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Badminton: Carolina Marn reaches the semifinals of the Indonesian Masters

Carolina Marn got into the semifinals of the Indonesian Masters. She beat the Danish Line Christophersen, whom she had already beaten in their three previous matches, 22-20 and 21-9.

The Three-time world champion, despite the discomfort she has in one leg, overcomes the wall of the quarterfinals, a round in which she had fallen in her first two tournaments of this 2023. In this Asian tour he stayed at the gates of the semifinals in both the Malaysian Open and the Indian Open. In the first, she lost to Chen Yu Fei 18-21 and 19-21. In the second, she lost to the Japanese Akane Yamaguchi, number 1 and current world champion, by 17-21, 21-14 and 9-21.

After his opening win over Wen Chi Hsu, from Chinese Taipei, by a double 21-10, and a hard-fought victory against the Thai Ongbumrungpan by 21-19 and 21-5, faced a demanding match against Christophersen. Despite standing 16-10 in favor, the Danish reacted and saved three set options for the Spanish. It went from 20-17 to 20-20. With the clash even, the Spanish knew how to dominate the situation to win the game 22-20.

In the second set, Marn came out in overwhelming mode. Domin and moved his rival from one side of the track to the other to score a 6-0 runan advantage that he knew how to maintain and take until the final 21-9.

Despite the discomfort I’m having in my leg, I want to stay very focused on the game plan.

Carolina Marn

“It was a good game, very disputed until the end. The sensations have gone from less to more. Despite the discomfort that I am having in my leg, I want to be very focused on what I have to do, on the game plan. It is incredible to play with this public that is always supporting you and makes you feel at home”, Carolina Marn commented after the game. Her next rival will come out of the match between the Chinese Yue-Han and the Indonesian Mariska Tunjung.

This tournament is not one more in Carolina Marn’s calendar. In 2020 he reached the final and almost won the title on the same track where a year earlier she suffered a serious injury to the front of her right knee that kept her out of competition for seven and a half months. In the last two years, 2021 and 2022, she did not attend this appointment.

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