Olympic Games 2012: Carolina Marin gives severe lesson to Claudia Rivero in Group L contest

Spain’s top female shuttler Carolina Marin proved her mettle on court when she put up stunning show of top class badminton in Women’s Singles category and outplayed Peru’s Claudia Rivero in Group L contest at Olympic Games 2012 in London,
England, on July 30.

The higher ranked Marin, who is placed at number 28 in Women’s Singles world placements, displayed an impressive performance and ousted Claudia in an emphatic way.

The aggressive Carolina had to employ all of her reserves in first game but she easily grabbed the second game to end up the contest in two games with a comfortable margin on the score board.

In the meanwhile, the lower ranked Claudia, who was un-seeded in the tournament, played competitive badminton in opening set and lost it with a respectable score.

Nevertheless, the un-seeded Claudia completely failed to play positive badminton in the second game and easily lost the match to Carolina without taking any set.

Both players were impressive in the opening game as they showed their remarkable skills on score board no one missed any chance to earn points.

They kept the pace high by executing powerful and attacking shots and no one could get a strong lead until the one-minute break.

After the interval, the higher ranked Carolina started to increase her speed and took the bird early to create pressure on her rival. She was remarkable in her shot selection and pushed her rival on back foot.

Claudia could not deal with the mounting pressure and could not stop the aggressive play of her challenger.

In the meanwhile, Carolina remained positive at the ending phase of first game and she bagged it with a reasonable 21-17 margin on the score board.

In the following set, the in-form Spanish player showed her fantastic skills by playing attacking badminton and set up a superb gap on score board until the one-minute mid-game break.

After the interval, Carolina did not allow her rival to draw near on score board as she maintained the pace of rallies at the highest level and kept her opponent under pressure all the way to end up the second game with a killing 21-7 score on the board.

The impressive Carolina easily gave a shocking treatment to Claudia in straight sets with a smashing margin of 21-17 and 21-7.

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Posted by Muhammad Ahmad Nazir on Aug 15 2012. Filed under Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry