Carolina Marín He has caught the good wave and doesn’t want to get off. The Huelva native, who already won the prestigious All England last weekhas reached the final of the Swiss Open, a Super 300, after defeating the Japanese 21-18 and 21-12 Tomoka Miyazaki in 41 minutes.
Basel has not been a comfortable match for Carolina, which lost 9-14 in the first round which came with a tie at 17 in its final stretch. It was there, in the decisive moment, where the Andalusian showed that confidence that victories give to score the set.
Already in the second, and after an initial 4-7 against, The Spaniard dismantled her opponent with her aggressive play to settle the duel quickly. It was the first time that Carolina faced Miyazaki, a 17-year-old Japanese who is ranked 27th in the world.
The smile has returned many times, despite the failures, simply because it was within the game plan and they were the things I had to do
Carolina Marín
Carolina will have to finish the job this Sunday against Indonesia Gregoria Mariska Tunjungwho beat the Japanese 21-15 and 21-17 Nozomi Okuhara. It will be the final scheduled between the 1st and 2nd seeds of the tournament, since the Spanish is the fifth player in the world and Tunjung, the eighth.
If Carolina defeats Indonesia this Sunday, It will be the first time in more than three years that he has won two BWF World Tour tournaments consecutively, since in January 2021 he won the Thailand Open I and II, which were played in consecutive weeks.
Marín and Tunjung have faced each other three times so farwith two wins for the Indonesian, in Madrid and Hong Kong in 2023, and one for the Spanish, at the 2018 Malaysia Open.
“We are in the final and I am very, very happy with how I felt in the gameespecially because of that focus of attention that I wanted to put today on the things to improve, on the game plan, on things that she was doing to me,” Marín explained after the game.
“The smile has come back many times, despite the mistakes, simply because it was within the game plan and they were the things I had to do. So tomorrow the final against Gregoria Mariska. We really want to and let’s go for it“he added.
2024-03-23 17:57:42
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