MADRID, 20 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish badminton player Carolina Marín has qualified for the semifinals of the Denmark Open, a Super 750 category tournament of the Badminton World Tour, after coming back in the quarterfinals this Friday against the Taiwanese Tai Tzu Ying (19-22, 21-15 , 21-18).
The Huelva native, three-time world champion and six-time European champion, will now meet the Indian Pusarla Venkata ‘PV’ Sindhu, who defeated the Thai Supanida Katethong (21-19, 21-12) with less trouble in her quarterfinal match. .
The two players met in the final of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, in which Marín became champion. In Tokyo, an event in which the Spaniard was not present due to her serious knee injury, Sindhu won the bronze medal.
Carolina Marín has beaten the Indian player on ten of the 15 occasions in which they have faced each other; In fact, she has won the last four matches, including the one at the Malaysian Open in January of this year.
This Friday, the Andalusian was in tow in a first set in which the Thai saved two moments of trouble, especially with 18-18 on the scoreboard, to start leading the contest. However, the current world runner-up reacted in the second round, in which she gained seven points before equalizing the contest.
Much more even was the third set, which reached the final resolution at 14-16. A 5-0 lead allowed Marín to come back, who will seek to continue advancing in the Danish competition against PV Sindhu.