Carolina Marín She had to sweat to beat the Danish Line Hojmark Kjaersfeld 21-11, 14-21 and 21-17 and qualify for the semifinals of the Madrid 2022 badminton European Championship.
In this way, the Spanish player is now just two steps away from her sixth consecutive title in this tournament, which means her return to competition after his serious injury from 11 months ago.
Marín started very well, taking all the initiative in the first set, which he won comfortably. She closed it with a great feint in the reception of a serve from her rival, seventh favorite in the tournament and who had just beaten Beatriz Corrales, also from Spain.
In the second part Kjaersfeld raised his level and the match was balanced. Before the halfway point of the sleeve, a series of errors by Marín allowed the Dane to open a small lead (8-12) that only went further.
The third, unsurprisingly, was the most exciting. It was completely even until 5-5. Then Kjaersfeld scored a 0-4 run, which was answered by Huelva by far, with a 13-1 (18-10). The double bronze medalist of the competition still had the ability to react to get closer to three points, but after 1 hour and 5 minutes of meeting she had to bow down again before the best European player in history.
Carolina Marín, first seeded and exempt from the first round, won in her debut against the Czech Katerina Tomalova (21-10 and 21-6) and in the round of 16 against the Ukrainian Maria Ulitina (21-7 and 21-8 ).
will play on friday in the semifinals against the young Turkish Neslihan Yigitsixth-seeded, who gave a surprise at the Gallur sports center by defeating another Dane, fourth-seeded Line Christophersen (21-16, 23-21).
