Carolina Marín easily overcomes her debut in the World Cup

MADRID, 23 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Spanish player Carolina Marín surpassed this Tuesday without excessive problems her debut in the Badminton World Championship that is being played in Tokyo by beating the Canadian Wen Yu Zhang in two games by 21-16 and 21-14.

The Huelva native, three-time world champion and fifth seed, returned to the track two months after a tour of Asia that did not go too well for her, but she was able to show her quality to get rid of her first rival in the Japanese capital, where There was also his return to a World Cup event four years after hanging his third gold since knee injuries prevented him from being both in 2019 in Basel (Switzerland) and last year in Huelva.

The current six-time European champion faced Yu Zhang for the first time and it took her a while to find her rhythm, so the equality remained on the scoreboard. Once settled, Marín began to dominate and with 8-8 added five consecutive points to open a good gap that seemed almost definitive (13-8).

However, the Canadian did not give up and was able to react to recover her options in the first game. The score narrowed again (15-14), but despite the American's resistance, the Huelva-born player did not give any more concessions and closed the quarter without a scare (21-16).

In the second game there was less history because Carolina Marín came out very strong and took the first five points. Yu Zhang tried to react again, but this time the Spaniard did not give him respite and raised his level until he quickly finished (21-14) his pass to the round of 16 where he will face the winner of the duel between the Chinese He Bing Jiao, nine in the world, and the American Iris Wang.

On the other hand, in the doubles draw, the only Spanish couple in contention, the one formed by Carlos Piris and Joan Monroy, was clearly eliminated after falling in the first round against the Chinese Taipei duo Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han. by 21-11 and 21-9.