MADRID, Jan. 18 (SportsFinding) –
Spanish badminton player Carolina Marín has advanced to the final of the Indonesian Masters, World Tour Super 500 category and where last year the anterior cruciate ligament of the right knee was broken, after beating China B He He in two sets Jiao (21-11, 21-19).
The Huelva, current Olympic champion, continues to frighten all the ghosts of the hard injury that occurred in January 2019 in that same pavilion, and that kept him nine months off, and solved with solvency his pass to the final meeting.
From the 5-5 with which the first set began, the three-time world champion and European four-time champion only allowed his opponent to win two games until 7-14, an income with which he uploaded his victory in the manga.
Already in the second, Marín had to overcome the 5-1 exit of the Asian; got the tie at 5, and it was not until the last games when he managed to strengthen his superiority to win the partial and the match.
“A year later, half goal accomplished. The other half remains, which is to win that final. It will be a complicated game, but, as always, we will go for all, we will fight until the end. I want to thank you all again for the support, the love and that push you give me on the track, “said Marin in statements provided by the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE).
Now, he will look for the title against Thai Ratchanok Intanon, who defeated Chinese Wang Zhi Yi in the other semifinal (21-12, 23-21) and against which he has a negative balance of 4-6. In this way, Marin will try to recover from his fortune in the final of last year, where the injury forced him to leave Saina Nehwal before India.