MADRID, 10 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish badminton player Carolina Marín won with solvency in two games (21-6 and 21-7) over the Scottish Rachel Sugden to quickly resolve her debut and the pass to the round of 16 of the European Championship, which is currently underway. competing in Saarbrücken (Germany).
The Huelva native started on the right foot and with good feelings on the road to her seventh continental title, also reinforced by her triumphs in the last two tournaments, the All England and the Swiss Open.
Marín started the match and the tournament with a lot of confidence and thanks to a 5-0 run over the Scottish woman, number 176 in the world. Inertia helped him get off the ground quickly, closing that first set with a solid 21-6, without giving his rival any options.
Very similar script in the second and final game, with a little more equality at the beginning thanks to an 8-5. From there, Marín pushed with his roller and put the final point to the match with a 21-7 to comfortably advance to the round of 16 of the European Championship.
“First round passed, it was a pretty good match, although it is true that the steering wheel is a little slow in this pavilion. Still, a comfortable match, tomorrow a new match, a new rival and we keep going for it,” said the Huelva native in statements to the Badminton Federation. Her rival in the round of 16 will be the winner of the duel between the Hungarian Vivien Sandorhazi and the Bulgarian Kaloyabna Nalbantova.