The Spanish Paula Badosa, number 3 in the world rankingdebuted this Wednesday with a solid 6-1, 6-4 win over the Hungarian Anna Bondar (n.73) at the WTA 500 tournament in Charleston (North Carolina, USA).
After saying goodbye to Miami in the quarterfinals, retired due to physical problems in the game against American Jessica Pegula, Badosa returned to competing at a great pace and sealed her ticket for the third round in an hour and forty minutes. .
The Spanish player, born in Manhattan in 1997, looking at the clay of North Carolina his second title of the year, then sydney.
His fight with Bondar was delayed by nearly half an hour due to rain, which led to the postponement of some fights in the program on Tuesday.
But Badosa didn’t lose concentration and, after easily getting the first set without receiving break balls, sentenced the match with 6-4 in the second.
He had a break up at 3-2, but Bondar recovered it before serving again at 4-4 and giving up.
In the next round, Badosa you will see the faces among the Americans Claire Liu (n.89).
Among the other results of the day, the Czech Karolina Pliskova (n.7) qualified for the next round with a hard 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 win over Ukrainian Katarina Zavatska (n.215).
The meeting began on Tuesday, but was delayed by rain and resumed this Wednesday Zavatska leading 7-5 and 3-2, before the return of Pliskova.
The Belarusian also advanced Aryna Sabalenkanumber 5 in the world, beating American Alison Riske 7-6 (3 and 6-4).
American Jessica premiered with a resounding success Pegulasemifinalist in Miamiwho defeated the Italian 6-1 and 6-2 Jasmine Paulini in 46 minutes.
Source: La Verdad

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