German Open: Carolina steals the show

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The current European Junior Champion won in two games 21-10, 21-19 and can celebrate one of her biggest careeer's victories.

“This is a great victory for me”, said Carolina Marin to Badminton Europe. “I have played against her in the recent World Championships - but I lost in two games. And I was looking forward to play against her and finally I could beat her. I am so happy now. Today, I played with a lot pressure and I have tried to keep her in the backcourt. Then I was waiting for her to lift the shuttle – and then I finished off with offensive and attacking strokes. That was my tactic today and it was working well.” Carolina will now face Indonesian Lindaweni Fanetri who beat Bulgaria’s Petya Nedelcheva quite comfortable in two games.

But there have been more Europeans who showed strong performances today in Mülheim. Ville Lång (Finland) beat Thailand’s number one Boonsak Ponsana in straight games. Lång will now face Denmark’s Christian Lind. The latter had entertained the crowd yesterday by beating Chinese Zhengming Wang in great emotional match. And there was more joy for Spain as Carolina’s compatriot Pablo Abian also reached the third round in Germany.