Paula Badosawhich emits it number 3 in the ATP ranking, won her second win at the WTA 500 tournament in Charleston (United States) when she defeated American Claire Liu 3-6, 7-6 (8), 6-1, with a good reaction and subsequent comeback. The Catalan tennis player had to work hard to master two and a half hours of play and get a ticket to the quarterfinals, where he will face belinda bencicnumber 21 in the world.
Paula has a clear goal in this tournament, to raise the bar a bit and put herself at number 2 in the world, which is in the hands of Barbora Krejcikovacurrently injured. To do so, the Catalan, who recently retired in the Miami quarterfinals, wants to surpass his achievements last year in a tournament that brings back fond memories. Sa Charleston he made it to the semifinals and eliminated then number 1 Ash Barty. Only a warning of quality and progress will he show since then, as he did again in the comeback he starred in this Friday on the green ground of Charleston.
Liu scored the first set, but Badosa, who had better tennis in the second round, was able to tie the tournament to take a long endurance in the second set, against a Liu who made a good defense. Finally, Badosa won the ‘tie break’ after four set balls.
Paula did the hardest, and from there the battle descended for him. Liu deflated and ended up with nothing all the resistance given in the second set. Badosa got a 4-0 favorable and the game did not escape him, to close the victory with a 6-1 in the third set.
Source: La Verdad
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