MADRID, 20 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish badminton player Carolina Marín has said goodbye to the Indian Open, in the BWF World Tour Super 750 category, after falling in the quarterfinals against the world number one, the Japanese Akane Yamaguchi (21-17, 14-21 , 21-9).
The three-time world champion and six-time European champion, current number nine in the world, managed to tie the duel against the Japanese, her executioner in the same round of the last World Cup, after she prevailed in the first round, but she could not stop her arreón in the third and final
The woman from Huelva reached the middle of the initial set with an advantage and extended her lead with a 4-0 (9-6) run, but her opponent responded in the same way to get ahead and defend her lead to take the set.
Marín started the second set with a 4-0 lead that allowed him to take the initiative; he reached the half with a solid 13-4, and managed the lead to even the contest. However, he pulled away from victory after winning just four of the last 20 games in the third set.
In this way, Marín says goodbye again in the quarterfinals of the second event of the year, after also doing so in the same round of the Malaysian Open against the current runner-up in the world, the Chinese Yu Fei Chen (21-18, 21-19). .
The Andalusian, who hopes to regain her best form after months of recovery after the serious knee injury that left her out of the Tokyo Olympics, will face next week the Indonesian Masters, in the Super 500 category.