The sixth day of the regular phase of the badminton top 10 was unfair to him Badminton Benalmadena, a young squad that put the powerful Arjonilla, a very solid team that leaves its visit to Benalmádena with its sights set on the fight for the title.
The match, to which both teams arrived with all their available players, was one of those matches that remain to be remembered: quality, equality and, above all, tension until the last moment.
As usual, the match began with a mixed doubles that fell in three sets on the local side, thanks to the Danish Malthe Nielsen and the Norwegian Sofía Macsali, who defeated the also Danish Anne Fulgsan and Juan B. Villalta by 11-10 / 11 -10 / 11-5.
Next, the men’s and women’s doubles jumped onto the track, where the people from Jaen put their best tricks that ultimately gave them victory. Benalmádena for its part was forced to reserve Manuel Vázquez, who with discomfort would only play the men’s singles. Joan Monroy and Ernesto Baschwitz beat Rafael Gálvez and José Molares in 4 sets by 5-11 / 8-11 / 11-9 / 9 -11, while Anne Fulgsan and Scottish Toni Wood beat Ainoa Cuervas and Elena Lorenzo by 7 -11 / 4-11 / 6-11. Result that could be said was predictable and left everything open for the individual, where equality was maximum.
In No. 2 Manuel Vázquez put the tables by beating Joan Monroy 11-8 / 7-11 / 11-6 / 11-6, while Elena Lorenzo in a constant I want and I can’t, yielded to Manuel Díaz 5-11 / 8-11 / 11-9 / 9-11.
General score of 2-3, and the last round of singles nº1, with a palpable tension in the atmosphere. Sofía Macsali, in a tough match, put the 3-3 on the general scoreboard after beating Toni Wood 11-7 / 7-11 / 11-6 / 11-6, and left everything for the men’s, where Malthe Nielsen equalized to two sets after losing the first two, with an audience overturned with his pupil. But with a 7-5 in his favor, 3 errors with a lack of luck included, he put Ernesto Baschwitz ahead, an advantage that he knew how to carry until the end to end up scoring the match (9-11 / 9-11 / 11-8 / 11-9 / 8-11) and gave the final victory to the people from Jaén by 4-3.
End of the 6th day that ends with an exciting and even match in the Men’s Singles that ended up deciding in the fifth set in favor of @cbarjonilla. Congratulations on the victory and it’s time to keep working hard ???????????????? #VamosCBB pic.twitter.com/jpvDaoBeDs
– CB Benalmadena (@CBBenalmadena) January 22, 2022
Declarations of Badminton Benalmádena
Coach Lucas Quirós analyzes the defeat: “A very bitter defeat because of how close the three points were, but with our heads held high because of how the players fought against the second-placed team. It’s time to keep gritting our teeth for the next days that remain to be played “
For his part, Rafael Gálvez, Benalmadena captain, highlighted: ”A pity about the result, in the end it was decided by small details. There is still a lot of league left, we can beat any team if we continue with today’s attitude”.
With this result, the Benalmádena remains fourth in the absence of Ravachol-IES La Orden, three points behind CB Oviedo. Next weekend, visit the leader’s court, IES La Orden.
