spanish team in the U-15 European Championship that will take place in the Finnish town of Lathi from February 15 to 20, 2022. They are part of the group of twelve players that make up a team led by Vicent Martínez and Roberto González.
Bergua, runner-up of Spain in both singles and doubles he recently came to play in the individual and doubles competition.
Isábal, national runner-up Also in doubles, go to play the men’s doubles with Bergua.
The convocation confirms the Federation’s confidence in promising players of Huesca.
On the Spanish side they will play the men’s individual tournament Bergua and the Balearic Yaidel Gil and the female, the Andalusian María Luisa Jiménez and the Balearic Sofía García. The men’s doubles, in addition to Bergua and Isábal, the Balearic Islands Álex Tur and Gabriel Cañellas; the women, the Galician Izíar Barcala with the Cantabrian Paula Yedra and the Castilian Carmen Carro with the Andalusian Ana Aua. And the mixed doubles, Yaidel Gil with Sofía García and the Andalusian Mario Rodríguez with Sofía García.
The intention in the Spanish Federation (FESBA) is to fight “for everything and, in addition, to live closely the competition of the European Championship by absolute teams that takes place in the same venue and on the same dates ”, says the head of national teams of the Federation Ernesto Garcia.
It is “a wide selection that has several players who have added international experience this season, competing at a good level and even achieving medals in different tournaments ”, he explains.
Bergua and Isábal now they were contesting the international tournament of this category in Denmark and those of Ibiza and Benalmádena.
The objective of the Spanish team is “Continue to gain international experience, without ruling out that some athlete reaches final rounds, such as the quarterfinals or something else, which depends in part on the draw and on the other hand on the management of nerves ”.
The Spanish team wants “Make the most of the experience of living together and living your competition up close and that of the best national teams, among which I hope the Spanish team is ”. They will be able to follow the quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the final of the absolute European Team Championship, which will undoubtedly be a great experience.
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