Badminton & Croquet Club Lecco: debut in blue for Mattia Cattaneo. After a long wait, the Italian national team debut Mattia Cattaneo arrives Mattia Cattaneo Mattia Cattaneo at the “Andalusian Banalmàdena Spanish Open U15” Tournament. Four days of great badminton at the “Arroyo la Miel Sports Center” in Banàlmadena, a city not far from Malaga.
Badminton & Croquet Club Lecco: debut in blue for Mattia Cattaneo
Mattia paired with Luca Li Lies his doubles partner in 2023 and 2024 in the U13 category, followed by the U15 selector Rosario Maddalonithey made their debut at the tournament in the U15 Men’s Doubles specialty against the Spanish Castillo/Da Rocha, managing to win the match in two sets 21*10 – 21*12, they replicated the victory against a home team of Cardoso/Munoz with a clear 21*14 – 21*14, qualifying for the quarter-finals. Unfortunately their adventure stops at the foot of the podium, losing in the quarter-finals against the Alonso/Pinto (ESP) pair, playing a good first set lost 18*21 and leaving the second with a score of 7*21.
Mattia continues his tournament by failing to get through the qualifying rounds for the main draw in the U15 Men’s Singles. He wins the first match against the Spanish Lopez in a very tight match that ended in the third set with the result of 21*11 18*21 21*19. The second match was lost badly against Diaz (ESP) result 8*21 10*21. Luca stops in the quarter-finals in the U15 Men’s Singles.
Mattia Cattaneo: “Wearing the blue shirt is exciting; a great responsibility. It was a wonderful experience. I hope to be able to repeat it again in the future.
The President Dennis Passador: “After several years our Club sees another athlete wearing the national team jersey. For me it was the first time having never had such high level athletes in my previous Club; a great emotion. I also want to give a final thank you to the National staff, the Technical Director Lorenzo Pugliese Lorenzo Pugliese Lorenzo Pugliese and the coaches of the Federal Technical Center Javier Gallego and Wisnu Gallego WisnuHaryo Putru Haryo Putru Haryo Putru who followed Mattia in training to the CTT.”
