During the weekend of December 6 to 8, 2024, the Spanish Badminton Championship in the U13 category was held in the Catalan city of Granollers (Barcelona), in the individual modality and also in doubles, in which The Albatros Daniela Rodríguez Soriano and the Provenfray Alicia Martínez Peña, with an Albatros federative license, participated.
The Spanish U13 Championship was held in mixed game tables, having a first group phase, so that the first group winners could access a final table with direct elimination.
Both Daniela and Alicia have participated in the three possible modalities that could be accessed, these being Women’s Singles, Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles.
Regarding the U13 Women’s Individual modality, with 62 women registered, Daniela Rodríguez won the match played against the Navarrese Marta Larrión, from Badminton Estella, while she was unable to beat the Chinese, based in Andalusia, Yuzhu Zhou, from Badminton Jorge Guillén from Málaga , not being able to access the final box; Meanwhile, Alicia Martínez won her two group matches, the first against Vega López from Madrid, from Badminton Leganés, and the second against Alba Santiuste from Santander, from Badminton Cantabria 2004, in an agonizing three-set match that lasted for 51 minutes. Thus, as first in the group she went on to compete in the final draw where, in the first round, she could not beat the Galician Eva Lemos, from the Badminton Ponteareas, both Daniela and Alicia performing a brilliant Spanish Championship in the individual modality
In the U13 Women’s Doubles modality, with 25 pairs in action, Daniela Rodríguez and Alicia Martínez were a couple, winning the match played against Nadia Padilla and Alicia Piedra, from Córdoba from Badminton Rute, not being able to beat the sisters Eva and Inés Lemos, from Galicia from Badminton Ponteareas, current number 7 in the category, remaining in the group stage.
Daniela Rodríguez was paired with Víctor Samaniego, from Badminton Drop Toledo, in the U13 Mixed Doubles modality, with a total registration of 48 couples, winning their first match against the Andalusian-Asturian couple formed by Daniela González and Guillermo García, while their They lost the second group match against Madrid’s Celia Díaz and Samuel Rodríguez, from Badminton Hoyo de Manzanares, not being able to access the draw. end; In the same modality, Alicia Martínez competed with Alejandro de la Cruz, from Badminton Drop Toledo, in this case they could not win any of their two group matches played, facing in their first match the Murcian Elsa Orenes who was paired with Martín Garro, from Badminton Pamplona, and in the second match Naiala Cuadra and Samuel de Leyva, from Badminton Valladolid, so they could not advance to the final draw. From the Albatros Badminton Sports Club, all that remains is to thank the different entities that have always supported the entity, such as the Badminton Federation of Castilla-La Mancha (FEBACAM), the Globalcaja Cuenca Foundation, Cuenca City Council, Cuenca Provincial Council , the University of Castilla-La Mancha, in addition to the Sports Service of the Community Board of Castilla-La Mancha in Cuenca.
