Finnish Open 2013: Carolina Marin punishes Zuzana Pavelkova in Women’s Singles quarter-final
Spain’s elite player Caroline Marin continued her inspiring performance and reached into Women’s Singles semi-final after defeating Czech Republic’s Zuzana Pavelkova in quarter-final match at Finnish Open 2013 in Finland, on Saturday, April 6.
The top seeded Carolina, who remained impressive throughout the championship, played with aggression and she easily tamed her un-seeded opponent while consuming just 21 minutes in the arena.
The higher ranked Spanish shuttler played with remarkable precision as she did not show any mercy to her rival and remained successful in winning the battle in straight games with a completely one-sided margin of 21-8 and 21-5.
On the other hand, the lower ranked Zuzana was completely helpless as she found no way out to cope up with the aggression of her Spanish challenger. She eventually crashed out without posing any threat to her opponent at any stage in the match.
In the first game, the in-form Carolina showed a staggering feat in the arena as she played shots with impressive variations from starting points.
The skills and remarkable game plan helped Carolina to keeps her challenger in all sorts of trouble on court.
Until the end of starting half of starting game, the aggressive Carolina got a strong position on board by taking a reasonable gap.
Zuzana tried her best to show aggression but could not take control of the game and remained struggling in the concluding part.
The impressive Carolina did not slow down the pace of rallies at any stage and easily took the opening game with a reasonable 21-8 margin on the board.
Carolina did not lose her superiority at any stage in the first half of second set as she played with control and aggression.
Until the one-minute break, the impressive Carolina remained consistent in playing with command and variations and stayed ahead on the board.
The attacking and positive play in the ending part of second set assisted Carolina to grab the set with a reasonable 21-5 score on the board.
In the semi-final battle, the in-form Carolina will be up against Slovenia’s Maja Tvrdy who outplayed Denmark’s Karina Jorgensen in the other quarter-final match.
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