Carolina Marín Advances to Quarterfinals at the Hong Kong Badminton Open after Hard-Fought Battle

Carolina Marín continues to show her strength at the Victor Open, the Hong Kong Badminton Open. Although in her debut she had to go to three sets against the Taiwanese Lin, the player from Huelva had to come back this Thursday in her round of 16 match against the German Yvonne Li to win 18-21, 21-14 and 21-11 in one hour and eleven minutes.

A battle in which both Marín and Li started very evenly until the German achieved a 4-0 run that allowed her to open a gap of five points on the scoreboard that shortly after became six (8-14). Marín came to be just one point away at 14-15 and, despite the fact that Li opened the margin again with 14-18, the Spaniard was once again just one point away at 18-19, although two points in a row from Li They allowed the German to take the first set 19-21, forcing Carolina to come back.

A Marín who in the second round showed her strength as she knows how to do to chain a run of 7-0 that allowed her to open a gap on the scoreboard (7-2). However, Li managed to close the gap to equalize the set at 12. However, Marín managed to react in the decisive moments to first open a four-point gap (17-13) and then, with a partial 4-0, close the set by 21-14 to force the third and final set.

In the third round, Carolina Marín started in an overwhelming way with a resounding 8-1. However, Li reacted to get within two points. But Marín once again extended her lead to six points with a 4-0 run and even went up to ten points at 20-10. A score with which Marín was not able to close the match on the first try but he was able to close the game on the second with the 21-11 that gives him access to the quarterfinals after a long-suffering battle.

A quarterfinal in which Marín will face the Indonesian Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, who beat the Singaporean Jia Min Yeo by 21-11 and 21-18. It will be the third time that Marín and Tunjung meet on the circuit with a balance of one victory for each one after Marín won the 2018 Malaysia Open while Tunjung beat the Spanish in the semifinals of Madrid Spain This year’s Masters.

2023-09-14 05:48:06
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