Spanish badminton continues in the fight for the medals of the Peru Challengewell Clara Azurmendi and Kike Peñalver have advanced to the semifinals. The man from Toledo faces a challenge of the highest level, meeting with the first seed, the Olympic medalist Kevin Cordonwhile the woman from San Sebastian, the first favorite of the tournament, faces the Ukrainian Polina Buhrova.
Peñalver is signing a great competition, as he has qualified for the semifinals without giving up a setby defeating the Swiss Joel König (21-11 and 21-17), to the Brazilian Jonathan Matias (21-18 and 21-19) and German Kian-Yu Oei (21-16 and 21-13). The battle for the pass to the final that will face the Spaniard with Cordon will take place this Saturday from 4:00 p.m. (Spanish time).
Clara Azurmendi has also advanced steadily to the semifinals and he has not lost any set either. In the first round she defeated the American Srivedya Gurazada (23-21 and 21-12), in the round of 16 beat the Mexican Vanessa Garcia (21-11 and 21-16) and in the quarterfinals she beat the American Disha Gupta (21-12 and 21-14). Azurmendi’s semifinal duel against Buhrova will take place immediately after Kike Peñalver’s.
Peru Challenge 2022 is the first of three tournaments that Spanish athletes face in South American lands. After competing in Lima, the CAR team from Madrid will travel to Mexicowhere from the mars 22 will participate in the Mexican International 2022 and from the Friday the 25th in the I Iberoamerican Championshipboth in the city of Guadalajara.
