It was the resumption of the interclubs of the national badminton championship, this Saturday January 17, 2026, for the elite team of the Bad club of Rostrenen, with a perilous trip to Alsace on the program.
The Rostrenois, of course, had held Strasbourg in check in the first leg at Porz Moëlou (4 to 4) and then confirmed their good dispositions with successes in Bordeaux and Mulhouse and above all an excellent level displayed during the visit to Aix-en-Provence on December 13, 2025.
Only Xuefei Qi succeeds in winning
“But this time, we had to do without key players including Beiwen Zhang, in an international tournament in India,” regretted president Jacques Sibéril. In the end, Rostrenen lost 7 to 1. Only Xuefei Qi managed to win in singles. All his other teammates, Léo Van Gysel, Paul Tournefier, Romane Cloteaux-Foucault, Noah Haase, Jiahao Yu and Yevheniia Paksiutova were less happy.
At the end of this sixth day, the Bad club is demoted one step in the ranking and is ahead of Le Volant Airois, victorious at home in Bordeaux and who takes second place with two points in advance. It will be necessary to ensure during the next four confrontations and in particular the two home matches against Union Saint-Bruno-Bordeaux on February 21 and Mulhouse on March 28, two teams which lost at home in the first leg.
The victorious reserve
The reservists, who also went to meet their leader in Nationale 2 and Saint-Jacques Badminton, largely won by 6 to 2. The two successes were won by Célia Frassin in three sets in women’s singles and by the mixed duo Thurian Desmots-Chacun – Saskia Aubry. Martin Boiveau, Guillaume Gannat, Maïlys and Nils Tostivint completed the group.
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