The Spanish badminton team He suffered his first defeat this Wednesday in the Junior European Championships taking place in Ibiza, losing 3-2 in a tight match. The Spanish team, who beat Austria 5-0 on the opening daythe pass to the quarterfinals will be played this Thursday against the Netherlands (9:30 a.m. live on Badminton Europe TV). The Dutch team is now in first place in the group after adding its second victory of the championship against Austria (4-1).
The match against England has started on a positive note for the Spanish team, with the mixed doubles victory of Adolfo López and Carmen Jiménez against Jia Bin Lee and Lucy Dodd in two sets. And the duo made up of the Ibizan and the Asturian have settled their match quickly, winning 21-11 and 21-12 in 27 minutes of play.
Nevertheless, The English team has taken advantage of individual duels to turn the score around. Firstly, James Song defeated Yaidel Gil 21-8 and 21-17 and in the women’s section Iziar Barcala has not defeated Rajvi Parab (21-14 y 21-15).
Things haven’t worked out either. to the men’s doubles formed by Adolfo López and Ramón Rovirawho was beaten in an even match by Benjamin Horseman and Jia Bin Lee. The Spanish have been close to taking the match to the third set but They have finally fallen by 21-15 and 21-19.
With the match decided, he took to the court the women’s doubles of the Balearic Islands Macarena Izquierdo and Carmen Jiménez to face Lila Dundas and Matilda Franklina match in which Spain has added its second point, which could be decisive in the event of a tie once the group stage ends this Thursday.
It is worth remembering that on Friday the quarterfinals of the competition will be played and also the semi-finalsleaving Saturday reserved for the grand final of the team competition. That same day the 30th in the afternoon the individual competition of the European Junior Championships will begin.
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