Marin, Lakshya help Pune 7 Aces stay in contention for semi-finals
Olympic gold medallist Carolina Marin and Asian junior champion Lakshya Sen powered Pune 7 Aces to a 5-0 win over struggling Delhi Dashers in the Premier Badminton League here Sunday.
2012 Olympic silver medallist Mathias Boe also made a comeback and gave his team a crucial win in men's doubles alongside Chirag Shetty in what was a dominant performance by the Aces.
Pune moved up to the third position with 17 points from six matches and five trumps wins. However, with the fourth-placed Awadhe Warriors and the fifth-placed Bengaluru Raptors having played two ties less than Pune, the Aces' fate depends on the outcome of the Warriors and the Raptors matches.
World No. 32 Evgeniya Kosetskaya was absolutely no match for Marin, the skipper and icon player of Pune. The Spaniard had pummelled the Russian in the European Championships final last year and Sunday was no exception as the match was wrapped up in 20 minutes.
Marin had lost her last match to Sung Ji Hyun of the Chennai Smashers and ..