Badosa fell at Kasatkina in Rome

Paula Badosa with between eyebrow and eyebrow Roland Garros since he reached the quarterfinals of the 2021 edition, considering that lack of experience has played him for he hasn’t done more in Paris. Standing already in the elite, he believes his chance has come to a Grand Slam of his choice, which he led to his junior stage.

However, the 24-year-old from Girona and world number 3 will not come to the French capital in the desired conditions. She lost to Simona Halep in the second round in Madrid, nor did she miss her second against her debut in WTA 1000 Rome. Fallen on a pediment, the Russian Daria Kasatkinawho returned one and another ball to first regain the ground and then win 6-4 and 6-4 at 1h.46 ‘.

The emotional woman from Girona held back her tears as best she could, somewhat disappointed when she dominated the opening set 2-4, conceding a 4-0 run by a tennis player, 25 years old and number 23, with fewer technical resources than him. But the Russian who trains in the Barcelona town of Mollet included Carlos Martinez he set a trap for him based on hardness, to lift the ball into the sky if necessary. She sleeps with him until the rain can be in Girona or leave the room for Kasatkina to make sure to enter.

In Sydney this season Badosa won 6-2 and 6-2. He tried to hold the match but it wasn’t his day, nor Spanish tennis, which was left without representatives one night to forget: Rafael Nadal, removed and, the bad, lame due to pain in my left foot. Then, goodbye to Paula, who could fall somewhere in the ranking. You need a moral boost. Paris arrives.

Kasatkina will face a native of Barcelona with a Swiss passport, Jill Techmannstudents of ‘Beto’ Martín and Arantxa Parra.