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PH badminton doubles teams take 3 golds in Benin

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Philippine national badminton team" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/09/12/ph-badminton.jpg"/><figcaption>The Philippine national badminton team, composed of Thea Pomar, Rosman Razak, Yssa Leonardo, Mika De Guzman, Alvin Morada, Christian Bernardo, Jewel Angelo Albo. <em>Handout photo.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The Philippine national badminton team ended their campaign in the 2022 Benin International on a rousing note on Sunday.</p><p>The team won three golds at stake in the doubles events at the Gymnase Institut Régional de Santé Publique in Ouidah.</p><p>Alvin Morada and Yssa Leonardo took two of these titles in this tournament which is part of the Badminton World Federation&#x27;s Future Series, including the all-Filipino final in mixed doubles.</p><p>Morada, a National University alumnus, and Leonardo, a De La Salle University product, took down fellow Filipinos Christian Bernardo and Thea Pomar, in three games, 21-13,18-21, 21-17, in a solid 42-minute battle for that mixed doubles gold to close out the tournament.</p><p>&quot;It was a great performance for the players these past two tournaments in Africa, and to have both pairs in the finals in mixed doubles showed what we can do,&quot; said head coach Rosman Razak.</p><p>Earlier, Morada and Bernardo made quick work of Nigeria&#x27;s Saddam Sidi Rufai and Khalil Safana Shamsuddeen, 21-12, 21-9, in the final of the men&#x27;s doubles, while Leonardo and Pomar also fashioned a similar drubbing of Egypt&#x27;s Jana Abdelkader and Nour Ahmed Youssri, 21-13, 21-17, in the women&#x27;s side.</p><p>Singles players Jewel Angelo Albo and Mika De Guzman both exited the competition in the second round.</p><p>Albo lost a pulsating three-gamer against Malaysia&#x27;s Kim Sheng Chua, 10-21, 21-8, 19-21, while De Guzman absorbed a tighter three-set defeat to number 3 seed Amro Domou of Jordan, 21-19, 16-21, 14-21, in the said round.</p><p>The team returns near home as they are scheduled to participate in two events in Indonesia -- the Indonesia International Series Yogyakarta and the Indonesia International Challenge Yogyakarta.</p><div><strong>Related video:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RXEojvJiVSI?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The Philippine national badminton team ended their campaign in the 2022 Benin International on a rousing note on Sunday.