– Four badminton aces from TSV Freystadt caused a stir at the southeast German championships.
The Southeast German Badminton Championships O19 took place in Markkleeberg near Leipzig. Four Bundesliga players from TSV Freystadt were part of the Bavarian squad. Even without Ella Neve, last year’s champion, Silke Mader, Katharina Rudert, Aurelia Wulandoko and Moritz Miller presented themselves in impressive form. All four were on the winner’s podium – especially Aurelia Wulandoko, two-time title holder in mixed doubles and doubles.
In the men’s singles, Moritz Miller reached the quarter-finals, but lost to the eventual finalist in two sets. He was also eliminated in the quarterfinals in the men’s doubles. In the women’s doubles, Mader and Rudert took third place and were happy to win bronze. In the women’s doubles, Wulandoko dominated alongside Lena Reder (BC Offenburg). They reached the final without losing a set and beat the Leipzig doubles Hannah Berge Paula-Elisabeth Nitschke with 21:13 and 21:12.
The mixed doubles developed into Freystadt’s flagship discipline. After Mader was eliminated following the defeat in the quarter-finals, three Freystädters were in the mixed final: Miller and Rudert met Wulandoko/Alan Erben (Schorndorf). While Miller-Rudert was able to keep up in the first set at 19:21, the second set was a clear affair for Wulandoko-Erben. In addition to Neve, who has already qualified for the DM due to her top position in the German rankings, Wulandoko, Miller and Mader also qualified for the DM, which will be held from January 29th to February 1st in Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony.
