Carolina Marín has debuted with victory in the World Badminton Championship that is being played in Tokyo, where the Canadian winger has been imposed Wen Yu Zhang in two games 21-16 and 21-14.
The woman from Huelva, three-time world champion and fifth seed, was able to show its quality to get rid of his first rival in the Japanese capital, where there was also his return to a World Cup event four years later of hanging his third gold since knee injuries prevented him from being both in 2019 in Basel (Switzerland) and last year in Huelva.
The current six-time European champion faced Yu Zhang for the first time and it took her a while to find her rhythm, so the equality remained on the scoreboard. Once settled, Marin began to dominate and with 8-8 added five consecutive points to open a good gap that seemed almost definitive (13-8).
However, the Canadian did not give up and was able to react to recover her options in the first game. The score was narrowed again (15-14), but despite the resistance of the North American, the woman from Huelva did not give any more concessions and closed the quarter without scares (21-16).
In the second game there was less history because Carolina Marin came out very strong and took the first five points. Yu Zhang tried to react again, but this time the Spanish woman did not give him respite and raised his level until finish on the fast track (21-14) his pass to the round of 16 where he will face the winner of the duel between the Chinese He Bing Jiao, nine in the world, and the American Iris Wang.
“There is a lot to improve”
After the game, Carolina commented that her feelings were “good, but the game still has a lot to improve”.
Even so, the Spaniard is in high spirits: “I have a day ahead of me to polish those details and prepare well for the match.” “On Thursday I’m going to go all out,” he added.
“�� @CarolinaMarin already points to the DUEL OF EIGHTH
Debut with good feelings in the #BWFWorldChampionships2022 but also with many things to improve in his game and now he is focused on polishing those details to return to the tracks on Thursday.
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— �� Badminton España (@BadmintonESP) August 23, 2022
On the other hand, in the doubles draw, the only Spanish couple in contention, the one formed by Carlos Piris and Joan Monroy, was eliminated losing in the first round to the Chinese Taipei duo Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han in a clear 21-11 and 21-9.
