The first Spain Masters tournament is underway at the Vall d’Hebron Olympic Sports Centre in Barcelona (ESP), a perfect setting to salute 2016 Olympic and 2014-15-18 World Champion Carolina Marin in her home country. The top seeds:
∙ Men:
1. Suppanyu Avihingsanon (THA)
2. Rasmus Gemke (DEN)
3. Mark Caljouw (NED)
4. Jan O. Jorgensen (DEN)
5. Yu Igarashi (JPN)
∙ Women:
1. Carolina Marin (ESP)
2. Sayaka Takahashi (JPN)
3. Mia Blichfeldt (DEN)
4. Pompawee Chochuwong (THA)
5. Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA)
∙ Men’s Doubles:
1. Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen (DEN)
2. Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN)
3. Vladimir Ivanov/Ivan Sozonov (RUS)
∙ Women’s Doubles:
1. Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara (JPN)
2. Ayako Sakuramoto/Yukiko Takahata (JPN)
3. Maiken Fruergaard/Sara Thygesen (DEN)
Among the Singles entries, Avihingsanon is ranked no. 7 worldwide, while Takahashi is seventh in the women’s rankings and Marin is currently 14th. Look for results here.
