Goal accomplished. Badminton Rinconada, one of the 30 clubs that are part of ACELITE, will play one more season in the final phase for the TOP10 IBERDROLA League championship after beating the University of Valladolid accurately at Fernando Martín, a victory dedicated to all the women who were once part of the corner squad and who were honored along with the Iberdrola Cup before the match.
The match began in an impressive way for the corner players Tom Wolfenden and Claudia Leal who defeated the Valladolid in three quick sets (11-5, 11-3, 11-7) to put the first corner point. Later, in the men’s and women’s double duels, once again it was the corner players who got both points after the victory of Jaume Pérez and Carlos Piris in doubles (11-5, 11-7, 11-9) and Marta Molina and Claudia Loyal in three sets (11-10, 11-6, 11-7).
After that, the corner players were once again insurmountable after beating in both singles and putting the victory in the local box. First, Bea Corrales beat Marta Fernández in three sets (11-2 11-3 11-5) while Carlos Piris also won the victory in three sets (11-6 11-9 11-2). Finally, in individual duels number 2, the corner player Nerea Ivorra had to withdraw from the match due to injury while Jaume Pérez won again in his performance as an individual player against Javier González (11-4 11-7 11-6).
Antonio Molina, after the match towards balance of the regular competition, describing this first phase as “extraordinary”: “We have competed at a very good level throughout the competition. Only a defeat in a difficult start like Arjonilla has deprived us of making a perfect competition. Even so, we cannot give a single reproach to the players who have been outstanding. Now we have to study all our games in this regular phase to continue correcting possible errors and get to the top for the playoffs”.
Regarding what is to come, the corner coach has no doubt that “the match will be extremely difficult, but we have achieved the field factor and that is why from now on we will work to fill the Fernando Martín within two weeks. Badminton Oviedo is a usual in the final phases and he was champion not long ago, so it will be the first final of the two that we hope to play between now and the end of the season”.
The corner players are already finishing the regular competition with a view to a semifinal that could give Badminton Rinconada its eighteenth final in twenty years, with a view to achieving the long-awaited 12+1.
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