Add and continue for Paula Badosa at the Mutua Madrid Open. The Catalan is most comfortable at the Madrid tournament, and this Sunday he showed it again with a resounding victory in the doubles draw.
With Bethanie Mattek-Sands, she defeated Chinese Yifan Xu and Zaosuang Yang 6-3, 6-1eighth seeds, to seal their pass to the quarterfinals, where they will face the winners of the duel between Viktoria Azarenka-Beatriz Haddad Maia and Anna Kalinskaya-Caty McNally.
The victory came after her exhibition on Saturday in the individual draw against Coco Gauffwhich he overcame 6-3, 6-0 in a duel that 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, a decent and inaccurate Gauff surrendered and the command of the party to 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 tough 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 two years ago my career was turned upside down. I’m excited and moments like this make it all worth it.“, said Badosa at the foot of the track.
The Catalan player will face Greek Maria Sakkari on Monday for a place in the quarterfinals of the individual draw.
Source: La Verdad
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