Carolina Marín was unable to complete her participation in the Indonesian Open, one of the Super1000 tournaments that resists her, when she lost to the Chinese Chen Yu Fei, the current Olympic champion, by 21-18 and 21-19 after 1 hour and 4 minute battle.
The Spanish champion came out ready to break the curse that seems to haunt her in Jakarta and from the first point she had a very even dispute with the Chinese, who resolved the first set in her favor with a final partial of 5-0, to go from 16-18 to the final 21-18.
In the second set, Marín came out with renewed strength and clearly dominated from the initial 3-0 to 16-10, which presaged that the set would fall on his side. But a new quarter in favor of Chen Yu Fei, this time 7-0 to go from 16-10 to 16-17 turned the forecast around and a new final rush of three consecutive points gave the Asian victory by 21 -19.
Marín, in any case, comes out stronger after a tournament in which she has once again played with confidence and in which she has shown a high level. Chen Yu Fei and Marin had previously met six times with three wins each. Now the Chinese player unbalances the individual score and dominates 4-3.
The Spanish has decided to stay “with the good of this tournament” despite losing in the final. “I lost in the final against Chen Yu Fei in a tough match. A pity because I played good moments in the match, but despite everything there have been moments of tension, of many failures and I have also left the game plan and of game that we had raised”, said Marín in statements sent.
“I want to keep the good feelings and that change in concentration, especially from the quarterfinals. I want to keep the good things about this tournament,” added the Huelva champion. Marín’s next challenge will be the European Games that will be held in Krakow from June 21 to July 2.
