MADRID, 16 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish player Carolina Marín qualified this Thursday for the quarterfinals of the prestigious All England Open, a Super 1,000 category tournament on the world badminton circuit, after defeating the American Beiwen Zhang 21-13, 21-18.
After her hard-earned victorious debut against the Scottish Kirsty Gilmour, ranked 19th, the Huelva native had to deal with the number 18, an opponent who put her in trouble especially in the second set where the triple world champion had nerves of steel .
On the other hand, the start of the game was by the Andalusian, who soon took advantage of Zheng, whom she doubled on the score (8-4). Marín increased her advantage due to the lack of reaction from the American and won the set without problems.
However, the American improved in the second and put up more of a battle with the Spanish. Zheng came to closely dominate the electronic (8-10), but there the six-time European champion managed to chain several points and break away for the first time.
Marín was placed with a promising 16-13 and knew how to counter the first threat of reaction from his rival (16-15) to be close to victory (18-15). However, the American’s second reply served to equalize the set (18-18), at which time the Huelva native knew how to be calm and experienced to take the last three points and advance to the quarterfinals.
Now, to get into the semifinals, the Spanish player will have a great test against the South Korean An Se Young, current number two in the world ranking and who has beaten her in her last three matches, including the one last January at the Masters. from Indonesia by 18-21, 21-18 and 21-13.
