Melanie Green has won the 121st edition of the Women's Amateur Championship, which was played at the Portmarnock Resort & Jameson Golf Links course, on the outskirts of Dublin (Ireland).

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The American player, who defeated Paula Martín in the round of 16, won the tournament final, played over 36 holes, against the Scottish player Lorna McClymont by a score of 2 up.

Round of 16, the limit for the Spanish players Paula Martín and Julia López

The round of 16 became the insurmountable horizon for Paula Martín and Julia López, the only Spanish survivors in the competition, after both resolved their commitments without problems in the previous round, the round of 16.

In those matches, Paula Martín faced American Laney Frey and Julia López faced Swedish Elin Pudas Remler.

The Madrid native stayed ahead until the 10th hole, when the American managed to tie the match and the tie remained until the 13th hole, when the Spaniard took the lead again, this time by up to three holes, to secure her victory on the 17th hole.

Julia López's duel was somewhat calmer, as the Andalusian took the lead on the first hole and would not relinquish that position except for the stretch between holes 5 and 8, when the Nordic player managed to tie the match and then take a one-hole lead.

However, Elin Pudas Remler's comeback was an illusion, as Julia López regained the lead on the 9th hole and would not relinquish it until the 17th hole, when she secured the victory.

The 16 survivors of the tournament, including the two Spaniards, went on to play in the 1/8 final, in which Paula Martín once again faced an American player, Melanie Green, while Julia López faced the French player Ines Archer.

In the match between the Madrid native and the American golfer, everything was more or less even, with slight leads for each player, until the 6th hole, when Paula Martín suffered a setback from which she couldn't recover. This allowed the American golfer to build lead after lead until closing out the match on the 13th hole with an unusual score of 6 and 5.

As for the development of the match between Julia López and Ines Archer, the first four holes went to the Andalusian, while from the 6th to the 10th they fell to the French player, until from the 11th hole onwards they returned to equality.

From that moment, the back-and-forth between the Spanish and French players continued until the 13th hole, when Julia López lost two holes, tied the third and ended up falling on the 16th hole by a score of 3 and 2.

Paula Martín and Julia López, Spanish survivors after the first day of Match Play

The first day of Match Play at the Women's Amateur Championship was not particularly favorable for Spanish interests, as of the five Spanish players in competition, Julia López, Paula Martín, Carla Tejedo, Andrea Revuelta and Carla Bernat, only the first two qualified for the next round, the 1/16 final.

In the case of Julia López, the draw for this first round meant that she would face another Spaniard, Carla Bernat, and that fratricidal duel went in favor of the woman from Malaga by a score of 2 and 1.

A little earlier, Paula Martín defeated the Italian Cristina Albertazzi, by a clear score of 3 and 1.

And that's where the good news for the Spanish team ends, as Andrea Revuelta couldn't beat Welsh player Darcey Harry and lost 2-1; and Carla Tejedo lost to American Rachel Kuehn 3-2.

In summary, the performance of the Spanish team has been quite remarkable, with Paula Martín and Julia López among the top 16 golfers, and Carla Tejedo, Andrea Revuelta and Carla Bernat among the top 64 players out of the 144 who started the tournament.

Let us remember that the Spanish expedition that has attended this prestigious tournament has been led by coach Sergio de Céspedes and has been completed, in addition to the players mentioned above, by Paula de Francisco and Carolina López-Chacarra.

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