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Carolina Marín begins her participation in Malaysia with a solid victory

Carolina Marín has started his career at the Malaysia Open 2022 on the right foota tournament that will be held in Kuala Lumpur since Tuesday, debuting with a serious victory against the Frenchwoman Qi Xuefei (21-7 and 21-16), whom she had beaten 4-0 in their previous matches on the World Tour .

The Olympic, world and European champion had just fallen in the second round of the Indonesia Open, but has returned to show a great version to beat Xuefei in 42 minutes of play.



The woman from Huelva has completely dominated the first set. As soon as he started, he signed a 6-0 run with which he opened a gap on the scoreboard that allowed him to reach the interval ahead. Afterwards he has closed the first game with authority, achieving nine consecutive points.

The first bars of the second set have been more even, but the Spanish has stepped on the accelerator with 8-8 to get ahead. Since then she has taken the initiative and has had no problems closing her pass to the round of 16.

In the next round Carolina Marín will face Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt, who has defeated the Indonesian Putri Kusuma Wardani (21-14, 10-21 and 21-16). Both have faced each other 10 times, always with victory for Carolina; the last one was in the last European Championship played at the end of April in Madrid, where the Dane fell in the third set. The match can be followed live on the BWF YouTube channel.

The big surprise in this first round has been the defeat of the favorite and number one in the worldthe Japanese Akane Yamaguchi, eliminated by the Indonesian Gregoria Mariska Tunjung by a double 21-14.

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