Carolina Marín beats Canadian Zhang in her World Cup debut

08/23/2022 at 10:44

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The Huelva woman took just 36 minutes to resolve her opener, winning 21-16 and 21-14

The winner of the duel between Chinese He Bing Jiao, bronze in 2021, and American Iris Wang will be measured in the round of 16 of the tournament.

The Spaniard Caroline Marinback in the world championship after her injury in 2021, made her debut this Tuesday in Tokyo with a victory in two sets, 21-16 and 21-14, over the Canadian Wen Yu Zhang.

Marinefifth player in the world, took 36 minutes to overcome her first engagement in this event, with more difficulties in the first game, which was tied until 18-16 before final acceleration three-time world champion,

Zhang, number 71 in the standingshas never been in the lead in the second quarter, in which Marine took the initiative.

The 2016 Olympic champion, who missed the Tokyo Games due to torn ligaments in her left knee, was this year European champion for the sixth time and its purpose en 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, Marine is already in the round of 16 of the tournament, a phase in which the winner of the duel between the Chinese He Bing Jiao, bronze in 2021, and the American Iris Wang.

On her side of the table, she would coincide in a hypothetical quarter-final with the world title holder, the Japanese Akane Yamaguchi.

This Tuesday also started the men’s doubles composed of Carlos Piris and Joan Monroy, who lost to the Taiwanese Lu Ching Yao Yes Yang Pohan by 21-11 and 21-9.

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