2 women from Bolzano impress in Poland

The two 18-year-olds from Bolzano reached the quarterfinals in doubles at the badminton world rankings tournament. In the singles, Fink shone as the best of the Azzurri with a place in the round of 15 and a very strong performance against the former Asian UXNUMX champion. Both are almost never ranked in the world rankings. India's Samiya Farooqui was the 2017 Asian U15 champion. Asia is the leading continent in the sport of badminton. Katharina Fink from Bolzano was clearly defeated by Farooqui in 2019 with 10:21, 9:21. In the round of 2021 of the Polish International 19, Fink was not missing much to surprise. It was 21:18, 21:XNUMX after a hard-fought game. Farooqui reached the final. Fink had previously impressed in a three-set win against Sweden's Julia Tuvesson. The Bolzano woman was the only Azzurri to win a game in the main draw. The Polish International belongs to the International Series category, which corresponds to a better Challenger tournament in tennis. Fink moved up to number 239 in the new world rankings. Yasmine Hamza (BWF No. 251) lost in the first round to Brit Freya Redfearn (BWF 140). 2 wins in doubles Fink/Hamza even managed two wins in doubles. After the opening win against a Polish pairing, the two women from Bolzano defeated the second-seeded Irish Kate Frost/Moya Ryan in two sets. Fink/Hamza had no chance against the eventual finalists Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand Pulella (IND). In the world rankings they moved up to 2th place as the best Azzurre There were other South Tyroleans at the start of the Polish International: Kevin Strobl/Tonni Zhou (Mals) and David Salutt (Merano) were eliminated in the doubles in round 1. Judith Mair (Mals) was eliminated from the individual qualifying event. The doubles game was over for Mair/Corsini after a bye in the round of XNUMX The SBS also achieved another international success at the Zagreb U17 Open. 14-year-old Marco Danti (Badminton Überetsch) reached the semi-finals in both singles and doubles. The event, which is part of the Badminton Europe tournament series, was very well attended by players from England, France, Germany, Ukraine and Turkey, among others. Katharina Kössler (SSV Bozen) reached the quarterfinals in the U15 age group.

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2 women from Bolzano impress in Poland

Katharina Fink and Yasmine Hamza made another statement at the Polish International in Poland - and moved into the top 120 in the world rankings as a double.

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