The national athlete stands out in the BWF Brazil International Series Tournament.
Award for effort and dedication. The national badminton player Fernanda Saponara won the bronze medal in the BWF Brazil International Series Tournament, held in the city of Teresinha (Brazil).
Our compatriot, unusually, was in this competitive championship without a coach to assist her, and she alone was in charge of the logistics and game strategy. In the first match she faced the local Jackeline Luz and won 2-1 with partials (21-14, 19-21, 21-13).
In the second game, Saponara faced Samia Lima, a Brazilian top who had Marco Vasconcellos (coach of the Brazilian badminton team) on the bench, and Fabiana Silva, an Olympian in Tokyo. The Peruvian won 2-1 with partials (13-21, 21-16, 21-17).
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Advancing in the championship, Fernanda collided with Guatemalan Nikte Sotomayor, a Tokyo Olympian assisted by one of the coaches who worked with Kevin Cordon (Bronze medal in Tokyo 2020) and the match was won 2-0 with partials (21-18 and 21-19). In the semifinals, she faced the Mexican Vanessa García losing 2-1 (21-18, 12-21, 21-14).
It is important to note that Fernanda Saponara came to this championship after training at the European High Performance Center in Denmark, for a scholarship granted by the Pan American Badminton Confederation.
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