Carolina Marín will return to the slopes on Tuesday, April 26, when the his debut in the absolute European Championship of badminton that takes place in Madrid and in which he aspires to achieve his sixth continental win after the titles won in the last five editions: in Kazan (Russia) in 2014; La Roche sur Yon (France) in 2016; Kolding (Denmark) in 2017; Huelva in 2018 and kyiv (Ukraine) in 2021..
The woman from Huelva will debut at approximately 7:30 p.m. against the Czech Katerina Tomalova, number 122 in the world ranking, in which she will be the first confrontation between the two. Both have been exempt from the first round of the tournament, which starts on Monday the 25th.
Carolina is the number one seed in this Championship, since she is the first European classified in the world ranking, occupying position 6. It should be noted that the Olympic, world and European champion was injured almost 11 months ago and missed the two big events of the season, the Olympic Games in Tokyo in summer and the World Championship in Huelva in December. Despite the fact that she has not competed for a long time, remains 6th in the world since the ranking has not been updated for more than a yearsince numerous World Tour tournaments have been canceled due to the pandemic.
His most complicated cross can come in the semifinalswhere she could face the Danish Line Christophersen, fourth favorite, or the Turkish Yigit, sixth seed.
On the second day of competition, Tuesday the 26th, the action will begin at 9:00 and it will be the turn of the top seeds and candidates to win the medals. The first star to enter the scene will be the main favorite in the men’s singles, the Danish Viktor Axelsen, in his duel against the great French promise Alex Lanier, starting at 11:00. Shortly after, his compatriots Anders Antonsen, current continental champion and second seed, and Hans-Kristian Vittinghus, third favorite, will make their debut.
The premiere of the best female players will take place in the early afternoonwith the Danish Mia Blichfeldt (2) and Line Christophersen (4), the Scottish Kristy Gilmour (3) or the Turkish Neslihan Yigit (6).
As far as the men’s individual is concerned, Spain has the participation of Pablo Abián (Recreational IES La Orden), who has fallen on the same side of the draw as Viktor Axelsen. The Aragonese will debut in the second round against the winner of the duel between the Slovenian Miha Ivanic and the Englishman Toby Penty.
All matches can be followed live on BadmintonEurope TV and, Starting with the quarterfinals, the highlights will be televised on Spanish Television.
