In the blink of an eye, dosed and very dominant, Carolina Marín is already in the quarterfinals of the Orleans Masters (Super 300). In her debut, yesterday, the Olympic champion prevailed with authority over the Danish Line Christophersen (21-9 and 21-18); Today, before the Turkish Neslihan Yigit, he repeated the story. 9-21 and 12-21 in just over half an hour (32 minutes) to face the Singaporean Jia Min Yeo, 31st in the world. “Pretty happy with the match. I have come to this tournament to continue improving my game and I think I’m on the right trackSo, for that part, quite happy. Tomorrow, to continue enjoying on the track”, said the woman from Huelva after her victory.
Carolina (7th), as in Madrid, acts as the first seed. In the box and on the track, where she again controls the matches at her whim. More and more aggressively. He left the Spanish capital after one of the saddest confrontations of his careerbut satisfied with the work at a sports level. In Orleans, it keeps adding up. No pain in his left knee (the one from his second injury) since December, the three-time world champion is opting for a faster game, with a lot of network presence and something more risky. He says that it is difficult for him to put it into practice, but in France, where he is playing very loosely, he does it.
Two sets, same story
Against Yigit, whom he had beaten for the last time (in total, he has already done so nine times) in the semifinals of the 2022 European Championships, he had an abundance of repertoire. The Turkish player, 65th in the ranking, is miles behind the Spanish player. And light years away from the improved version of Huelva, which is terrifying. If it finds continuity, it allows one to dream of everything. And overwhelm like today, in two sets practically traced that not even relaxation corseted. In the first quarter, Carolina did not concede a tie. 4-0 to start followed by streaks that followed the same pattern: Spanish winners interspersed with some errors resulting from their tests. In the second, similar story, with a Yigit that resisted a little longer (until 11-9), but ended up surpassed again. Carolina, after leaving the all england (which reached 90%) due to the flu and falling in Madrid in a complicated situation, he resumes the “good” path.