Carolina Marín Dominates Semifinals and Advances to European Badminton Championship Final

Badminton

The Spanish finishes off Jakobsen in the semifinals and confirms her recovery ahead of the Paris Games

She will face the Scottish Kirsty Gilmour in the final, against whom she already played for continental gold in 2022

Carolina Marín at the European Badminton EFE

13/04/2024

Updated at 4:21 p.m.

The Andalusian racket player Carolina Marín has qualified for a new final of the European badminton championship after winning this Saturday in the semifinal by 21-16 y 21-7 to the danish Julie Dawall Jakobsen, a tournament that is being held in the German city of Saarbrücken. Marín will face the Scottish Kirsty Gilmour in the final this Sunday.

The winner of seven continental windings (six European Championships and another gold in the European Games last year), gave the Dane no choice, commanding the electronics at all times.

Since the first point of the match was scored and Jakobsen’s subsequent 1-1 draw, the player from Huelva became ahead until the end of the first setaccumulating up to five points ahead, closing the first round in just 20 minutes.

The second and final set was a new recital of the Spanishwhich with a partial 5-0 start He didn’t give the Danish woman any option.. Jakobsen, eighth seed in this tournament, never managed to stand up to the Huelva cyclone, which appears in the final with champion credentials.

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2024-04-13 14:10:26
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