2013 Spanish Open: Beatriz Corrales defeats Carolina Marin in final round – Badminton news
Women’s Singles expert Beatriz Corrales of Spain relished full benefits of home ground and raised the trophy in XXVI Spanish Open on Sunday, May 26, 2013.
She locked horns with a compatriot shuttler Carolina Marin and their encounter prolonged to 47 minutes in the local badminton arena of Madrid. A huge crowd gathered to support the native shuttlers and all the badminton lovers were entertained with a splendid
show of skills.
Both contenders challenged each other in all departments of the game and concluded this grand finale with a nerve-racking result of 21-19 and 21-18. The underrated but talented Spanish campaigner Beatriz remained victorious in both segments and sealed a
splendid straight-set victory.
The fourth seeded Beatriz laid foundation of her dominance in the beginning of first set and enjoyed an upper hand all the way to half time. She ruled the court in establishing rallies and placed a respectable total on the points table.
She kept on moving forward at steady pace and left her opponent far behind in the first half of the set. She started the second half with a psychological edge but then few back-to-back mistakes weakened her grip.
Carolina Marin did not waste this opportunity and narrowed the gap on points table. She brought life back into the contest with an electrifying performance and earned great deal of admiration.
The game kept swinging between both compatriot shuttlers and finally this competition ended when Beatriz registered a wining figure of 21-19.
Next game proved a replay of previous one as the victorious player of first set proved herself superior in this game also. The lower ranked but spirited shuttler Beatriz showed her intentions straight away in the beginning and claimed many valuable points
in a row.
She played with great precision and doubled her lead in next couple of rallies. Carolina was not prepared for such an intensive attack and she kept on trailing behind on the points table.
After the one-minute interval, she showed some spark and claimed few consecutive points but then a strong backlash of Beatriz confounded her and she surrendered with 18-21 margin.
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