Carolina Marín debuts with victory at the Indonesian Open

MADRID, 14 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Spanish badminton player Carolina Marín returned to the courts and the World Tour on Tuesday with a solid victory in her debut at the Indonesian Open against the Danish Julie Dawall Jakobsen by a double 21-17.

The woman from Huelva had not played a game for more than a month when she lent a hand in the Uber Cup for teams and contributed a point in the last duel against Australia. Before, on April 30, she was crowned European champion in Madrid for the sixth consecutive time.

Now, Marín, who starts as the fifth favorite in the Asian event, returned to the World Tour more than a year later. Her last participation was in March 2021, in Switzerland, where she was proclaimed champion, and she will try to improve her competitive pace against the best in the world.

And to begin with, the triple world champion was solvent against Jakobsen, 27th in the world ranking and whom she had defeated precisely in the Swiss event, but who put up quite a bit of resistance, especially in the first game, where she came to dominate by 14- 17. However, the Spanish pulled from experience and took the next seven points to make it 1-0.

His rival tried not to feel the blow and continued to give 'battle' in the second game, also equalized until its final and decisive stretch. The Danish kept her chances until 17-17, but again Marin sped up at the exact moment to close the match and qualify for the round of 16 where she will face Chinese Wang Zhi Yi, current Asian champion and 14th in the ranking.