Carolina Marín, gold medalist in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and triple badminton world champion, debuted this Tuesday at the Madrid European with victory over the Czech Katerina Tomalova (21-10 and 21-6), which marked his return to the courts eleven months after a serious injury.
The player from Huelva suffered a serious injury during training on May 28, 2021 and underwent surgery a few days later, on June 4, for a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament and the two menisci of her left knee.
Carolina Marín reappeared in Madrid, on the municipal track of Gallur, with an unusual expectation in the stands, which looked packed in the area delimited for the general public. In fact, an hour before his match began, there was no longer a free seat.
The five-time European champion took to the court ready to defend her continental reign and did so in just 29 minutes. Tomalova started the first round better, she was initially ahead on the scoreboard, but after a few scoring points she was clearly surpassed by the Spaniard, who made the Czech suffer a lot by hitting her under with her left hand.
Carolina Marín’s rival in the round of 16 will be the Ukrainian Maria Ultina59 in the world, who beat the Portuguese Sonia Gonçalves in the sixteenth.
Also keep going Beatrice Corrales, 51 in the ranking, who beat the Serbian Marija Sudimac 21-9 and 21-8, in a match that dominated from the beginning. Previously, in the first round, he got rid of the Israeli Ksenia Polikarpova in three sleeves.
Beatrice Corrales will be measured in eighths with the Danish Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldseventh seeded, who won the French in the second round Marie Batomene.
In the men’s category, the man from Toledo Luis Enrique Penalver 72 in the international ranking, debuted and suffered to beat the Czech Jan Loudawhom he defeated 17-21, 21-18 and 10-21.
Those who did not give an option to the surprise were the Danish Anders Antonsencurrent continental champion, who suffered more than expected to beat the German in three sets Kai Schaefer (17-21, 21-18 and 13-21), and will be Peñalver’s rival in the round of 16. your countryman Viktor Axelsenwhich was imposed on the French Alex Lanier by 21-12 and 21-11, he will play against the German Max Weisskirchen.
In three sleeves he lost paul abian58 in the world, compared to English Toby Pentywho won the match in three sets by 16-21, 21-11 and 18-21.
in doubles alberto zapico y Lorena Uslé they lost against the germans Jones Ralfy Jansen and Linda Efler for 10-21 and 14-21, same as Jose Morales y Jaume Pérez, who fell with the Scottish brothers Christopher y Mathew Grimley by 21-14 and 21-8.
The positive note was put Joan Monroy and Carlos Piriswho beat the Germans Marvin Datko y Patrick Scheiel (21-10 y 21-8)
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