During the past weekend, the Huesca La Magia Badminton Club players Alejandro Yagües, Alejandro Gállego, Raúl Bergua and Gonzalo Isábal, the “four musketeers”, together with their coach, Roberto González, have played the Under 17 International Tournament in France, As part of his club’s commitment to making them gain experience on the European circuit to improve their level and gain points in the continental ranking, with the support of the Spanish Badminton Federation.
The tournament began on Thursday and Bergua and Isábal fell in the first round in the doubles draw. For their part, Gállego and Yagües were exempt from playing the first round and in the second round they lost to the French Bouillot and Minez 21-13 and 24-22.
As for the individual draw, the best was Gonzalo Isábal. In the second round he beat the German Daniel Iman, one of the tournament’s top seeds, by 21-19 and 21-17 and got into the round of 16, in which he lost to the English Ou by 21-12 and 21-7. And in the second round they also said goodbye to the tournament Raúl Bergua, who lost in three tight sets against the number three in the tournament, the Frenchman Bouillot (11-21, 21-14 and 21-17), and Alejandro Gállego, who also sold expensive his skin to fight for three sets against the also French Dervaux (21-18, 17-21 and 21-11).
One of the players from Huesca, Raúl Bergua, commented on his and his teammates’ results in the French tournament and ended up valuing this international experience that they are amassing this year. “We are proud to be able to play international tournaments and lucky enough to be able to play against the best players from all over Europe.”.
The four players from Huesca continue with an intense season that hardly stops in the summer with new national and international events
