Spanish badminton has managed to leave its mark in Ibiza by winning three gold and one silver in the Iberdrola Spanish International, the second of the three tournaments held consecutively on the island, and again it has been in the doubles events. Firstly, the mixed couple formed by Rubén García and Lucía Rodríguez won the gold by beating the also Spaniards Jacobo Fernández and Paula López in the final. García also climbed to the top of the podium in men’s doubles, partnering with Carlos Piris. The other came in the women’s doubles thanks to Paula López and Lucía Rodríguez.
The final day began with tremendously exciting semifinals that left no one indifferent. In the individual section, Álvaro Leal was unable to continue his great competition after losing to the Englishman Nadeem Dalvi by 21-17 and 21-15. Of course, the great winner in this test has been the Dane Jakob Houe, who defeated the Swiss Mueller in the other semifinal and subsequently won the title by defeating Dalvi 21-17 and 21-16.
There has also been no Spanish presence on the women’s individual podium. In this event Leona Lee has been proclaimed champion after defeating the Belgian Clara Lassaux in an exciting semifinal (18-21, 21-16 and 22-20) and the Danish Sofie Karmann also after coming back (17-21, 21-16 and 21-17).
Rain of Spanish medals
The national athletes have shone with their own light in the doubles events, confirming once again the progress of the Spanish athletes in these events with four medals. One of the best performances of our athletes has been seen in the mixed doubles, an event in which Rubén García and Lucía Rodríguez have won gold after beating the also Spaniards Jacobo Fernández and Paula López in the final by 21-16 and 21 -17.
To reach that final, García and Rodríguez have achieved a solid victory against the Danish couple of Gadegaard and Røjkaer (21-16 and 21-12), while Fernández and López have pulled out all the stops to beat Melgaard and Tommerup (21-18 , 11-21 and 21-16).
Spanish badminton can also boast of the good results achieved in gender doubles. Firstly, Carlos Piris and Rubén García have beaten the Germans Marvin Datko and Jarne Schlevoigt in the semi-finals (21-15, 13-21 and 21-15), meeting the Danes Gadegaard and Geisler and have also emerged victorious from the battle for the gold, by defeating Gadegaard and Geisler (21-14 and 21-11).
The icing on the cake came in the female section, with Lucía Rodríguez and Paula López as protagonists. And, after shining in the semifinals against the French Anouk Nambot and Xu Wei (21-14 and 21-17), they rounded off their great performance by coming back in a heart-stopping final against the also French Cesari and Schaffner (20-22, 21-15 and 25-23).
In this way, an Iberdrola Spanish International to remember concludes, although badminton will continue to be the protagonist in Ibiza from this Friday with the start of the Spanish International under-15 and under-17.
2023-11-16 18:00:12
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