Carolina Marín disputes this week in the German town of Saarbrucken the Hylo Open, which will probably be his last tournament in 2022. The woman from Huelva starts as the number 1 seed, since the tournament is in the super 300 category (second level) and the best in the world ranking will not be there, since the Asians give up competing here and return to their countries after playing the Open from Denmark (two weeks ago) and France (last week), both in the super 750 category.
Carolina’s first rival will be another Spaniard, Beatriz Corrales, also 29 years old; both have faced each other only four times with a balance of 3 victories for the Huelva and one for the Madrilenian. Her last duel dates from 2013, so there are no recent references beyond her world ranking: 6th against 43rd.
The Olympic, world and European champion will try to close the year in the best possible way, with a title on the World Tour that he has not tasted since March 7, 2021when he won the Swiss Open after beating India’s Pusarla Sindhu 21-12, 21-5 in the final.
Carolina arrives in a great moment of form to this appointment; she left doubts in Denmark, where she fell against the odds in the round of 32, but last week he recovered his best version and was about to conquer France; In the semifinals she defeated the number one in the world, the Japanese Akane Yamaguchi, and in the final on Sunday she fell in three sets against the Chinese She He Bing Jiao (20-22 in the third).
Now he must add a new title to his record and recover sensations to face a 2023 that arrives full of challenges.
