MEDALS GALORE FOR BADMINTON PLAYERS AT ARAB CUP
Nov 16, 2021
Jordan have won six medals at the Arab Badminton Cup held in Bahrain.
Domo’ Amro won the women's singles title after beating Egypt’s Olympic player Duha Hani, 2-1, and then the Emirati player, Hind Al Janahi, 2-0, in the quarter-finals.
She beat compatriot Marah Omar, 2-1, in the semi-final before seeing off Algeria's Hala Al-Bukasani, 2-0, to take gold in the final. Omar picked up the bronze after her three wins.
The pair then teamed up to take the doubles gold, beating Bahraini and Saudi pairs before winning the close final against a pair from Algeria.
In the men’s, Bahaa Al-Shenik took silver in the singles, beating Bahrain’s Elias Jaafar (2-0), Egypt’s Adham El-Gamal - the African champion and Tokyo Olympian -(2-0), Algeria’s Adel Abdel Aziz (2-0), and Syria’s Ahmed Al-Jallad in the semi-final before losing the final to Bahrain’s Adnan Ibrahim, 1-2.
Al-Shenik and Amro then partnered for the mixed doubles to take silver with victories over Iraqi and Algerian pairs before a final loss to an Egyptian pair.
Izz El-Din Abu Arra and Al-Shenik also won bronze in the men's doubles after victories against Iraqi and Bahraini partnerships, before losing the semi-final to the duo from Algeria.
