Carolina Marínfifth seed, qualified this Thursday for the quarterfinals of the prestigious All England, the oldest badminton tournament played in Birmingham (United Kingdom), after easily beating the Chinese Wang Zhiyi.
The Huelva native, winner in 2015 of this Super 1000 category tournament on the World circuit that began to be played in 1899, She beat the Asian, ninth player in the world, in 41 minutes, by a clear 13-21 and 8-21. Another Chinese awaits him in the quarterfinals, Chen Yu Fei, number two in the world, defeated Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand 22-20 and 21-16.
This is Marín’s second victory against Wang Zhi Yi in three games. Until today, each one had managed to win on one occasion. The Spanish won precisely at the 2020 All England and the Chinese won the 2022 Indonesia Open, in both cases in the round of 16 phase.
The three-time world champion, six-time European champion and 2016 Olympic champion was “very, very happy” with Thursday’s performance and “for the improvements” she has been able to introduce “both in attitude and level of play.”
Regarding her quarterfinal match, the Andalusian explained that she faces it “with a lot of enthusiasm” and is aware that a tough match awaits her against Chen Yu Fei that she will face with the intention of giving “her best” to sneak into the semi-finals.
2024-03-14 19:55:41
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