Carolina Marín, fifth seed, debuted this Wednesday with a two-set victory against the Taiwanese Sung Shuo Yun in the prestigious All England, the oldest badminton tournament played in Birmingham (United Kingdom).
The Huelva volantistawinner in 2015 of this tournament, which began to be played in 1899, beat Sung 21-18 and 24-22.
In the round of 16 of this Super 1000 category tournament, the highest on the BWF World Tour world circuit, the Huelva native will play against China’s Wang Zhi Yi, ninth in the world and she beat the Japanese Aya Ohori 21-11 and 21-17 in 38 minutes.
Marín and Wang have faced each other twice, with a victory for each: 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.
Almost an hour of game
The Spanish, Olympic champion in 2016, three-time world champion and six-time European champion, She took the victory in a very close match that lasted 59 minutes against a player whom she has beaten on three of the four occasions in which they have faced each other, the last two consecutively.
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2024-03-14 01:58:37
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