Former Chinese top player Wang Xin is playing her first tournament in a long time.
Knee problems have kept her away from badminton for a year. Now 27-year-old Chinese Wang Xin, former number one on the world ranking and medallist at the World Championships in 2010 and 2011, is back in the game here at Yonex Denmark Open 2013.
“My physical form is not as good as before. I have not been competing for more than a year and ’m still recovering from my injury and making progress”, Wang Xin says.
“My love for badminton kept me going and I knew that I wanted to compete again. Maybe not on the same high level, but as long as I could compete again I wanted to give it a shot”.
Tuesday she played her two first matches in the qualification rounds and won them both. The first one against the Dane Julie Finne-Ipsen 21-14, 21-7. The second one against another Dane, Camilla Martens, 21-15, 21-12.
“ I do not have many expectations. To begin with I just want to enjoy the tournament and take one match at the time. It’s my second time in Denmark, and I missed it last year, when I wasn’t here. I know Denmark as the land of fairytales, so I always look forward to play here”.
Wang Xin is playing Porntip Buranaprasertsuk from Thailand Wednesday in the main draw.
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