The seventh day of the regular phase of the badminton top 10 gave the second victory of the season Badminton Benalmadena, and he did it on the court of the most solid team in the competition to date, the Huelva IES The Order. The trend of the season was equality between all the teams, but time and time again the victories eluded the people of Malaga due to small details, but today these were favorable to those of Lucas Quirós, who could not accompany the team.
Added to the coach’s casualties were Manuel Vázquez and Sofía Macsali, who had international commitments; a planned absence that was made up for with the debut of Mads Gadegaard Birkeholm, the team’s second Dane.
The match began with a mixed doubles where Mads would make his debut alongside Elena Lorenzo in a match that would go in favor of the people from Malaga by 3 sets to 1 against the Olympian Pablo Abián and Belén Rodríguez (11-5 / 11-8 / 7-11 / 11-7).
This point kept the hopes of Benalmadenses, who knew they had options only in 4 of the 7 games. The next one was the men’s doubles, where the Danish duo from Benalmádena formed by Malthe Nielsen and Mads Birkeholm beat Víctor Martín and Adrián Márquez in three sets (11-8 / 11-7 / 11-10). The women from Huelva won the women’s match with the same solvency, led by Telma Santos and Haidée Ojeda against Verónica Gutiérrez and Lucía Galvín (11-7 / 11-2 / 11-3).
With a favorable 2-1 on the scoreboard, the people of Malaga lined up their two best rackets in singles No. 2, and with the tension typical of this highly even league, the people of Benalmadena would emerge unscathed in both to achieve the long-awaited victory. The first to seal the victory was Elena Lorenzo, who beat Laura Santos in four sets (11-10 / 11-9 / 11-10 / 11-7), in a match in which she went from less to more. In the men’s, the young Alejandro Pérez, in an extraordinary match, forced and put Malthe Nielsen on the ropes, reaching 2 sets to 1 in his favor, but the Dane put out his best game in the last two sets to end up scoring the match and sealing the victory by
6-11 / 11-9 / 9-11 / 11-5 / 11-5.
To finish the match, the national number one Pablo Abián and the recent senior world champion (+35 years old) the Portuguese Telma Santos won in three sets in their matches against Rafael Gálvez (8-11 / 5-11 / 4-11) and Lucía Galvín (3-11 / 2-11 / 1/11).
A final 3-4 with which CB Benalmádena equals Ovida Oviedo in third place, which yesterday lost 4-3 with Arjonilla, and allows them to continue in the fight in the absence of the 9th and 10th rounds, since the Benalmadenses They will rest on the 8th day.
Statements after the triumph of Badminton Benalmádena
The captain and coach of Benalmádena, Rafael Gálvez, analyzed the victory: “We are very happy with the victory, we knew that we were playing for it in four points and also the crosses were favorable to us, but later we have to take advantage of those opportunities and today we were able that those little details that were elusive us in several meetings were decided in our favor. It should give us peace of mind in the face of the last games in which we play so much.”
The rookie Mads Birkeholm reviewed and triumphed: “I am very happy to have been able to make my debut, and above all to have helped the team to victory. Malthe told me that the team’s atmosphere was very good and that the league was very even and strong, so hopefully today will be a boost for the team”.
