Madrid, Mar 29 (EFE).- The Spanish Carolina Marín, the first seed, beat the Danish Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt 21-14 and 21-11 this Wednesday without problems, in two rounds and in 32 minutes. of the badminton Madrid Spain Masters, which is played at the Gallur municipal sports center in Madrid.
With the exception of the 0-1 start for the Dane, Marín started with advantages of +2 and +3 points until she definitively unbalanced the score with 10-5. Then he lined up firmly until scoring the first set by a seven-point margin (21-14).
The second quarter was much easier for the woman from Huelva, who in the blink of an eye was up 11-1, already a slab for Kjaersfeldt, who ended up succumbing to the Olympic champion in 2016, three-time European champion and six-time world champion, by 21 -eleven.
This is the eleventh victory in twelve matches for Marín, seventh in the world, over the Danish, twenty-first in the ranking.
Carolina Marín will play this Thursday in the round of 16 against the Indian Malvika Bansod, who got rid of the Malaysian Selvaduray Kisona by 21-19, 16-21 and 21-9. It will be the first duel between Huelva and Bansod, fortieth in the BWF ranking.
Clara Azurmendi also went to the second round, in her case at the expense of Ania Setién, also from San Sebastian, from the previous one.
Azurmendi beat Setién 21-18 and 21-13 to meet in the round of 16 with the eighth favorite, the American Beiwen Zhang, who beat Riko Gunji 21-11, 19-21, 12-15 and abandoned the Japanese for injury.
In the women’s draw, the eighth seed, the Indian Pusarla Sindhu, also went to the round of 16, who defeated the Swiss Jenjira Stadelmann with authority 21-10 and 21-14.
The fifth seed, the Polish Gregoria Tunjung, also passed the first procedure, who defeated the Scottish Kirsty Gilmour 21-19 and 21-12, the player whom Marín beat in three European Championship finals (2016, 2017 and 2022). ).
Another seed that got into the round of 16 this Wednesday was the seventh, the Taiwanese Hsu Wen Chi, who beat her compatriot Sung Shuo Yun 21-16 and 21-17.
The sixth favorite, the Canadian Michelle Li, lost to the Indian Aakarshi Kashyap, by 12-21, 21-15 and 21-18. EFE
In the men’s draw, Luis Enrique Peñalver from Toledo, who lost 16-21, 21-16 and 21-15 to the Danish Magnus Johanssen, who had been in the main draw since the previous phase, was left out at the first exchange.
The first two favorites, the Japanese Kenta Nishimoto and Kanta Tsuneyama, overcame their first matches, respectively against the Taiwanese Lee Chia Hao (21-11, 23-25 and 21-18) and the Canadian Brian Wang (21-13 and 21-19 ).
