The Spanish Paula Badosa and Roberto Bautista They qualified for the semifinals of the women’s and men’s teams of the Adelaide 2 tournament, after defeating the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia and Hispanics as well Alexander Davidovichrespectively.
Badosa, the ninth seed, produced a tough match against the Brazilian, whom he defeated 7-6(5) and 7-5 in two hours and 35 minutes.
The Spaniard, chasing her first title in a year (she won in Sydney), will face fifth-seeded Russian Daria Kasatkina, who beat Czech Petra Kvitova 6-3, 7-6, in the semifinals. (3 ).
“To be honest, I know that (Haddad Maia) is a fighter, and it was going to be a very long game. She doesn’t give up, no matter what, and I really respect these types of players,” explained Badass , former number two of the world, who pointed out that “I knew I had to be aggressive on breaking points and when the opportunities came, that’s what I did.”
Bautista, seeded fourth in the men’s tournament, resolved the fratricidal duel with little trouble against Davidovich, seeded seventh and with whom he was tied in one of the individual matches, which he defeated in one hour and 24 minutes, 6-3 and 6-2.
Bautista will face the rivalry between the Greek Thanasi Kokkinakis, who was the executioner of the first favorite, the Russian Andrey Rublev, and the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic.
The other semifinal will be played by the British Jack Draper and South Korean Soonwoo Kwon, winner of Russian Karen Kachanov, third seed, by 6-4 and 7-6 (3), and Swede Mikael Ymer, by 6-1 and 6-2 .
Source: La Verdad
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