Spanish shuttle queen Carolina Marin earned one of the most memorable moments of her career in 2016 when she won a historic women’s singles gold medal in Rio. However, that and her defence of her European Championships title were the only highlights of an otherwise bland season for the uber talented Marin.
She did not even reach a single final in any competitive event other than those two tournaments. Her 2016 season was a farcry from her stellar 2015 season where she won as many as six Superseries titles or higher.
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Even her Rio Olympic glory could not help light up the spark and the 23-year-old slumped to a quarter-final and two semi-final defeats in her next three tournaments. The continued setbacks even resulted in her conceding her numero uno ranking to Tai Tzu Ying.
Certainly, the southpaw just has not been at her flawless best and should be looking to get back to her championship-winning form as soon as possible. There cannot be a better opportunity than the PBL to get back the feel of top level competition with so many of the world’s elite shuttlers competing. Marin had been a part of the 2013 IBL and is already acquainted with this format.
The two-time world champion is the 2017 PBL’s costliest player and is self-admittedly already excited to turn up for the Hyderabad Hunters.
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Sudeshna Banerjee
Sudeshna is a veteran Indian Sports and International Tennis journalist as well as editor at Sportskeeda. She has an overall experience of over 10 years with top publications like The Bridge, Fox Sports Asia, and gained a keen interest in Indian sports since the 2002 Commonwealth and Asian Games when she was in school.
Sudeshna holds a Master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. She attends tournaments regularly and being a highly experienced journalist, she ensures she only contacts the correct people from her network for the most authentic information to be put in her articles.
Sudeshna’s favorite Indian athlete is PV Sindhu owing to her big-tournament performances. She also admires Tennis legend Rafael Nadal for his resilience and has witnessed the Spaniard in action at the French Open, due to which, Roland Garros is her all-time favorite Grand Slam tournament.
Neeraj Chopra’s gold medal win at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics made a lasting impact on Sudeshna. She has also interviewed him along with Badminton star Chirag Shetty and several other sports personalities. She has done on-ground reporting on multiple ITF tournaments along with the Premier Badminton League, Asian Boxing Championships and the Davis Cup.
When not using her skills and years of experience in crafting compelling content, Sudeshna likes to read, watch movies and travel.
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