Rebeka Masarova replaced Paula Badosa in the Copa del Rey

The Spanish player Rebecca Masarova the injured will be replaced Paula Badosa in contention in the women’s final of the ninety-eighth edition of the Copa del Rey Women’s Tennis, where she will face the Swiss Jill Teichman.

He Royal Recreational Club of Huelva Tennisresponsible for the organization of the tournament, announced on Monday the inclusion on the poster of this edition of Masarova, 23 years old, born in Switzerland, of a Slovak father and a Spanish mother and raised between Barcelona and Basel.

The organization features this player who is currently the second best Spaniard in the WTA ranking, ranked 66; and it is one of the best in the junior category, where it reached number 2 in 2016 after winning Roland Garros and becoming a finalist at the Australian Open.

In addition, at the age of 16, she received a ‘wildcard’ to play with the world’s best rackets at the Gstaad WTA and took advantage of the occasion by defeating, among others, Jelena Jankovic, former number 1 and -reached the semifinals.

His extraordinary projection was interrupted in 2018, when his injury began, although “he did not give up and the results will come,” the organization said.

This year she managed to break the top 100 barrier at the start where she played the final of the WTA250 in Auckland and, until now, she is ranked 66 and the second best Spanish racket.

“Her development is unstoppable and she is destined to become a benchmark in Spanish tennis”, highlighted Recreativo de Tenis, which sees Masarova as the perfect player to be “the protagonist of a very special edition”, the first where there will be in I play the women’s title of the centennial tournament.