Paula Badosa met again this Saturday at his “favorite track” of Madrid Magic Boxthe central Manolo Santana, with his best version of tennis through so many top ten worlds Coco Gauff by an unassailable 6-3 and 6-0 in one hour and eleven minutes of the third round match of Mutua Madrid opens.
The story of this match lasted until the fourth game of the first set. The one from Begur lost 2-1 and his rival had breaking balls for 3-1. But Paula made it 2-2 and from that moment on an off-center and inaccurate Gauff surrendered the ground and control of the match to finally surrender the set 6-3 in 44 minutes.
The second sleeve is without history, Badosa’s ‘rosco’ in 27′ and full satisfaction for the Catalan. “It’s been a difficult year but to be able to beat a top player in a tournament like this makes me happy. This is my favorite track, where I feel every point and where my career was two years ago is reversed. It excites me and moments like these make it’s all worth it,” said Badosa at the foot of the track.
This result improves his participation from last year, when he came to Caja Mágica as number two in the world and won only one match, affected by the pressure, as he himself admitted. That same pressure carried her through her first match of this edition, when she needed three sets to beat Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto. But this Saturday, Badosa, 42 in the WTA ranking, eliminated one of the favorites to come close to her performance in 2021, when in her semifinals she signed the best performance by a Spanish tennis player in the tournament.
Paula, when asked by Àlex Corretja, emphasized that “mentally I was strong, I knew I had to push her on the second serves because she is a good server and I think I played very smart” .
Before the general applause of the public in Madrid, Paula called them to the next game: “I’ll wait for you here on Monday!”. Badosa, who therefore did not struggle to win the sixth seed, is now waiting for her next opponent to appear in the match between the Spaniard Rebeka Masarova and the Greek Maria Sakkari.
Source: La Verdad
I’m Robert Maynard, and I am a passionate journalist with experience in sports writing. For the last few years, I have been writing for Today Times Live. My main focus has been on sports-related stories and features. With my strong background in journalism and extensive knowledge of the industry, I am able to provide readers with well-crafted pieces that are both informative and engaging.
