He Rinconada Badminton Club starts to have serious problems. Zero victories in five days and the feeling that relegation is beginning to appear more seriously as the days go by. This day’s match was a final, with the opportunity … of getting hooked on fourth and third place and thinking that direct salvation was impossible. With this defeat (5-2), they are far from even fourth position begins to think that, more than 25 years later, the end of the journey through the highest category of Spanish badminton may be a reality.
The match started in the worst possible way in the mixed doubles. Ernesto Baschwitz and Marta Molina They were surpassed by Yaidel Gil and Carmen Jiménez (11-7, 11-6 and 11-5). The clash continued with the men’s doubles and the women’s doubles, which left a total score of 3-0. In females, Marta Molina and Paula Cáceres They had no options against Elizabeth Mary Tolman and Carmen Jiménez (11-2, 11-3 and 11-5). The male couple formed by Joshua Magee and Enrico Baroni They had the chance to right the bad start against Alex William and Henry Green, a duel with an international flavor that was very even, but which also ended up falling for the local side (11-5, 11-8, 10-11, 10-11 and 11-6).
Thus, with the aforementioned 3-0, the match reached the individual matches, where the corner players closed the gap but the desired comeback did not come. Miu Lin Kirby she beat María Rovira (2-11, 2-11 and 4-11), thus raising the first point; and Ernesto Baschwitz He beat Yaidel Gil by (10-11, 9-11, 11-6 and 9-11). A 3-2 that tightened the match and left it open for the last two singles. Paula Caceres she could do little against Sofía García (11-5, 11-9 and 11-5) and Enrico Baroni He was also defeated against Enogat Roy (11-9, 4-11, 7-11, 11-7 and 11-6).
After the meeting, a worried Antonio Molina made the assessment: «We are in the most difficult moment since we are in the highest national categoryl. Relegation is an increasingly harsh reality, days go by and we still don’t win. “So it is very difficult for us to maintain the category.” The corner coach also spoke about the possibility of strengthening the team: «There is one week left to be able to sign national players and we don’t stop working on it. It is complicated but we are going to try it in every possible way because it would be a cruel end for us to go down “after being one game away from being league champion just two years ago.”
