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The current Olympic badminton champion, the Spanish Carolina Marín, won the Thailand Open again this Sunday, a country that hosts three consecutive tournaments of this sport, without spectators, due to the covid-19 pandemic.
Marín, 27, defeated the same finalist as last weekend – when a first tournament with the same name was played – the Taiwanese Tai Tzu Ying, 26.
This Sunday Marín won in two contested sets 21-19 and 21-17. Last week, the victory of the Spanish in the final had been easier (21-9 and 21-16)
“I feel very happy. Two victories in two weeks is an extraordinary way to start the year,” said Marín after the match.
Carolina Marín has this year as a great mission not only the Tokyo Olympic Games but also the World Cup, where in the past she achieved three golds and which in 2021 is scheduled in Huelva (southern Spain), her hometown.