Carolina Marín qualified this Friday for the semifinals of the YONEX Swiss Open 2024, which is being held in Basel, by beating Kim Ga Eun in two close sets (21-19 and 21-18) and 55 minutes. The Huelva native, number one seed and champion of the Swiss Super-300 category tournament in 2021, will face this Saturday (not before 5:00 p.m., YouTube) the Japanese Tomoka Miyazaki, 27th in the ranking and who beat her compatriot Aya Ohori (21-17, 18-21 and 21-17).
Marín, who has beaten the South Korean Ga Eun in their four meetings, had to come back in both sets. They opened the first 5-1 down, but with two discontinuous 5-0 sets, they took control and closed the score with some difficulties.
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The Spanish started the second set with a 7-4, but the South Korean turned the score around to take a 14-10 lead. From there, in the end, a 7-4 by Carolina, brilliant in defense and counterattack, put an end to the match. This is her eighth consecutive victory. His record in 2024 is 12-2 with the title at the All England last week. “It was a tough game, with many things to improve. One of them is to continue concentrating on both the game and the mental part. Many times I have gone ahead on the scoreboard and that has made me lose track of what my rival was doing. Now, semi-finals. Let’s go for them,” declared Carolina.
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2024-03-22 20:18:49
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