The Spanish Paula Badosawho defeated the Tunisian this Friday Ounce Jabeur (6-1 and 6-4) in the second round of WTA 1,000 in Romebelieves that he is getting back to his level and said that, above all, he is “enjoying” a track where he feels “very good”.
The Catalan tennis player, number 35 in the circuit, spoke to EFE in the mixed zone at the end of the match.
“I’ve been playing well for days, recovering my level, but above all I’m enjoying myself. Wins like this always add a lot to me,” he declared.
“Physically I’m feeling very good. Tomorrow I have a rest day which is something that always helps a lot. The truth is that I feel very good on the track,” he insisted.
The Spaniard was a storm in the first set where he would leave his rival blank, but he only thought of adding more in the second.
“I know that he is at a high level and that he gives him some options by being very aggressive. (When he won the first set) I just thought to continue because in the end the matches that it can change quickly as seen in the second. set, which has become more complicated,” he explained.
Badosa seems to have taken the pulse of a Jabeur who has won four of their five encounters.
“We know each other very well, she is always a very hard player. I know that she came from an injury and that she has not yet played in Madrid, but before that she came from a tournament so she is confident and it is always very difficult, ” he thought.
In the first round he had to suffer to defeat the German Anna Lena Friedsam: “This is my first fight and he came from two in the previous round. I’m very happy that I was able to pull it off.”
In addition, he commented on his sensations on the Italian clay, which were different from those he experienced in Madrid due to the conditions in the Spanish capital.
“Madrid was much faster, more uncontrolled with the height. Here it was slower and I played at night”, he sentenced.
Source: La Verdad
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