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.