WS - Day 3 : Carolina MARIN is back

Second round of the French Open ! Things are getting tight and even more interesting. The top seeded players prevailed, MARIN got her revenge over her rival, and 100% victory for the Indians.

REVENGE FOR THE GOLD MEDALIST

Huge match today at Stade Pierre de Coubertin. The former world n°1, Carolina Marin, who came back from knee injury met her long time friend and rival Nozomi OKUHARA. They actually met very recently, last week at Danisa Denmark Open and this time the Japanese prevailed, forcing Carolina Marin to stop her tournament in semifinals. Today, she got her revenge in straight games (21-18, 21-17) The Spanish seemed great on court, always with the same fighting spirit. It worked and she’s now into the French Open quarterfinals.

FORCED TO WITHDRAW

2nd round for AN Se Young and CHEN Xiao Xin. Both players won their opening round match quite easily. Today, the Chinese seemed better on court than her opponent. The seventeen year old Korean was most of the time in bad position where she could only defense and not attack or anything else. CHEN Xiao Xin was leading almost the entire first game, despite some mistakes on the baseline. She kept a gap of 5 points until scoring the 1st set, 21-15, with a net point. The following game, the Korean tried to take things under control. She scored 5 consecutive points and led 11-4 at the break. At 15-6, the Chinese fell on the ground after her foot ripped. After a medical time-out, she tried to continue but in the end she was forced to stopped, giving her opponent her ticket to the quarterfinals. Final score: 15-21 16-7.

INDIAN SUCCESS

Too strong for the Dane. the Indian Saina Nehwal prevailed over Line KJAERSFELDT in straight games, 21-10, 21-11 to get into the quarterfinals here in Paris.

Quite the same scenario for the 2019 world Champion, PUSARLA V. Sindhu. She defeated the twenty year old from Singapore, YEO Jia Min in 34 minutes with a score of 21-10, 21-13.

NO WORRIES FOR THE TOP PLAYERS

Tai Tzu Ying faced the Korean KIM Ga Eun for a spot in Quarterfinals. After 40 minutes of play, the World n°1 prevailed with control with a score of 21-17, 21-17.

Same scenario for the Thai Ratchanok INTANON, current world n°5. She defeated the Russian Evgenia KOSETSKAYA, 21-16, 21-12 to reach the next round.

PROMISING YOUNG PLAYER

HE Bing Jiao faced the young Indonesian Fitriani FITRIANI for a spot in quarterfinals. And compared to the other top players, she had to fight with her guts to get through her opponent. The young twenty year old from Singapore almost won this one! 20-20 in the deciding game. It could have gone either way but the world n°7 managed to win the keys points. She will face Yamaguchi in quarterfinals.

No worries for the top players

Yamaguchi is progressing into the next round, here in Paris. After quite some consecutive defeats, the Japanese, world n°2, secured her spot into Quarterfinals. She defeated the Thai Pronpawee CHOCHUWONG in straight games, 21-9, 21-18.