Lucía Rodríguez makes history at Badminton European Championship with mixed duets quarterfinals spot

Two games and two defeats yesterday for Lucía Rodríguez from Salvaterrawho fell in the two doubles draws he competes in Badminton European Championship which is held in Saarbrucken, Germany. Despite this, the performance of the Condado player is already historic by reaching the quarterfinals in the mixed duets modality with Rubén García. It was the first time that a Spanish couple had achieved it.

The match was against the third favorites for the title, the Dutch Robin Tabeling and Selena Piek. And in it, those of The Netherlands showed its superiority by winning 21-10 and 21-11. In any case, reaching these tournament heights is already a positive step for Lucía Rodríguez and her partner. Furthermore, being able to do so will bring him some interesting points in the world ranking and in his goal of climbing positions little by little after being a couple since the end of last year.

In women’s doubles, The woman from Pontearea forms a team with Aula López and yesterday they crossed paths with the Bulgarians Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva. They are the third couple on the seeding list and once again defeated the Spanish duo clearly. In fact, it is the third time they have met in recent weeks and all of them ended with victory for the Bulgarians. Yesterday Rodríguez and López put up opposition in the first set, which went up to 21-15, but in the second set they had less of a response. The score was established there at 21-8.

Two clear defeats for Lucía Rodríguez, but they should not overshadow the role played by Salvaterra nor the growth of recent months on the international scene after moving to the Madrid High Performance Center last year. She treated and recovered from an injury and, from there, she entered the federation plans as one of the great doubles specialists of the Spanish team. She demonstrated it again in the European Championship by reaching the mixed quarterfinals.

Regarding the rest of the Spanish expedition, the one from Huelva Carolina Marín is the only one still alive in the European Championship. Yesterday she clearly beat Kaloyana Nalbantova (21-14, 21-12) and today she has her first tough match because she faces the Scottish Kirsty Gilmour, fourth favorite for victory. Of course, Marín is number one and she will seek to avoid a surprise.

2024-04-12 06:23:44
#Lucía #Rodríguez #left #badminton #European #Championship