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Gabriela, Stefani Stoevi fail to qualify for Rio badminton doubles quarterfinals

Photo: by courtesy of Stoevi sisters

Bulgarian badminton players, the sisters Gabriela and Stefani Stoevi, have had a second loss in the Rio Olympic badminton tournament’s Group D. Sisters Stoevi lost 14:21, 11:21 to the second in the world rankings, Y.N. Tang and Y. Yu of China. This way they have failed to qualify for the doubles quarterfinals ahead of their match today against J. Goliszewski and C. Nelte of Germany.



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