uncle. If that wasn’t a good start to the year: Claudia Bauch’s team recorded a landslide victory with 7:1 and took revenge for the defeat in the first half of the season.
Both teams were able to compete in their entirety, although Lukas Walter on the Unkel side was to be spared after an infection and team boss Claudia Bauch also suffered from flu at the turn of the year. The badminton friends from Heimbach-Weis faced the Rotweinstädter regulars.
Things got off to a good start straight away, as the women’s doubles with Sandra Schreiber/Claudia Bauch, which was ultimately lost, even led until shortly before the end of the set, meaning close results in many games. The first doubles with Skender Bunjaku/Claus Schulte and the second doubles with William Unkel/Anand Amalraj won in three sets. Amazingly, there were two-set wins in all three men’s singles by Skender Bunjaku, William Unkel and Anand Amalraj. Nobody expected the hosts to win the women’s singles, but Sandra Schreiber fought hard and put her much younger competitor in her place in just three sets. Ultimately, there was a clear path for the mixed oldies with Claus Schulte and Claudia Bauch, who secured the 7:1 in two sets. As is so often the case, it turned out that the Unkelers often serve well at home games with their good and usual indoor conditions.
After the winter break, this was finally a positive sign for SV Unkel in the fight for a secure place in the table, which they have currently fought for for the first time this season with 3rd place and now have to defend with 3 home and 2 away games remaining.
