The Rinconada Badminton Club get after three seasons victory on the first league matchday. The rival was not easy because, despite still being day 2 (the cornerbacks who rested on the first day) the truth is that an early final was presumed in the Fernando Martín against two clear candidates to win the first two positions of the Group 2 in the TOP10 Iberdrola League. And it could not have a better happy ending for the cornerbacks. Despite the injuries and setbacks at Rinconada, where the coach has had to play, he has managed to overcome and win thanks to Thomas Fourcadethe discovery of the day in the Fernando Martín.
The meeting began with mixed doubles in lizawho introduced Bea Corrales, brand new silver medal at the Mediterranean Games last summer as a Rinconada Badminton player. Her premiere was brilliant, because together with James Perez they managed to beat Juan Blas Villalta and Anne Fulgsang in three comfortable sets ((11-6, 11-5, 11-6).
Despite the comfort of the first set, the match would turn in favor of CB Arjonilla, well, the jienenses they would manage to win the men’s and women’s doubles. In the first place Villalta and Monroy would beat Jaume Pérez and Thomas Fourcade in four sets, in the doubles due to the absence of Carlos Píris (9-11,11-4,6-11,6-11). The girls from CB Arjonilla, Paula López and Anne Fulgsang would also win their match against Claudia Leal and Nerea Ivorra, this time in three sets (9-11, 7-11, 10-11).
The match came with a disadvantage for Rinconada in the individual. His usual stronghold was fading and he would have to seek victory in the individual section. In singles number two, Nerea Ivorra beat Fátima Albín in three sets while Antonio Molina, who would have to come to the fore circumstantially, quickly lost in three sets against Dimitar Yavakiev.
Everything was left for the last two games. Bea Corrales easily won her match against a Paula López who would have to retire in the third sets, and left all the pressure for the last game of the day. It was then when a stranger to the corner parish delighted the public present at the Fernando Martín with a match that created an era. The 19-year-old Frenchman, Thomas Fourcademanaged to make an outstanding game by beating a whole Ernesto Bachwitz, one of the giants of the national circuit.
At the end of the game, Antonio Molina valued the victory as “A more than important victory. Not only because of the way it was done, but also because Arjonilla was a very tough rival as we could see last year in the semifinals that we played here. We have had too many setbacks before the game, even having to play myself, but the most important thing is that after three years we have managed to make our debut in the best way”.
Regarding Thomas Fourcade, the corner coach points out: “Thomas has been a target for us since that we saw in the French Badminton Championship, standing up to a world top 20. He is very young and still has a long way to go, but without a doubt it has been a pleasant discovery for us because, despite having the nerves from the first match with us, he has solved it brilliantly”.
To finish, Molina thinks about the league: “It will be difficult, like every year, but it was very important to win today against a great team like Arjonilla who will be up. Paracuellos, Valladolid and Granada are rivals of substance and it is clear that it will not be much less easy. We have made a team according to the demands of the league and our demands, and without a doubt we have more than fulfilled what we have been able to see today”.
