Badosa presented himself before Kostyuk in Rome

Paula Badosa was shown this Sunday in the third round of the WTA 1,000 in Rome, where, based on physical superiority and packaging in difficult moments, the Ukrainian was dropped. Martha Kostyuk in two sets, 6-4 and 6-2, in just over an hour and a half.

Follow Paula Badosa’s beautiful moment on the clay ofl Foro Italico which extended his good streak last month. In Rome they eliminated Tunisian Ons Jabeur, one of the favourites, in another great match.

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This time it was not as strong as Badosa’s start in the last round. The Ukrainian started very solidly, printing a lot of power on her forehands and forcing a Badosa to play from behind who surrendered her serve and had to save a breaking ball in the second to avoid 3-0 lead.

The battle was even and Badosa had it in his power to restore the score with a ‘break’, but he was unable to finish the game despite the three balls he needed to do so. Unforced errors from the back of the track held it back.

A blow that greatly weakened the Spanish interior, gave great strength to a costume that, yes, for a while after that it became smaller and smaller before this version of Badosa who knows how to better manage the complex moments of battles, while continuing to be one hundred percent focused on the point to the point, reminding one of last year .

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So when he got the chance he took it. This time he didn’t let a Kostyuk escape against the ropes and, although he needed four ‘break’ balls, he broke the Ukrainian.

He celebrated with his fist raised, knowing that the game had changed dramatically. He is now within 3-3. And it didn’t matter that the Ukrainian again, because Badosa did it on his next two serves, which was better at the end of the set (6-4).

In the second set, Badosa again made clear his intention to close the game as soon as possible and, showing his excellent form, dominated a long exchange of blows that gave him the first break (2-0).

Then began a strange moment of the game where no one could impose their serve and the ‘breaks’ were distributed until the seventh game, where Badosa finished on the tonic and held the serve. With the score 4-2 in favor of the Catalan, with two ceded serves and but with three ‘breaks’ in his favor, Badosa ended the game and his rival.

He was strong in the background and was able to be effective in his rights to prove the break and direct a victory that came in the next game, where this time he did not need more than a ‘break’ opportunity to smiled while raising his fist. and celebrate a well-deserved victory in which they will reach the round of 16, a round they have already reached in Madrid and that they will play against the Czech Caroline Muchovanumber 52 in the ranking.