Happy reunion of Carolina Marín with the World Tour

Carolina Marín had a happy return to the World Tour after beating Danish Julie Dawal Jakobsen in her debut at the Indonesian Open by a double 21-17 in 48 minutes. After 15 months without participating in the World Tour, the woman from Huelva appeared in Jakarta leaving good feelings, as happened in Madrid, where he won his sixth European Championship in what meant his return to the slopes after leaving behind his serious injury.

The number 5 seed started the match with solvency (4-1), but little by little the Dane began to put up more resistance than expected; both alternated in command of the electronic, reaching the final stretch of the first set with a worrying situation for Carolina: 14-17. From then on, the woman from Huelva displayed her best game and erased her rival from the court, achieving a 7-0 run which earned him to sign up the first sleeve by 21-17 in 21 minutes.

In the second set the equality is maintained (4-4), but four consecutive points from Jacobsen set off the alarms (4-8), reaching the intermission with the clash open after a good reaction from the Huelva (11-10). Carolina does not manage to give continuity to her game, but her moments of inspiration are devastating, which allows him to recover the initiative and put pressure on his rival.

Carolina Marín begins to distance herself (14-11) against a rival who insists on her chances of causing a surprise and who take advantage of any failure of the Spanish to get back into the match, entering the final stretch with everything to decide: 17-17. The quality and experience of the woman from Huelva in the decisive moments are enough to put her on track for victory (19-17) and seal her pass to the next round after another great set ending, with a 4-0 run that is worth repeating 21-17 of the first round and take the victory in 48 minutes.

Carolina starts as the fifth seed in this tournament of the Super 1,000 category, the highest in the World Tour, and in which the best players on the planet are cited. The Indonesian Open is one of the three ‘big’ (along with the All England and the China Open) and the only major tournament, along with the Master, that is missing from the list of winners of the Olympic, world and European champion.

Carolina will be measured in second round to the winner of the duel between the Canadian Michelle Li and the Chinese Zhi Yi Wang.