The Spaniard Carolina Marín, returning to a world championship after her 2021 injury, made her debut this Tuesday in Tokyo with a victory in two sets, 21-16 and 21-14, against the Canadian. Wen Yu Zhang.
Marín, the fifth player in the world, took 36 minutes to overcome her first match in this event, with more difficulty in the first match, which was tied until 18-16 before the match. final acceleration of the triple world champion,
Zhang, number 71 in the rankingwas never in the lead in the second set, in which Marín 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 his goal in these world championships is to get on the podium.
After being exempted from the first round and with the victory over Zhang in the second round, Marín now finds herself in the round of 16 of the tournament, a phase in which she will face 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 began the men's doubles, made up of Carlos Piris and Joan Monroy, who lost to Taiwanese Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han by 21-11 and 21-9.
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