The Mexican International he is on his way to having an Aragonese accent, thanks to the great tournament he is completing Paul Abian. The Bilbilitan started as second seeded and is not failing in Aguascalientes, since he has managed to make his way to the semifinals without giving up a single set and will play with the Brazilian Jonathan Matias to get into the final.
Abián debuted in the first round with victory against the Japanese Takuma Obayashi (21-14, 21-16) and later sealed the pass for the quarterfinals by defeating the Swiss Tobias Kuenzi (21-15 and 21-7). His next rival was the Italian Giovanni Totiwhom Abián defeated by 21-12 and 21-15.
The Spaniard’s rival in the semifinals is also completing a good tournament, since he has got rid of the Mexican Job Castillofrom French Alex Lanier and from Japanese Yushi Tanaka.
In the event of victory, the Aragonese will play for the title against a Japanese rival, since the other semifinal faces Riku Hatano with Minoru Koga. It should be noted that Hatano comes from the previous phase and has managed to eliminate the first seed, the Brazilian Ygor Coelho, in three very close sets. Besides, Who was the executioner of Kike Penalvercurrent champion of the tournament, in the round of 16.
The matches can be followed live through the YouTube channel of the Mexican Badminton Federation.
No luck for the rest of Spaniards
Unlike what happened last year, the other national representatives have not been able to continue in the fight for the medals. To the aforementioned defeat of Penalver after Koga’s comeback (21-11, 16-21, 16-21), the defeat -in the same round and against another Japanese rival- of Joan Monroywho had just signed a brilliant preliminary phase but could not Tanaka (8-21 and 12-21). They also came from the previous Charles Piris Y Lucia Rodriguezwho were eliminated in the first and second rounds, respectively.
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