Paula Badosa25 years old and world number 35, began to accuse three hours of battle the previous day in Czech Karolina Muchova when he needs his physical splendor to deal with an unleashed Jelena Ostapenkowhich got 50 winners.
The Latvian, 25 years old and world number 20, champion of Roland Garros 2017, defeated the Spaniard 6-2, 4-6 and 6-3 in one hour and 47 minutes of the quarterfinal match of the WTA 1000 in Rome.
Badosa has a high level, but he did not finish the job throughout the tournament, either for one reason or another. Rome turned out to be a more complicated place in this edition due to the constant change of the program due to the rain.
With a big ball and a heavy floor, the massive blow of Ostapenko, which fires a ball with each action. In the first set he produced 18 ‘winners’, for none ladybug surpassed by the direct tennis of the rival, who for the third time entered the ‘semis’ of Rome.
He improved in the second set ladybugpartly because Ostapenko he was unable to maintain that level of success. “High ball”, asked coach Pol Toledo of Girona, inviting him to vary the height of the ball to avoid it Ostapenko stay in a comfortable situation.
Badosa went from 4-1 to 4-4 as the match was in the hands of Ostapenko’s streaks, her successes or mistakes. A pair of late gave the set to Begur 6-4.
The Latvian didn’t even get angry, seeing how Badosa was running out of energy.
In the ‘semis’, Ostapenko will challenge the Polish Iga Swiatek or in kazakh Elena Rybakina.
Source: La Verdad
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