After opening his season on clay with a solid victory over the Egyptian Mayor Sheriff in the 1st round of the WTA Charlestonby a resounding 6-3 and 6-1, with only nine unforced errors, Paula Badosa He had a more complicated ballot this Wednesday. The Catalan tennis player won a ticket for the third round of the tournament Charleston Tennis WTA 500 (USA) by winning this Wednesday leylah fernandez in two sets of 7-5 and 7-6 (6). Success with a return, adjusted, claw against the Canadian tennis player.
Paula achieved victory after one hour and 51 minutes against the 20-year-old (51 in the world ranking), who began to dominate the match, played on Charleston’s characteristic green clay.
Fernandez was up 3-0 after breaking the first service game of the Spaniard, 25 years old and number 33 in the world.
Paula’s reaction
Badosa recovered and put 3-1 on the scoreboard. Fernandez won the fifth game and went up to a 4-1 scoreline that left him two games from winning the first set.
But the Spaniard reacted with a more aggressive game thanks to his improved serve and won six of the next seven games to win the first set 7-5.
The second set started when Badosa broke Fernandez’s serve. The Canadian recovered and went on to lead 5-4 in the second set.
Badosa again got out of service trouble, prompting a tie-break in which the Canadian had a set point, although in the end, Badosa won the set and the match.
Badosa will now face Russian Diana Shnaider (95) in the next round, who defeated her compatriot, and world number 13, Veronika Kudermetova in two sets 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday.
Source: La Verdad
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