Badminton – National Tournament of Rodez: the beautiful first day of the Ruthénois

Licensed in Rodez, Louis Jaugey and Alexia Cavalerie won in singles this Saturday evening, in Ginette-Mazel, at the end of the first day of the national tournament in Rodez.

He had already been to sit in the stands after a long rally to catch his breath, Bastien Corre did not even have the strength to leave the field at the end of the final, lying down on the floor of Ginette Mazel. The Louis Jaugey effect, home winner of the Rodez national singles tournament, which welcomed 180 players and around 200 spectators this Saturday. The seeded number two thus released, at only 15 years old, the favorite, a twenty-something licensed in Libourne and also classified R4 (regional elite), in three sets: 17-21, 21-14, 21-10.

“After having reached the 16th of the” France “cadets at the end of the week, I remain on my momentum, appreciated the one who is from Comps-la-Grand-Ville. We will have to do the same in second series men’s doubles tomorrow (today) with Matthieu Bonnet (R5, Saint-Affrique). We will be overwhelmingly favourites. »

Before taking part in his last national tournament of the season next weekend, in Tournefeuille: “It will be tougher, so my goal will already be to reach the semi-finals. I will then end the season with the Aveyron championship, where I should win my first adult title without too many problems. »

Cavalry: “It was my first adult tournament”

In ladies’ singles, another gifted member of the Ruthenian club distinguished herself: at 13, Alexia Cavalerie (D8, second department level) overcame the twenty-something Bordeaux Idoia Lacoste (D9), also in three sets: 21- 19, 19-21, 21-14. “Being seeded number one was my goal, even if I was only playing my first tournament as an adult,” confided the Sébézacoise. Monday, in Avignon, I will play again in my age category by participating in the UNSS national championship with the Jean-Moulin college. »

On Saturday, in Rabastens, the native of Piton will compete in the interdepartmental with the Aveyronnaise minimal selection, before concluding her season on June 18, in Castelnaudary, with a round of the regional youth circuit.

This Saturday, however, the CBR did not see Manon Izard offer him the hat-trick, since the senior lost, alongside Tournefeuillais Xavier Enjalran, the mixed doubles final. The pair, favorite, lost against the one ranked seeded number three and composed of Léo Prechac (Pradines) and Adeline Morena (Toulouse).

From 8 a.m. this Sunday morning, still in the first series for the last day, no Ruthénois is expected in men’s doubles, unlike the women’s table, in which Julie Dantas (R5) and Tournefeuillaise Tiffany Abraham (R6) , seeded number two duo, have their chances.

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