Last Saturday a large number of volantistas gathered in the Huelva municipality of Bonares to compete in the Andalucía TOP TTR Sub-15 and Sub-19 organized by the Andalusian Badminton Federation and the IES La Orden Badminton Club; and sponsored by the Ministry of Education and Sports of the Junta de Andalucía and the Hon. Bonares Town Hall.
In this event, it is worth highlighting the performance of CB Granada, which obtained 4 of the 8 possible golds (IM-15, DM-15, IM-19 and DM-19), in addition to reviewing the individual role of Rubén Darío Rosales and Sara Arenas in the U-15 category, and Iván Torre in the U-19, all of them proclaiming themselves two-time champions.
Rubén Darío Rosales makes gold in the IM
The man from Granada made it to the semi-finals after beating Diego Arenas (Volante Rute) in two games (21-18/21-11) and Gonzalo Estévez (IES La Orden) in the same way (21-6). /21-4). In the semifinals, he left the player from Triana Fernando Llopis (21-13/21-19) with the bronze, while on the other side of the draw, the CAETD midfielder Cristóbal Vallejo got the pass to the final beating Pedro Torre from Granada (21- 16/21-17). In the final duel for the medal, Rosales managed to tip the balance in his favor, beating Vallejo in two very even sets (21-19 / 21-18).
Sara Arenas triumphs in the IF
Volante Rute player Sara Arenas managed to proclaim herself champion of the IF event, winning the final against the IES La Orden athlete Natalia Martínez (21-15/21-8).
Fernando Llopis and Rubén Darío Rosales climb to the top drawer of the DM
Llopis and Rosales (Triana/Granada) won first place in the DM modality played in a league format after beating Adrián Lazo and Pedro Torre (CAETD/Granada) in straight sets (21-14/24-22); losing to Alberto Martínez and Cristóbal Vallejo (CAETD) in three games (21-18/14-21/21-13); beat Rafa Gómez and Iván Zambrano in two sets (21-14/21-12); and beat Asier Torres and David Carvajal in two very close games (21-19/21-15).
Llopis and Rosales won three of their four duels, but they won the gold because there was a draw with the couples formed by Alberto Martínez/Cristóbal Vallejo and Adrián Lazo/Pedro Torre, who also won three of the four games, surpassing, as we have mentioned before, Martínez and Vallejo over Llopis and Rosales at the same time that Lazo and Torre beat Martínez and Vallejo (22-20/12-21/21-19), the latter finally keeping the silver and the Huelva native and the Granada with the bronze.
Sara Arenas is proclaimed two-time champion with Diego Arenas in the DX
The Volante Rute duo won the gold medal after beating the IES La Orden couple Gonzalo Estévez and Natalia Martínez (21-8/21-6) in the final. This gold was also the second in the private account of Sara Arenas after the one achieved in the IF modality.
Iván Torre dominates the IM
The player from Granada won the gold without giving up a single game throughout his career, which began by beating Sergio Galván (Isla Cristina) on the fast track (21-12/21-8) as he did with Mario Lazo from Huelva (21 -17/21-2) in group stage. With these victories he was planted in the semifinals, where he beat Bernabé Padilla from Huelva in a very close and even match (21-15 / 23-21). The final was also very close, but Torre managed to tip the balance in his favor in two sets by the minimum (21-17 / 23-21).
Karen Martín touches the glory in the IF
The IES La Orden midfielder won the coveted medal after advancing to the final phase after defeating both Jorge Guillén’s player Sol Pulido (21-9/21-17) and Huelva athlete Carmen Gutiérrez (21-7/ 21-8).
Her rival in the final was the corner player María Ojeda, who advanced in a closely contested group stage where she triumphed in her duel against Macarena Fernández from Almería in three long and close sets (21-17/19-21/21-17) to end up occupying the remaining place in the final after also beating Paula Moreno (Jorge Guillén) in two even games (21-16/21-17).
Carlos Rosales and Iván Torre show their superiority in the DM
The tandem from Granada beat the IES La Orden duo formed by David Moreno and Bernabé Padilla in the final of the DM (21-15/21-10), in this case Iván Torre winning another gold medal after the one achieved in the IM .
The Ojeda brothers are proclaimed champions in the DX
Emilio Ojeda and María Ojeda obtained the full number of victories in the DX league phase, managing to prevail over Jorge Guillén’s pairs made up of Pablo Tovar/Paula Moreno (21-16/21-17) and Ángel Gallo/Sol Pulido (21- 17/21-17), in addition to beating Sergio Galván and Carmen Gutiérrez from Huelva (Isla Cristina/Huelva) in two games as well (21-11/21-16).
The silver went to Tovar and Moreno beating their teammates Gallo and Pulido in a match that had to last until the third and final game (21-15/15-21/21-18).
