Paula Badosa, number 82 in the world, fell this Tuesday in the first round of Charleston WTA 500 (USA) against the American Danielle Collins (n.22), while the American Jessica Pegula (n.5) and the Greek Maria Sakkari (n.7) crossed their crosses.
Last week’s Miami Open champion, Collins, who announced he will retire at the end of the season but is going through a great moment of form, He won 6-1 and 6-4 in one hour and 21 minutes.
His next rival is the Tunisian Ons Jabeur (n.6), defending the title he won in Charleston in 2023.
Badosa closed his time in the United States with bad feelings in recent weeks, because she was unable to participate in Indian Wells due to injury and in Miami she only reached the second round, where she lost to Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (n.2).
In its part, Pegulawho is the first seed in Charleston, She eliminated compatriot Amanda Anisimova (n.264) in the second round, coming back 4-6, 6-4 and 7-6(3) in a hard game of two hours and 27 minutes.
Sakkari is less of a problemwho took just one hour and 20 minutes to defeat Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (n.74) in the second round 6-3 and 6-3.
Source: La Verdad
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