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11/04/2024
The Huelva volantista Carolina Marínsix-time continental badminton champion, She qualified for the quarterfinals of the European Championship being held in Saarbrücken (Germany) with a 21-14, 21-12 victory over the Bulgarian Kaloyana Nalbantova. The Spaniard, fifth in the world, opened the match with five points in a row that she managed without difficulty throughout the round.
In the second, the number 84 in the ranking came to take the lead (6-4)but Marín nipped the reaction in the bud: nine consecutive points, her best streak, defeated Nalbantova’s resistance.
Marín thus took another step towards his seventh continental crown without the need for wear and tear, since in his first match he spent 23 minutes and in the round of 16, 35.
First seed in the tournament, Marín is competing in the European Championships in the best form of recent months, after winning his last two tournaments, the All England and the Swiss Open. His big goal of the season is the Paris Olympic Games, after missing the Tokyo ones due to injury. In Rio 2016 he won the gold medal.
Her next rival in Saarbrücken will be the French Léonice Huet, number 70 in the rankingalthough they will arrive at the clash with the advantage of having qualified without playing, due to the opponent’s failure to appear.
2024-04-11 09:49:08
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