Chen Stops Marin's Awakening In Indonesia Open 2023 Final

Chen Yu Fei. BETWEEN PHOTOS/Hafidz Mubarak A/wsj

JAKARTA - China's women's singles badminton athlete Chen Yu Fei stopped the rise of Spanish badminton player Carolina Marin in the final round of the Indonesia Open 2023, Sunday, June 18.Chen won the victory with a score of 21-18, 21-19. The first game was fierce in a duel between Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold winners and the owner of the 2016 Rio Olympic gold medal. The two players fought for each other tightly. There were three times the scoreboard showed an identical score before finally Chen took the lead while 11-9 in the first game interval. After halftime, Marin tried to reduce the gap and even equalized 12-12. After that, the match was tight until finally the Spanish badminton player narrowly won 14-13. It didn't last long, Chen took the lead again, until the two players had a score of 16-16. Marin finally tried to maintain momentum until he was 18-16 ahead. Unfortunately, the number 18 did not last long after the first game was won by Chen with a score of 21-18. The second game, Marin appeared more confident and played the round more patiently than the opponent who tried to accelerate the tempo of the game through his attacks. Chen, who appeared in a hurry, lost points quickly so Marin won 3-0. Marin didn't want to be carried away by the rhythm of the game, and finally the second game interval became his with a score of 11-6. After that, Marin still maintains this strategy and makes Chen quite overwhelmed to keep up with the more patient three-time champion game. However, Chen, who is now ranked fourth in the world, did not want to linger until finally the point distance was narrower by 13-10. The number 10 has not changed for Chen, while Marin has again widened his distance by winning six points and making the match between the world's number one women's singles even more fierce. The advantage did not last long, when Chen suddenly found his confidence again and won seven points in a row and won 17-16. Not wanting to give up, Marin returned to pressure by returning to lead 18-17, before finally getting the matchpoint by Chen 20-19, and he perfectly wrapped the victory through two straight games. This is Chen's first win at the Indonesia Open, as well as his second gold at the BWF Super 1000 tournament. With this, Chen followed in the footsteps of his country's one-state mixed doubles, Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong, who also won the highest award in the last edition of the Indonesia Open at Istora.