He Badminton Rinconada is once again champion of the Iberdrola Cup. The corner girls manage to once again hold an immaculate championship without giving any of their rivals a chance. The first match would decide one of the places to the final. Rinconeros and Huelva would once again repeat a confrontation that last season had its repetition in the league final and the semifinal of the European Club Championship. On this occasion, it was the girls from Antonio Molina those who managed to win the match with the victories of Leona Lee and Xu Wei in doubles, and María Merchán and Xu Wei in singles, to head towards the final.
In the final, they would meet again Oviedo and Rinconada to achieve the champion title. In the doubles duel, Xu Wei and Leona Lee managed to score the first point after beating Oviedo’s Laura Álvarez and Ruth Veiguela by four sets (11-7, 11-10, 8-11, 11-3).
In the second doubles match, Rinconada was once again the winner thanks to the good work of Claudia Leal and Laura Molina, beating Amaia Torralba and Kristina Sotomayor in three sets (11-10 11-9 11-9). With land in the way, Rinconada could not close the match quickly after María Merchán’s defeat against Laura Garrijo (3-11, 6-11, 11-7, 6-11) so that later Xu Wei does not give Ruth Veiguela an option (11-3, 11-0, 11-4) thus winning the title again for Rinconada.
Molina’s emotion
At the end of the final, the corner coach, Antonio Molina, showed himself «very excited to start the season again in a great way. “We have managed to overcome all the phases with solvency and that shows the great female team we have.”
Regarding the outcome of the match, Molina believes that “the key has been in coming out 2-0 in the double matches, which has allowed us to face the singles with the peace of mind that we only had to get one point out of the three. Finally we were not able to close the final with María (Merchán), but in the end Xu Wei managed to win in a great way.
Finally, Antonio Molina values the work that has been done to “achieve the first title of the season, which is a primary objective. We want the league but also this cup. “We always bring our best girls, we love this competition.”
2023-09-18 19:17:29
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