Olympic champion Marin completes comeback with China title


FILE PHOTO: Badminton - Badminton World Championships - Glasgow, Britain - August 23, 2017 Spain's Carolina Marin celebrates during her match against Hong Kong's Yip Pui Yin REUTERS/Russell Cheyne/File Photo

(Reuters) - Olympic champion Carolina Marin made a successful comeback on Sunday by defending her China Open title eight months after suffering a career-threatening injury.

The Spaniard tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right leg during the final of the Indonesia Masters in January and had to undergo surgery and a lengthy rehabilitation before returning to court.

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