Carolina Marín takes the lead in the BWF World Tour Finals and qualifies for the semifinals of the winter badminton tournament. This Friday, the Spanish player achieved her third victory in the group stage of the annual competition held in Hangzhou (China), after defeating local player Yu Fei Chen, the world number two in one hour and 10 minutes (0 -2).
The Olympic champion in her discipline at the 2016 Rio Olympics dominated the match, demonstrating her great form (23-25/22-24). In the first instance, she opened a gap on the scoreboard in her favor at the beginning of the duel and showed character later to take the first set. Even previously saving a set ball from her rival (17-20).
The second set was even more even, but Carolina Marín did not lose the pulse of Chen, tying the score whenever the Chinese player took the lead. The Huelva native has already secured her presence in the semifinals of the tournament, thanks to beating the Chinese Han Yue and the American Beiwen Zhang in the past few days.
"I am very happy with today's sensations. Not only for having won the match, but for how I felt on the court and how I fought until the end. It was a very tough match, two sets, but with very good points. "Good. Tomorrow we are going for those semifinals and for all of them," commented the Spaniard at the end of the match.
Carolina Marín will play the semifinals this Saturday at 5:00 p.m. against the Taiwanese Tai Tzu Ying. This will be the twenty-third time that they will face each other, in a duel that is expected to be exciting, since between them there is a balance of 11 victories for each one. Therefore, the next duel will mean breaking this tie between the Spanish and the Taiwanese, in addition to earning a place in the final of the BWF World Tour Finals.
