A galaxy of stars including Paralympic Games medallists and recently-crowned Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games champions will be in action here over the next one week when the 5th Fazza Dubai Para-Badminton International 2023 begins at the Al Nasr .
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Debutants thrive as Spanish Para Badminton International begins Tuesday, 11 May 2021
Former Palma de Mallorca professional footballer Ruben Nova Fernandez was among several new Para badminton players making their international debuts today as the Spanish Para Badminton International - the final Paralympic qualifying event - started in Cartagena.
Fernandez’s football career was ended by a motorbike accident last year, but he has launched himself into a new sporting career and today the home player secured a comfortable 21-12, 21-10 victory over Lukas Kyncl of the Czech Republic in the opening round of men s WH1 Group A.
Fernandez told the Badminton World Federation website: It’s my first international match, I’ve just been classified.
Monday, 10 May 2021
The Spanish Para Badminton International, the final qualifying event for Tokyo 2020, where the sport makes its Paralympic debut, gets underway in Cartagena tomorrow.
The event will run until Sunday (May 16) and feature men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles and mixed doubles.
A total of 157 players from 36 countries have arrived in the maritime enclave town ahead of competition at the Palacio de los Deportes de Cartagena.
Top seeds include France s world number six WH1 men s singles player David Toupe, Switzerland’s Karin Suter-Erath in women s singles WH1 and Indonesian SL4 women’s singles world champion Leani Ratri Oktila, as they continue to gather ranking points and match play in the run-up to the Paralympics.
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