Paula Badosa breaks down her wall in New York

Paula Badosa crashed into his US Open second-round wall. He failed to reach the third round in his hometown, New York. To the hint of anxiety to return to a difficult summer and take a step forward in the last Grand Slam of the season was added the triggering factor of his farewell, the inspiration and force of the rival, the Croatian. Petra Martin.

The Balkan, 31 years old and world number 34, will be looking for her third appearance in the round of 16 against Belarusian Victoria Azarenka after defeating the Spaniard, 24 years old and number 4, by 6-7 (5), 6-1 and 6-2 in 2h.05′.

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And if the Croatian enjoyed a successful day, the Spanish suffered. Wanting to respond to her status as a current star on the WTA Tour, she is asking a lot of herself. Too much when mistakes are not forgiven, inadvertently facilitating their path to defeat.

He knew Martic’s demands, where he lost Cincinnati 2021 tracking five ‘match’ balls, appearing on the court very active and focused. He saved four break balls, the first with a great and complex lob, in the ninth game. A sign of resistance rewarded. He took the ‘tiebrak’ 7-5.

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A time of great balance. Badosa put the piston down, and in an instant he found himself 1-6 from the merciless Martic on the other’s weakness. Begur’s advantage is overwhelming, it reinforces the good feelings the opponent already has.

Calmly, the Croatian followed up with six ‘break’ balls against during the match. He oozes perfection in his versatile game. It destroyed any attempt of a reaction by a Badosa who paid for the lack of results of the two WTA 1000s before this event. Morale is more fragile when things don’t go as one would like.

He fought more than the score of the last set would suggest. At 1-3 he has two points for 2-3. They were rejected by Martic, imperial with service (10 ‘aces’). The Catalan rebelled against ‘match-ball’ with 1-5. He successfully faced it (2-5). After only two hours of play, Martic passed the sentence. An outstanding match unfortunately for Badosa, confused by the opponent’s deployment and his own needs, as many are needed in any case.