on Feb. 3, 2:50 p.m
Sport
Sport
LIESHOUT – Due to two narrow losses against direct competitors, the first men’s team of Badminton Club Lieshout has lost touch with the top. In department 12 of the Men’s 2 class (where feather shuttles are played), the team now occupies fourth place. Third place therefore seems to be the highest achievable this season with one match left to play.
The Lieshout men’s team delivered an excellent performance against the strong leader from Veldhoven. Despite a 6-2 loss, they can boast of good matches, even recording two wins. For example, Ruud van Vijfeijken won against opponent Kiran Hosur after an exciting first set (19-21) and a surrender in the second set (2-21). Wouter van Vijfeijken also won his match. He put aside opponent Ian Sha 14-21, 14-21. Unfortunately, no further matches could be won, although a third, additional deciding set had to be played in three other matches. The Lieshout gentlemen were ultimately unable to win this match, which made the loss a fact.
The Lieshout team also performed well against the number two in the rankings, without ultimately winning. This time Bert Manders and Laurence Roijackers were the ones who managed to win the points in the singles matches. In addition to his singles match, Bert Manders, this time together with Wouter van Vijfeijken, also managed to win his doubles match. With 21-16, 20-22 and 21-19 they won the exciting match of Rasmus Thorsen and Avinash Alfred. Unfortunately, that was ultimately insufficient to win the complete match and the victory went to Eindhoven gentlemen Rudra
