The pavilion of the sports center honey Creek welcomed an intense and vibrant first working day of Andalusian Benalmádena International badminton in categories sub 17 y sub 15. An event that for many players and national teams has served to return to compete internationally since the beginning of the pandemic. This detail has caused that the general ignorance about the level of the rivals makes it difficult to award the role of favorite to any player, although, after this first day some names are beginning to stand out from the rest.
They have finally been of the game 243 players from 19 countries, after the 12 casualties that the event has suffered for reasons related to COVID-19. To this inconvenience, it is only worth mentioning the problems suffered by the Israeli team after the cancellation of their flights on Thursday, being forced to arrive in Malaga on Friday morning, with the competition underway, but in a great sporting gesture, their rivals agreed to delay their matches until their arrival, with the approval of the competition judges.
Saturday’s session will begin at 09:00 am and will determine who will make it to the semifinals of both categories.
local players
Finally there have been 9 players who represent Badminton Benalmádena in the competition. The balance on the first day is summed up with the same number of victories as defeats, with the sights set on sneaking into the semifinal rounds on Sunday.
Andalusian and national team
The Andalusian representatives, headed by the eight players of the CAETDgo ahead in the competition and in some cases sneak into the group of players who will undoubtedly opt to win the final rounds of the tournament, where we will surely have some players from the national team, who for a few years now are regulars in the themselves on the European scene.
statements
Jose Antonio Crespoliving history of local and national badminton, attends the competition as a member of the staff coach of the Spanish team: “It is a tournament that is already consolidated and the organizational level of Benalmádena is always very high, so it is being a great weekend of badminton.
On a personal level, I am very happy to be able to attend an international tournament as a FESBA Staff and much more being at home. I hope I can help the boys achieve good results.”
