Carolina Marín is eliminated in the round of 16 of the Indonesian Open

MADRID, 16 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Spanish badminton player Carolina Marín said goodbye this Thursday to her participation in the Indonesian Open, belonging to the World Tour, after falling in the round of 16 against the Chinese Zhi Yi Wang in two games 21-17, 21-18.

The return, more than a year later, to the highest-level events on the circuit could not be prolonged for the Huelva woman beyond her second match, where she was the victim of one of the new values ​​of Chinese badminton, whom she could never dominate in the clue.

Wang, 22, had lost more than two years ago in her first match against the triple world champion 21-13, 21-14, but she reached the second duel on the rise and as the new Asian champion winning in the final to the Japanese and current number one in the world, Akane Yamaguchi.

The Spanish, one day after turning 29, could not give herself a victory in a game where she was always behind and where her best options were surely in the first game. The Asian started solid and managed to escape on the scoreboard until she got a dangerous 10-15. The woman from Huelva reacted then and got 14-15, but the 14th in the world held on and ended up taking the partial calmly.

In the second, on the other hand, Wang started strongly from the start (0-3) and knocked Carolina Marín off center who seemed to have clearly lost the game. The Chinese stood 9-17 and everything indicated that she would close without problems, but the Andalusian brought out her character to get 16-18, insufficient for her rival to let the ticket to the quarterfinals slip away. Malaysia, next stop for the Spanish player.