Alejandro Gállego (Huesca La Magia) and Daniela Corchón from Soriano were runners-up in mixed doubles at the Junior International in Portugal played on the weekend in Caldas da Rainha.
Gállego and Corchón They only lost in the final to the pair formed by the Frenchman Louis Morin and the Belgian Tammi Van Wonterghem by 21-19, 21-12.
Previously they had beaten the French Robin and Farrerl in the semifinals by 21-15, 21-13, in the quarterfinals the Portuguese Bernardo and Wilkinson by 21-19, 21-16 and before that the Swedes Askertoh and Harakamani (21-19, 13 -21, 21-13).
Gállego reached the quarterfinals in the individual draw and ended up losing to the Portuguese Santiago Batalha in a tough duel that needed the third set to opt for the Portuguese. Gállego lost the first 15-21, but was able to equalize in the second with good play to 21-19 and ended up losing 14-21 in the final. Before, he had overcome two matches, beating the Spanish. In the second he beat Aitor San Martín 21-14, 21-13 and in the round of 16 he beat Rubén Careras 21-15, 22-20.
Gonzalo Isábal lost his first singles match with the Portuguese Alexandre Bernardo 21-5, 21-12.
In doubles, Gállego and Isábal reached the quarterfinals, a round in which they lost to the French Nolhan Rihouey and Thomas Tournefier by 21-15, 16-21, 21-16 in another level match and decided in the third set. Gállego and Isábal had won in the previous round against the Swedes Askeroth and Berce by 21-19, 21-13.
absolute CESA
Aragón had no options in the Spanish Championship for regional teams, in which they lost their four group matches and finished in fifth place in Tenerife. It was a new experience for the team led by the Federation, with some veteran players and other young players forming the block, but they had no chance of victory in any match.
Aragón lost its four games 5-0 against the Madrid team, the Andalusian team, the Canary Islands team and the Valencia team. He lined up Javier Corona and Cristina Roig in the mixed, María Aznar and Roig in the women’s doubles, Javier Coronas and Eduardo Marco in the men’s doubles and Inés Miguelez and Simón Moraz in the singles.
TTR of Alfajarín and Medina del Campo
In the TTR of Alfajarín, the highlight of the Altaragoneses was the victory in sub-15 by Pablo Ara (Huesca La Magia), who beat the Basque Beñat Urbiola in the final by 21-17, 21-14. Daniel Coronas was a semi-finalist, falling to Urbiola. Ara and Coronas won the doubles as a pair in a league.
María Casales with Nerea Marco, from Huesca and Binéfar, also took the under-17 doubles title.
Hugo Gállego was runner-up under-17, after falling in a tough final with the Catalan Iván Rubio (21-23, 21-19 and 21-15)
Emma Bibián (VV. Osca) was a semi-finalist in under-19, in which she lost to Blanca Cantón from Navarre, the eventual winner.
And in Medina del Campo, Andrea Mingarro (Huesca La Magia) won the sb-19 doubles with Victoria Burgos.