Paula Badosa made a tremendous effort to overcome the quarterfinals against the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia. It took more than two and a half hours to resolve their classification in the semifinals in a few sets.
He paid for that physical and mental battle, as he described it. She did not show up the next day, this Friday, for the semifinal of the WTA 500 tournament in Adelaide against the Russian. Daria Kasatkina.
Muscle fatigue manifests itself as discomfort in a thigh. With the Australian Open on the horizon, starting on Monday the 16th, there is no margin for risk. The Spaniard, 25 years old and 11 in the world, announced her withdrawal before taking the court, to face another very difficult game as Kasatkina always demands a lot of physicality.
“I think I was playing very good tennis, at a high level. I played three really good matches. It helped me for my confidence in what comes next. I couldn’t control it,” said the Catalan in reference to her wo
He said he already felt muscular discomfort during the quarterfinals, and “now I feel a little worse. The Australian Open is coming up, hopefully he can recover for himself,” he said.
In principle, a preventive measure with the hope of being in a position to confront the American Cathy McNally, his first rival in Melbourne. It will be on Monday the 16th as the women’s top side will start on opening day.
Source: La Verdad
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