The Spaniard Caroline Marine, back in the world championship after his injury in 2021, he made his debut this Tuesday in Tokyo with a victory in two sets, 21-16 and 21-14about the canadian Wen Yu Zhang.
Marín, world No. 5 player, took 36 minutes to overcome her first game in this event, with more difficulties in the first game, which was tied until 18-16 before the final acceleration of the triple world champion .
Zhang, number 71 in the standings, was never ahead in the second set, in which Marín took the lead.
The 2016 Olympic champion, who missed the Tokyo Games due to a ligament tear in her left knee, was European champion for the sixth time this year and her goal in these world championships is to reach the podium .
After being exempted from the first round and with the victory in the second round over Zhang, Marín is already in the round of 16 of the tournament, phase in which the winner of the duel between the Chinese He Bing Jiao, bronze in 2021, and the American Iris Wang will be measured.
On her side of the table, she would coincide in a hypothetical quarter-final with the reigning world champion, the Japanese Akane Yamaguchi.
This Tuesday also started the men’s doubles composed of Carlos Piris and Joan Monroy, who lost to Taiwanese Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han 21-11 and 21-9.
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