Carolina Marín advances comfortably to the round of 16

Carolina Marin has achieved this Wednesday its second victory at the Paris Olympics by defeating the Irish Rachael Darragh at La Chapelle Arena, easily winning in two sets (21-5 y 21-5)With this victory, he advances towards the Round of 16 after passing the group stage.

The 31-year-old shuttler played a very comfortable match against Darragh, who from the start showed difficulties in facing his opponent. With a slow and lacking intensity game, The Irish woman gradually gave up, ending up completely dominated by the Spaniard. Marín probably did not expect such an easy match as the one she had.

The match began with a drop shot from Carolina that surprised Darragh, marking the start of what was to come: short points at the net and long points down the court on volley plays. This strategy allowed the Spaniard to defeat her rival in just 28 minutes.

With this victory, the Andalusian player concludes the group stage first, after having also beaten Switzerland’s Jenjira Stadelmann 2-0 in her first match.

Carolina Marín, three-time world champion and seven-time European champion, arrived in Paris as number four in the world, with the firm objective of repeat the gold of Rio 2016, after not being able to participate in Tokyo 2020 due to an injury.