It is day 4 of the Olympics. Today we will see a lot of the European player's fate decided as they are playing the deciding matches. We already have the Danish pair Maiken Fruergaard and Sara Thygesen who secured a surprising first place in their group. Today we hope more European's will secure their spot through to the next round.
We have highlighted the Stoeva sister's match against Xu/Xu (USA) which will deicide whether or not the Bulgarians will qualify for the quarterfinals. We have also highlighted Kirsty Gilmour's match against He Bing Jiao (CHN) the Chinese is the favorite as she is the number 6th seeded of the whole tournament. Can Kirsty surprise the badminton world with a win against He? Badminton Europe sure hope so!
Today's European matches are:
Session 1 – starting at 08:30 AM (CEST)
Ratchanok Intanon (THA) vs Lianne Tan (BEL)
Pablo Abian (ESP) vs Viren Nettasinghe (SRI)
Kristin Kuuba (EST) vs. Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq (MDV)
Gabriela Stoeva/ Stefani Stoeva (BUL) vs. Annie Xu/ Kerry Xu (USA) *Deciding match*
Ines Lucia Castillo Salazar (PER) vs Neslihan Arin (TUR)
Toma Junior Popov (FRA) vs Howard Shu (USA)
Tereza Švábíková (CZE) vs Polina Buhrova (UKR)
Session 2 – starting at 02:00 PM (CEST)
Qi Xuefei (FRA) vs Kaloyana Nalbantova (BUL)
Mia Blichfeldt (DEN) vs Yvonne Li (GER)
Rachael Darragh (IRE) vs Jenjira Stadelmann (SUI)
Session 3 – starting at 07:30 PM (CEST)
Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori (NGR) vs Tobias Kuenzi (SUI)
He Bing Jiao (CHN) vs Kirsty Gilmour (GBR) *Deciding Match*
Uriel Francisco Canjura Artiga (ESA) vs Jan Louda (CZE)
Le Duc Phat (VIE) vs Fabian Roth (GER)
Margot Lambert/ Anne Tran (FRA) vs Maiken Fruergaard/ Sara Thygesen (DEN)
Christo Popov/ Toma Popov (FRA) vs Ondřej Král/ Adam Mendrek (CZE)
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