Carolina Marín returned to the courts on Wednesday seven months after his serious knee injury and did so with a loss, in the first round of the Vietnam Badminton Open, played in Ho Chi Minh, against Thai Supanida Katethong , for 2-0 in 50 minutes.
The Huelva began the game with a five-point advantage at the beginning of the first set (10-5), but never took off from the Thai player, who regained ground at the end thanks to a more aggressive game and the errors of the Spanish until imposed 24-22. Marin's lack of rhythm after his long inactivity was also noticed in the second set, which was also almost always ahead. He was more aggressive, until in the final stretch he accumulated unforced errors that gave wings to Katethong to achieve the victory by 22-20 and pass to the second round.
The Huelva had traveled to Vietnam with his mind set on winning the tournament, although his performance was unknown after such a long time to stop and he recognized the day before that the goal was "to find sensations on the track" .
Marin had decided to return to the competition in Vietnam in preparation for the China 1000 Masters, which starts next week with the presence of top-level flyers. Then, it will connect with the South Korean Masters 500, and the 750 and French Masters in Denmark in November with the aim of adding points and getting the qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games , where it hopes to revalidate the gold won in Rio 2016 .
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