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Today is the fourth day of the Olympic Games. Today we will see the fate of many European players as they play the decisive matches. Danish duo Maiken Fruergaard and Sara Thygesen have already won the group as a surprise. Today, we hope that more European players will ensure their progress to the next round.
We focus on the match between the Stoyeva sisters and Xu/Xu (USA), which will decide whether the Bulgarian advances to the quarter-finals. We also focused on Kirsty Gilmour’s match against He Bingjiao (China), a Chinese player who is the sixth seed in this tournament and therefore has a lot of attention. Can Kirstie surprise the badminton world with a win against He Bingjiao? Badminton Europe certainly hopes 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)
