It was a great match worthy of the two contenders: the current Olympic champion faced off against her predecessor, Carolina Marín. The first, Chen Yufeiis the one who has made it to the final and to do so he has needed his best badminton.
The three-time world champion, Princess of Asturias award winner and current number three in the world ranking met again in Jakarta with the Asian, whom she beat in March in the quarterfinals of an All England tournament that she would end up conquering, but this time she gave in after a tied I find that it was resolved in one hour and 14 minutes.
Chen, superior at the beginning and at the end
Chen dominated the first sleeve who broke after the initial 3-3 to escape on the scoreboard until taking the first set.
“🔀Carolina Marín will have to come back.
First set for Chen Yu Fei.
Her level of play forces the Huelva native to border on excellence to try to get into the final of the Indonesia Open.
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In it second set Carolina recovered, raised its level of play and after a 6-1 run managed to take that set.
In the third and definitive mangaMarín started leading (11-9), but the Chinese player managed to come back to confirm her presence in the final of the tournament, where she will face the world No. 1, the Korean, in the final. An Se Young.
Last appointment before the Olympic Games
In this way, the Spanish, Princess of Asturias Sports Award winner, says goodbye to the Indonesian competition, but does so securing the ‘Top 4’ of the Olympic ranking for Paris 2024, which will facilitate their crossings.
Marin, who He will not compete again until the Paris event, will return to the Games after missing the Tokyo Games due to a serious knee injury; In the French capital, he will try to repeat the success of Rio 2016, when he won the gold medal.
2024-06-08 09:42:17
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